Iomega Home Media Cloud Edition 1TB network speed

decebal_12000 · 26 Aug 2014 at 14:27

Hi. I have recently bought some Homeplugs to connect the HDD and keep the speed at 100mbit/s but looks is gone down and is slower. The reason I connected to homeplugs is because over WI-FI the speed is slow as well and I thought I will improve my speed and will work at full speed of 100mb/s. At the beginning was ok but now something happens and I don`t know where to look.

Does anybody has an idea where to look or to improve my speed? My homeplugs all are 500mb/s so it should support the speed.

Thank you.

bremen1874 · 26 Aug 2014 at 15:23

decebal_12000 said:
My homeplugs all are 500mb/s so it should support the speed.

They might, or they might not. If they don't like your wiring they can be very slow. Just using a different socket, or unplugging things like mobile phone chargers can have a significant impact.

The only guaranteed fix is to use a cable, but obviously that isn't always possible.

decebal_12000 · 26 Aug 2014 at 15:41

The house is new built so the wiring should be good.

bremen1874 · 26 Aug 2014 at 16:00

With modern wiring there's a greater chance that the adapters will be on separate circuits, and possibly connected to different sides of the consumer unit. Adapters don't need to be on the same circuit, but they do work better if they are.

Also, you aren't going to get a true 100Mb/s connection with AV500 adapters unless you have ideal conditions.

decebal_12000 · 26 Aug 2014 at 20:05

bremen1874 said:
Also, you aren't going to get a true 100Mb/s connection with AV500 adapters unless you have ideal conditions.

My home plugs are all AV500 but my hdd is not transferring with more than 4MB/s instead 10MB/s. Something is not working. I tried on different pc and is the same.

bremen1874 · 26 Aug 2014 at 20:26

32Mb/s (4MB/s) is the lower end of what you'd expect from AV500 adapters. 80Mb/s (10MB/s) is unrealistic under most circumstances.

Take a look at the information available here http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/powerline-charts/view.

decebal_12000 · 26 Aug 2014 at 20:42

bremen1874 said:
32Mb/s (4MB/s) is the lower end of what you'd expect from AV500 adapters. 80Mb/s (10MB/s) is unrealistic under most circumstances.

Take a look at the information available here http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/powerline-charts/view.

So why would they advertise it will go up to 500Mbps if they know it will not reach even 50% of the speed? Also I am thinking about compatibility as I have 2 homeplugs Devolo and 2 TP-Link.

bremen1874 · 26 Aug 2014 at 20:49

Because the 500Mbps they're talking about is the potential maximum PHY (physical layer) rate. There's a lot to take into account by the time you start looking at actual file transfer rates as reported by the OS.

It's very similar to how Wi-Fi rates are quoted.

decebal_12000 · 28 Aug 2014 at 23:46

I took the plugs and got my money back. Useless. I better buy extenders and they are more reliable.