Tool for testing powerline adapters

wildest_jjk · 29 Dec 2015 at 00:50

Hi guys,

Just set up some powerline adapters but having problems already. Whilst watching BT sport it will drop out every so often.

I think it's because I'm running the powerline adapters across two different ring mains but I want to test it properly first. Could anyone suggest to me a simple piece of software that can test the bandwidth etc running between these two powerline adapters?

Ideally I want to just leave a test running to see if it is the powerline adapters causing the drop out.

Thanks

lude1962 · 29 Dec 2015 at 08:15

speedtest, you'll either get your max broadband speed or you wont

dropout or buffering?

Steveocee · 29 Dec 2015 at 09:50

Depending on brand, some have a reasonably useful utility software. Devolo have something called cockpit and it's quite good.

PC to PC testing so,etching like iperf would be good for bandwidth testing

archerz · 29 Dec 2015 at 10:00

agree with iperf; easy to use and can specify your BW you want to throughput.

wildest_jjk · 29 Dec 2015 at 13:02

Thanks guys been using iperf and it is definitely the kind of thing I am looking for. Is there anything else I can use that will maybe graph the packet loss etc for me?

I think iperf does show this so it will probably have to do.

Thanks

theaterix · 29 Dec 2015 at 13:17

My plugs are the same as my wireless adapter but the ping is better so I use them for gaming and get a few spikes every now and again in games. I am on 210mbps broadband and get that on speedtest downstairs on the PC wired up and I get 53.20mbps on my plugs upstairs, my dad thinks its the old electrics in the house but i dunno...

bledd · 29 Dec 2015 at 13:45

theaterix said:
My plugs are the same as my wireless adapter but the ping is better so I use them for gaming and get a few spikes every now and again in games. I am on 210mbps broadband and get that on speedtest downstairs on the PC wired up and I get 53.20mbps on my plugs upstairs, my dad thinks its the old electrics in the house but i dunno...

http://www.totusoft.com/downloads.html

In the folder/serverIP field, you would put a shared folder from another machine/NAS drive..

ie..

\\computername\sharename

I'd use an SSD or even a RAM drive as the shared folder.

http://memory.dataram.com/products-and-services/software/ramdisk

nutcase · 29 Dec 2015 at 13:52

Hammer - hit it really hard. If something breaks you know it's broken and should buy an ethernet cable instead

Helpful?

matthab · 29 Dec 2015 at 14:34

I just did it between one share drive to another. A Linux ISO is always a good test.