Deco Powerline across separate circuits
I have a house which was remodeled/extended - its all concrete block construction so wifi does not go through the concrete - my option is to use powerline.
The house has an old circuit panel (for original house - covers green box outline ) and a new circuit panel (for expansion - blue box outline) - diagonally opposite side of the house.
From image below, I have the cable modem in the center of the house where the internet comes in.
I can put a P9 (PA1) there and another P9 (PA3) in one of the bedrooms to extend the network there.
Is it possible to put another P9 (PB1) on an outlet that is in the different circuit (blue) connected via Ethernet (or Wifie) in order to extend the network to another P9 (PB2) in the office?
I'm essentially trying to bridge the two circuits (via ethernet or wifi) so that i can extend wifi to the office.
Thoughts? Is this possible?
Thanks.
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You are putting an ethernet cable through the wall between the old and new sections?
Then yes. This has nothing to do with the power circuits.
https://community.tp-link.com/en/home/forum/topic/98898?page=1
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@Rioplata if the power circuits share an earth, then it should be ok. Our house has 3 circuits but share a common earth.
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@Rioplata if the purple dotted lines are the powerline adaptors, then yes it looks ok from your drawing.
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Yes this setup will work fine, you can plug anything you want into either of the Deco Ethernet ports.
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@mcfly @richpriest Thank you so much for your support. One last question. I know this might be on another thread and have been searching but cant find anything. I've noticed that throughput through the Deco is not at the expected speed. Using the same device I connect directly to the cable modem and compared to connecting to the master and to the slave and the decrease is about 50% - is that normal? if there is a thread that you can point me, would greatly appreciate it!
Here is the scoop:
Tests:
1) CMm - Network A - direct connect to Vz Fios Gateway 1100
2) PLm - Network B - direct connect to P9 master which connects to Gateway 1100
3) PLs - Network B - direct connect to P9 range extender connected plc to master
4) CMre - Network A - direct connect to range extender and backhaul via coax (MoCA) back to Vz Gateway 1100
Jitter and Ping where relatively equal across all. #3 above did have 2x the jitter 1.7ms compared to the others but way below the 30ms acceptable.
See pic for results
Summary:
* Powerline was at best about 1/2 of my cable modem gateway and range extender over coax (2 or 3 vs. 1 or 2)
* Interesting that upload over PLC was actually higher than download. All tests were done at 11pm
Thoughts?
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