powerline adapters

Beans on toast Dave · 16 Dec 2011 at 18:14

hi bought some powerline adapters

they are belkin F5D4076uk 1000mbps

after reading reviews they are looking like i will have to return them

on the same electic socket the max i gan get out of them in 11MBps
thats well short of the 100MBps they are rated
i did not expect to get the full speed but half would be nice

so just to put me straight

1000mbps = 100MBps?

the 11MBps i get is 110mbps speed?

so what can people reccomend then ?

really want at 500mbps or 50MBps

any advice?

bremen1874 · 16 Dec 2011 at 21:50

Your figures are a bit out as you should be dividing by 8 not 10 (8 bits to the byte).

The adapters you have are a discontinued model. You'd be better off with some adapters that are AV 500 compliant.

Have a look at smallnetbuilder.com for some reviews.

Beans on toast Dave · 17 Dec 2011 at 12:00

hi

thanks for that, the real question is can i get transfer rates of at least 20MBps (i get 80MBps using cat5) assuming good electrics using 500mbps adapters
dividing it down in therory yes but in reality?

PistolPete · 17 Dec 2011 at 12:31

bremen1874 said:
Your figures are a bit out as you should be dividing by 8 not 10 (8 bits to the byte).

It's closer to 10 as you need to allow for the the headers and stuff that TCP/UDP adds to the IP rate.

welshdragon · 17 Dec 2011 at 13:26

I use a pair of the Solwise gigabit ones which are spot on. Not sure of exact speeds but they stream my HD movies from upstairs to downstairs flawlessly. Just updated their firmware too whcih has helped.

Couple of things to check:

Make sure they are not on surge protected plugs as this can impact performance

If they are on seperate ring mains in the house this can also cause problems

What is you setup?
Mine are connected to the gigabit switch on my superhub. And my pc/nas are also gigabit. Unless your gear is rated at gigabit speeds that will also interfere with performance

Eric7 · 17 Dec 2011 at 16:15

A rule in life that I learned: Never buy Belkin.

Just bought these http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=NW-032-TP after I got sick of rubish wireless in my house and so far they're very good. Maxing out my Infinity connection.

Jay794 · 17 Dec 2011 at 16:24

Here's what annoys me, when ISP say 50Mb connection everything thinks Megabyte. It gets extremely confusing when you have Mb and MB, especially when most people just get "meg connection" lol

magicroundabout · 17 Dec 2011 at 16:26

my adapters have been brilliant. constant speeds all the time with my 50mb connection.

Best £30 i've spent in ages

Montala · 17 Dec 2011 at 16:31

I have always used Solwise ones also, and you can even buy them directly from their website, which also has lots of info etc.

They also offer a very good before and after sales service, if you aren't sure about any aspects of their products.

welshdragon · 17 Dec 2011 at 17:30

Those tp-link ones look good but the solwise gigabit pair are only a tenner more