Reddit reviews TRENDnet Powerline 500 AV Nano Adapter Kit, TPL-406E2K, Includes 2 x TPL-406E Adapters, Cross Compatible with Powerline 600/500/200,Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP, Ethernet Port, Plug & Play Install, White

I have great and terrible news for you. There was a WAY easier way to do this.

Extension cord.

Ethernet/WIfi over Powerline adapter. http://www.amazon.com/TRENDnet-Powerline-Nano-Adapter-TPL-406E2K/dp/B008F537KC/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1407043297&sr=8-3&keywords=Ethernet+over+powerline+adapter

Done.

-edit- as an afterthought, i guess you might need a male to female power adapter for one of the ends of the extension cord, depending on how you set it up.

-second edit- It's okay if you hate me for this.

Give one of these a try

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B008F537KC/ref=ya_aw_od_pi?ie=UTF8&psc=1

TRENDnet Powerline 500 AV Nano Adapter Kit, TPL-406E2K

I've used those power wireline adapters too... they are a lot easier to set up than WiFi extenders, IMO.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008F537KC/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_2?pf_rd_p=1944687722&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B004D9V8C8&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1GC5EKTNA0T00QW0Y2V5

I'm guessing you're in the US, so try these. I use ZyXEL hardware on my network, It's rock-solid reliable, never failed on me (over about six years)

If you need something cheaper, try these

They're faster, but TRENDnet aren't as reputable a company as ZyXEL, but they're still pretty good!

Upvote for powerline, but those are waaaaaaaay more expensive than they need to be. You can get a good set for under $50.

I personally use these, though they're slightly more expensive.

Pleasant surprise to see that it comes with free shipping. Friendly reminder to change the insurance tick box, as the shipment would be covered by the free option, so save 1.5% there.

Another thing to note is that you're actually saving $4 (Amazon has it for $32) and not the crazy savings of $82 the site is listing. So, I don't know if this is actually that extreme of a deal. Still a deal though.

I've reformatted the results for easier viewing:

Tracing route to google.com [2607:f8b0:4000:804::200e]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 Request timed out.
2 55 ms 26 ms 24 ms 2001:506:6000:133:76:229:58:19
3 22 ms 22 ms 22 ms 2001:506:6000:34:76:229:50:141
4 24 ms 22 ms 22 ms 2001:1890:ff:e07e:12:83:101:9
5 431 ms 36 ms attga406me9.ipv6.att.net [2001:1890:ff:ffff:12:122:118:22]
6 Request timed out.
7 38 ms 37 ms 39 ms 2607:f8b0:8000:e4::1:1
8 56 ms 51 ms 48 ms 2001:4860:0:1::19a8
9 37 ms 2001:4860:0:1163::3
10 64 ms 36 ms 36 ms 2001:4860::c:4000:e361
11 54 ms 58 ms 112 ms 2001:4860::c:4000:d8f6
12 141 ms 53 ms 51 ms 2001:4860::1:0:c6ea
13 51 ms 51 ms 63 ms 2001:4860:0:1::2a3d
14 143 ms 146 ms dfw25s17-in-x0e.1e100.net [2607:f8b0:4000:804::200e]

Trace complete.

Quick analysis:

• We're off to a bad start with hop #2 at 24-55ms. This can be immediately improved by switching to wired. Do consider a powerline adapter
  
  
• 431 at hop #5 is discouraging, but it's hard to say if it's hop #5's fault since it's not a consistent result
  
  
• Ideally, we want to be arriving at hop #14 in <40ms for a DSL connection
  
  Could you run the same command twice more and paste those results as well? I want to see if we can replicate that high ping @ hop #5

Buy a home plug. They’re very good and they’re basically Ethernet through your mains power supply. You don’t even need to be near the router and can get much better speeds and ping than wireless. You plug one into your router and socket and the other anywhere in your house.


Here’s a link: https://www.amazon.com/TRENDnet-Powerline-TPL-406E-Adapters-TPL-406E2K/dp/B008F537KC/ref=mp_s_a_1_2_sspa?keywords=Homeplug&qid=1566184567&s=gateway&sr=8-2-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzTlJBMFFINUZMWk9DJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMjM3MjYwMUk3UzA5S1Q1WjYzViZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMDM2NDczMjM0MDA5VU9KMlVSQyZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX3Bob25lX3NlYXJjaF9hdGYmYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl

You don't want any USB options, you want PCI or PCIe. Another option is Ether Over Power-Line Adapters.

Ah ok. Just wondering, because as a possible alternative, I just discovered the amazingness of powerline adapters. You just plug them into one outlet near your router and connect with an ethernet cable, then plug the other one in another outlet (near the ps3) and plug in that ethernet. I did this for my computer upstairs which was going over wifi and got a jump from 19Mb/s to 29Mb/s which was awesome.

So, obviously changing the router might be a better solution since you have a few devices you're saying are having trouble, but this might at least be worth a try for just the ps3 since they're so simple.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B008F537KC

This works great for me: http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B008F537KC/

And of you want a built in switch at one end, throw in a http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DQN3R80/

It's called a powerline. We use two for our small apartment: http://www.amazon.com/TRENDnet-Powerline-existing-electrical-TPL-406E2K/dp/B008F537KC/

Basically, it works like an ethernet plug. One is connected to the router and plugged into a wall socket. Another is plugged into another wall socket (our home office) and connected to the PC. Works really well.

So here's what I do know. 2.4ghz is notorious for choke. Have you tried turning on "net_graph 1" and playing for a little bit. You should see the choke percentage going up a little bit. Even when it's only you on your wifi this will happen. I can't tell you why this is happening now and didn't happen earlier, but if it is the choke in net_graph I have a couple solutions. 1. Use 5ghz this isn't the best solution. You would have to invest in a 5ghz router which could run you about $125 and you wifi card would need to support it too. If you're like me you can't drop that kinda cash all the time. That's why I've got this 2. Use a powerline adapter. Never heard of it? Let me explain. A powerline adapter converts the signal on your Ethernet cable to the electrical wiring in your walls and then back to ethernet. So you take one powerline adapter and connect it to a wall socket near your modem (Do you have one of those?). Then you run an ethernet cable from the modem to the powerline adapter plugged into the wall. Then you go to wherever your computer is and plug the second powerline adapter into the wall there and run an ethernet cable from the powerline adapter to your computer. I would higly advise against connecting the powerline adapter to a power strip because it probably won't work and if it does it will limit performance.
Something like this.
https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-Powerline-Adapter-Starter-TL-PA4010KIT/dp/B00AWRUICG/
https://www.amazon.com/TRENDnet-Powerline-TPL-406E-Adapters-TPL-406E2K/dp/B008F537KC/

Powerline Adapters are a nice in between, I refused to spend the extortion fee to MS for a 360 wifi adapter and bought one of these instead.

http://www.amazon.com/TRENDnet-Compact-Powerline-Ethernet-TPL-406E2K/dp/B008F537KC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1372454257&sr=8-1&keywords=ethernet+powerline+adapter

Just realized that link is for just the adapters, you do need a base station thingy, I got it bundled for $60 I think.

You can get something like this:

http://www.amazon.com/TRENDnet-Powerline-Nano-Adapter-TPL-406E2K/dp/B008F537KC/ref=pd_sim_e_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=16PBPGY8QPNDVRHT8JQX

I picked up a pair of these powerline adapters to use in the house because my smart TV has a horrible wifi card. After testing them out in the living room for awhile, I purchased another pair so I could hook up my computer upstairs. They seem to work pretty well. I'm getting the max speed on my downloads and my Netflix streams in HD when my ISP isn't throttling during peak hours. I was going to try and run cat-6 over the wall and across the ceiling, but these were cheap enough for me to justify the cost versus buying cable and spending time running it only for it to probably look like crap.

https://www.amazon.com/TRENDnet-Powerline-Network-Starter-TPL-406E2K/dp/B008F537KC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1485390616&sr=8-1&keywords=power+lan

https://www.amazon.ca/TRENDnet-Powerline-Nano-Adapter-TPL-406E2K/dp/B008F537KC/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1506722969&sr=8-3&keywords=network+adapter+kit

I know you said running cabling and new hardware isn't an option but I've had pretty good success with using ethernet over power adapters for a similar setup. They are pretty cheap also. Speeds aren't the greatest (either 100mb or 500mb without wifi assistance), but neither will wifi be in this type of configuration.