Moonlight + Apollo / Powerline Adapters

[y2ck01]

Hey guys,

I could really use some advice.

I have my gaming PC upstairs and my newly bought LG C5 downstairs. I have two AV2000 powerline adapters providing my computer with wired internet and the ability to stream movies to my TV via Plex. It works beautifully. With the same method I was hoping to stream a game via Moonlight but sadly the experience hasn't been too great. I find the experience to be choppy and though my monitor is 1440p I was hoping to stream in 4K on the TV but I'm not able to.

Is this the limits of the technology or have I missed a setting or done something incorrectly? I was hoping for a smooth experience. To note I checked the line and the adapters are providing 600Mbps.

Thanks.

 

[the-evaluator]

The adapters are reporting 600Mbps, but the chances of you actually being able to get 600Mbps through them is slim to none. It might be worth running some tests to see what real world throughput you can get - fire up iperf3 on a machine at each end of the connection and see what it reports.

Have you tried Wi-Fi? Powerline is in theory a great idea but I've always found that a decent Wi-Fi setup is loads better than Powerline.