Buying powerline adapter for Xbox Live

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I've had continuous problems with my Xbox Wireless N Adapter and my Virgin Superhub and have tried every solution I've found on the web to try and solve it (channels, DMZ, port forwarding, static IP, custom DNS, moving modem). I basically get an extremely slow connection which means terrible lag or no connection to game lobbies at all. I have an open NAT despite this!

So I've given up trying and have just ordered a pair of On Networks 200mpbs powerline adapters. However, I am aware they might not be my saviour as my modem and my Xbox are located on different loops in the wiring systems as well as the fact that I get 60mpbs broadband.

They will hopefully be arriving tomorrow so I'll report back.
 
XBL doesn't require a lot of bandwidth. I borrowed a business-spec router from work and had a poke around the tools while running a 14 player Forza lobby over a 10MB Virgin connection. The logs were showing a maximum utilisation of 3.5MB down/384KB up , usually half that in-game.

That was over a pair of 85MB homeplugs on 34 year old wiring. ;)
 
Well it took 5 minutes to set-up and the improvement was immediately noticed. I could instantly stream trailers and downloads were going at an estimated 50mbps. Also suffered from no problems with BO2 multiplayer although I only played for 30 minutes so it's early days still. I'll be getting the money back that I spent on the adapters by selling my Xbox Wireless Adapter on eBay so it's a good result!

XBL doesn't require a lot of bandwidth. I borrowed a business-spec router from work and had a poke around the tools while running a 14 player Forza lobby over a 10MB Virgin connection. The logs were showing a maximum utilisation of 3.5MB down/384KB up , usually half that in-game.

That was over a pair of 85MB homeplugs on 34 year old wiring. ;)

Indeed. I was just hoping for the extra speed for downloading demos and streaming video although my main priority is gaming. My house is a least 40 years old and the two adapters are on different loops separated by an extension so it's quite impressive how it works.
 
FWIW, Latency != bandwidth. I removed my wireless adapter for powerline for the same reason OP did and it also worked a treat.
 
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