I use it because when I put in my system a few years back, powerline adapters were really flaky. If you need more than 100Mbit/s you really only have one choice, pull some Cat5e or Cat6 cable. They conflict with directtv and many mutliroom DVR systems so not a lot of people use them. These units tend to be a little expensive because they are not real popular. If you happen to have tv coax in both rooms you can use that to carry the signal. The only other option I know of is called MoCA. They generally work ok but nowhere near the magic numbers they state, you might if you are lucky get 100m out of the 500m units. The most common are powerline adapters that use the electrical power in the house as a network. Other options would be PowerLine networking or even MoCA (Media over Cable Alliance). If your room is not adjacent to the room where the router is located, you should probably look at snaking an Ethernet cable along an available cable TV cable (if one exists). I swapped out the phone line for my custom Ethernet pass through and had wired connectivity to my bedroom HTPC. Since I wasn't using the phone line, I picked up some Ethernet cable, some RJ-45 connectors, a crimper and a couple customizable wall plates. I live in a small apartment and lucked out as my cable and phone line branched from my living room through the wall to my bedroom. ![]() It really just boils down to where the room is relation to where the modem is located and how difficult it will be to run a dedicated Ethernet line to that room. You can't run a second modem in that room without paying twice the cost to your ISP. You can't put another router in that room without running Ethernet to the second router (kind of defeats the purpose). The only answer is going to be running Ethernet to that room.
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