Homeplug queries

GregI

GregI

GregI

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I purchased the NETGEAR XETB1001 mainly for my 360. Router downstairs and 360 upstairs. Wireless was OK but wanted ethernet.

So I set it up and switch both homeplugs on. Got all 3 lights in a matter of seconds. Internet on. I decided to see what it was like on my PC first so I install the security software. Not sure how to exactly use that yet but it did tell me the speed. It seems to be no less than 65mbps and sometimes go up to like 74mbps. Obviously for the 360 I do not need this sort of speed anyway. So I check my pings to bbc.co.uk. On wireless I was getting about 24ms and wired (on the pc downstairs) is about 21-22ms. My homeplug was fluctuating between 25 and 29ms. Never constant like a simple wired connection or even wireless for that matter. Obviously something is wrong. Any ideas? What I can think of to try -

1. Change to a netgear router (using a Thomson atm)
2. Use a different mains plug (not got that much options there)
 
Cheers brennen. Think I found the problem. It's defo home wiring since on a normal wired connection it should be "<1ms" to router.

routerd.png


I'll use different sockets if I can to solve this. If I somehow can then it is exactly the same as a wired connection.

My normal wired PC downstairs for comparison.

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Phal said:
I might be slightly concerned if you were getting a variance in 4ms on pings to the across your Homeplug network but 4ms on the internet is nothing.
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? This is why I posted those two screenshots to show this.

Those two screenshots were on my homeplug network (the first is my homeplug upstairs and second screenshot is a direct 2m ethernet cable to router) as I pinged my own router (192.168.0.1). It should be a basic <1ms but the wiring is somehow making those pings increase a whole 4ms on average where this increase simply does not happen on a direct ethernet connection.

Don't get me wrong, it is being pedantic but I want to find a solution (if any exists) and learn why it is happening. Don't know much about homeplugs to know if this is just a side effect of using them.
 
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