Powerline/homeplug question

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I've currently got 3 Devolo 200Mbps homeplugs (one near the router, one to the main PC and one to the bedroom TV)

The thing is I've recently upgraded to a fibre connection and am looking at replacing the router and the main PC homeplugs with some 1200Mbps ones so I can get the best possible speed from my main PC.

My question is, can I still use the 200Mbps plug on the bedroom TV (which is rarely used) or will this somehow bring the whole system speed down too?? (or won't they work at all??)
 
Thanks for the info - I was sure I'd read that somewhere - thanks for confirming!

I've read good things about the Solwise Smartlink 1200AV2 adapters so I think I might go with them and simply leave the one in the bedroom switched off unless I need it (which is rare) - hopefully this will mean they will operate at their maximum speed 99% of the time!
 
bledd. said:
FYI, they won't run anywhere remotely near 1200MBps. More like 150-200 max
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All I really want is for them not to be a bottleneck for my fibre connection which seems to be running at around 70-75Mbps - I know speedtests are largely subjective but if I connect my laptop to my router by ethernet I get the full-whack whereas upstairs through the 200Mpbs homeplugs I tend to get around 35-40Mbps so I'm assuming that it's the homeplugs that are the issue??

I don't do a lot (if any) large file transfers so that side of things isn't a major concern and the issue I have with relying on WiFi is that my PC is 2 floors up from the router so I can't imagine the signal will be particularly amazing!
 
Hmmm, done a bit of reading on the 500Mbps adapters and a few people seem to think that if you divide the Mbps speed by 8 then you arrive at roughly the MB/s throughput (ie. 62.5MB for the 500Mbps ones)

Does this sound reasonable to the knowledgeable bods around these parts??

As long as the fibre speed isn't bottlenecked then I think I should be OK so the 1200Mbps plugs seem to be overkill!?!? (having said that, is there any benefit in going for homplugs with gigabit ethernet??)
 
bremen1874 said:
Dividing by 8 does convert Megabits per second to Megabytes per second, but this isn't applicable in this case.

AV500 (500 Mbit/sec) adapters are likely to max out at around 70Mbit/sec (single stream), maybe a bit higher, maybe a lot less. Have a look at the information over at Small Net Builder http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/tools/charts/powerline/view for a better idea.
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Thanks for the link - doesn't have all the adapters I'm looking for on it but at least it gives me an idea!

I think I might just bite the bullet and go for the 1200Mbps plugs - at least then I'm prepared for any speed increases in the future as well as getting better file transfer speeds in the meantime!
 
bremen1874 said:
AV600 are worth a look; cheaper than AV1200 but still based on more modern chipsets than most AV500 adapters.
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I did have a look at the 600Mbps adapters but I've seen the Netgear PL1200 Powerline Adapter Kit - Twin Pack for less than £50, which seems to be not much more than the 600's cost for theoretically double the speed??
 
Here's a question - I went for the 1200Mbps TP Link powerline kit in the end.

On my wireless laptop I get around 70Mbps (same room as the router)

On my PC 2 floors up, using my old 200Mbps Devolo homeplugs, I got around 28Mbps

With the new TP Link powerline adapters I'm getting around 64Mbps - so obviously a decent improvement but still not as high as on the laptop - could the homeplugs still be the "bottleneck"??

I've run the little TP Link utility and it's telling me the link is operating at anywhere between 140-171Mbps - does this sound about right for the 1200 speed adapters??
 
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