Hi,
I need to plan out a suitable arrangement to work at home, and I would appreciate any thoughts.
'PLAN A'
I start from the position that a new Vigor 2860 or similar would be the main router, accepting an ADSL2 line.
This gives our household about 3-4Mb/s for limited shared out broadband use, plus up to 1Gb/s Ethernet for sharing media/devices/storage between users.
Additionally, an existing AP800 or new 900 would extend the range of the Vigor 2860 to both offer 5Ghz Wi-Fi and also 1Gb/s ethernet.
ISSUES
Wiring with Ethernet is presenting difficulties, both practical and 'political' (small p).
Therefore I am proposing linking up to three 500Mb/s or 1000Mb/s Homeplug or Powerline connections to a mains extension lead (unfiltered) near the Master BT socket, and then the 'receiving Homeplug units' in suitable places around the house.
One of these receiving units is to have an AP900 attached and will both act as an Access Point for extending the Wi-Fi range, but will also have 2 storage units attached. e.g. NAS.
AIMS
To have a fast 1000 Ethernet network of 3-4 devices - particularly at one of the 'receiving Homeplug' units.
Not to have network slowdown (affecting the Ethernet links) because of 6 Wi-Fi users trying to get the best out of a slowish 3-4Mb/s Internet feed all at the same time.
QUESTION
Anyone care to comment on this please? Is it sensible, or could it be jiggered around to improve? Any experiences of these Homeplug / Powerline devices?
ALTERNATIVE PLAN B
If Plan A is constrained by NOT having a new Vigor router, and I have to carry on using a Technicolor Router (Ethernet = 100Mb/s), I am assuming that I can just substitute a new 2860 later on... Or not??
