ok, i'll give you the situation.
i'm going to be moving my xbox out of my office and into my living room. the problem is that the rooms are at opposite ends of my apartment, and i don't really want to run a 200 foot long ethernet cable from my modem in the office to the living room. i was thinking about getting the xbox wireless adapter, but most people say it's a waste with all the connection issues. besides that, my wireless coverage isn't that great in my living room anyway, so gaming will be really painful.
while at radio shack the other day, i noticed they had some "ethernet over power" connectors for around a hundred bucks. i've heard of this before, but don't really know too much about it. the concept is that i plug two of these adapters into regular electrical outlets, one by the modem, and the other by the xbox. it converts the outlet into a standard ethernet port, so i'm basically getting a wired connection over the existing electrical lines. the set i saw advertised promised 85 megabits/sec, so that should be more than adequate for connection quality.
my real concern, however, is that my apartment building is pretty old, and none of the outlets are grounded. this makes me wonder if i should attempt using these things, especially because i will need to use an adapter for the three prong to two prong (not sure what those are called). the radio shack guy said it should work fine, but didn't really know shit about it, so he was obviously just looking for the sale. does anyone have any experience or knowledge that can help me out here? should i try a setup with a surge protector, and then the filter? is that even possible? halp!
sorry about the wall of text, but you guys are my only hope
i'm going to be moving my xbox out of my office and into my living room. the problem is that the rooms are at opposite ends of my apartment, and i don't really want to run a 200 foot long ethernet cable from my modem in the office to the living room. i was thinking about getting the xbox wireless adapter, but most people say it's a waste with all the connection issues. besides that, my wireless coverage isn't that great in my living room anyway, so gaming will be really painful.
while at radio shack the other day, i noticed they had some "ethernet over power" connectors for around a hundred bucks. i've heard of this before, but don't really know too much about it. the concept is that i plug two of these adapters into regular electrical outlets, one by the modem, and the other by the xbox. it converts the outlet into a standard ethernet port, so i'm basically getting a wired connection over the existing electrical lines. the set i saw advertised promised 85 megabits/sec, so that should be more than adequate for connection quality.
my real concern, however, is that my apartment building is pretty old, and none of the outlets are grounded. this makes me wonder if i should attempt using these things, especially because i will need to use an adapter for the three prong to two prong (not sure what those are called). the radio shack guy said it should work fine, but didn't really know shit about it, so he was obviously just looking for the sale. does anyone have any experience or knowledge that can help me out here? should i try a setup with a surge protector, and then the filter? is that even possible? halp!
sorry about the wall of text, but you guys are my only hope
Last edited by steelie34 (2009-05-29 18:22:35)
