1,000mbps powerline adaptors

passey89

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Has any 1 had first hand experience with a set of 1000mbps powerline adaptors?

Ive been looking and the review from the belkins are not good?

Have been thinking about replacing my 250mbps ones for 1000mbps ones and get the asus router to replace my superhub?
 
welshdragon said:
I have a pair of solwise ones too. Mixed reviews. I haven't benched them and haven't used them in a while but they handled streaming hd fine and xbl duties just fine.
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if you get chance and have the ability could you run a few benchies and try copying files between pc's on a home network.

I'm really considering these with the Asus router.
 
just a quick question a few of the 500mbps kits are only 10/100.

Doens't that mean that it can only put through 100mbps anyway?

Don't you need a gigabit ones 10/100/1000 for it to be faster than 100mbps?
 
so on a double wall plug having the poweline into 1 and an extension in the other once u put tht surge protected extension in it sped up the powerline speed?
 
Here we go tested from my main pc upstairs using competitors

Extra Value 200Mbps Powerline Adapter Twin Pack

to my HTPC behind the main TV which is wired into the superhub.

Its plugged into a double wall socket and there is an extension going out from it with rest of the pc plugged into. Same downstairs.

I will do 5 tests now, 5 from the Mrs Laptop to the HTPC and I have ordered a set of 500mbps powerline arriving tomorrow. Will test with them. Also ordered some Cat6e cable (was only £3 for 2 X 4m) and see if it makes any difference.

Will be using 20mb and then 50mb file sizes. Will post screenies after dinner

Will also wire the mrs laptop into superhub for comparison
 
quick update

Powerline 200mbps pc - download 48mbps, upload 44mbps

Wifes wireless laptop - download 36mbps - upload 33mbps

My acer iconia w500 on win8 download 28mbps upload 24mbps

that was just a single run will do as promised later
 
Will post tomorrow when my 500mbps kit arrives

desktop on extra value 200mbps powerline
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Laptop on wireless N
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Laptop wired (think it only has 10/100)
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Tomsk said:
"You talkin' to me?" :)

Yes.
It seemed that the surge protected extension prevented some of the noise from the other devices from entering the house wiring.
This was only an educated guess as I had no way of actually measuring electrical noise.
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yeh forgot to quote was at work sorry.

Yeh I was reading on a guide if you can reduce noise on your homes power network then it can increase speeds.

Only things on mine are the TV / cinema system and my pc so ordered 2 of the surge protecting noise reducing extensions. Needed surge protecting ones anyway.

Also ordered 500mbps powerline and cat6e cable so will post the same test will new hardware when it arrives
 
shuffle said:
cool aboutt the tp link recommendation,
will look at the 500mbps test results too thanks passey89
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I paid to have en delivered tomorrow and I finnish at 12 so will do em as soon as I get home.

gotta wait till Monday for the sure protectors and the cat6e cable is off fleebay so might be sometime next week.
 
bremen1874 said:
A nice option if:-

  1. You happen to have Coax outlets where you need them.
  2. You can stand the expense.

They wouldn't be much use in any of the houses I've lived in (one, possibly two outlets in the entire house).
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isn't that exactly the same as running cabling through the house which I can't do as its rented anyway?
 
TheVoice said:
I'm looking at the 200Mbps TP-Link units myself at the moment, the 500s would be slightly more ideal but you can get a third adapter free if you buy one of the 200Mbps kits, which is a decent saving in itself and I need three anyway.
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Remember you only get around 50% of the speed through powerlines.

So if your getting 200mbps powerlines that's 100mbps each way.

and 50% of that is only 50mbps.

So if you have 60mbps - 100mbps broadband you wont get your full speed.
 
well its 5pm and yodel still say its at shaw hub. (not my local yodel hub which is Lichfield).

Says its due to be delived today but doesn't say its out for delivery.

I hate yodel next day delivery my arse
 
awinchurch said:
Nope it replaces your aerial socket on the wall in 2 rooms of the house and allows you to backfeed the signal through the aerial using the coax wiring a bit like powerline but coax is more effective
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yeh but I dnt even have a house aerial never mind the aerial sockets in the walls so its not an option for me.

Just plugged the 500mbps kit in and cat6e cable arrived same morning.

straight away 62mbps internet speeds.

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LAN speed tests are coming up in the 70 / 80 's now instead of mid 40's.

Will post screens of test later and noise reducing power extensions arrive Monday so will re-tst when these arrive.

Also deciding if I should replace the superdud with a batter router. gotta be fster having the superhub just being modem than model and router
 
bremen1874 said:
Why would changing the router help?

Unless you need additional features, or need better wireless performance, there's no point.
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wireless is pretty bad could really do with that sorting.

upstairs right above the router i'm on 1 bar on strength.

Im in a new build now like there's any brick actually in here.

Also read that the superhub does do the routing part very well and can slow down speeds?
 
shuffle said:
so using a Belkin surgemaster extension to plug the Powerline into over using a regular extension increased your speeds by 8mbps? Or have I got that wrong?
i Have a Belkin surge protector too, worth bearing that in mind.
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yeh it increased LAN speeds by 8mbps, dropped ping by 1ms and internet speed went up by 0.57.

I put a surge protector onto my pc stuff in my room so the double wall plug has powerline kit in the left and belkin surge protector in the right with PC, monitor, speakers printer.

Then i put another 1 behind the tv to again in the left plug is powerline in the right belkin surge protector with tv dvd htpc surround sound.

they reduce noise by 30db so i'm uessing that what thats doing.

My asus n56u is arriving today so will see if that increases speeds again. Hope it increases my wifi though superdud if crap keeps losing wifi when in 3 feet awway from the hib.

*note though I am in a house that is onlt 10 months old so all wiring is brand new
 
shuffle said:
Yes got that, thanks -powerline, straight into socket. Interesting though that the surge protector helps decrease electrical noise then if your pc is plugged to that.. thus powerline/belkin surge doing an even better job

of course dependent on electrics in house. Small house, but electrics about 18 yrs old
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the belkin surge protector is meant to reduce 30db of noise if im correct so every bit less helps
 
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