I've had the problem of a 30 meter Cat5e cable running up my stairs and accross the landing for a year or 2 now, and I have been avoiding using Wifi or Powerlines because the performance sucks.
After reading all the good reviews of the TP Link AV200, I decided to get one. Since it states 200Mbps, and my home network is 100Mbps, I thought it would be the ideal solution.
My wired connection is perfect (other than the wire laying around) with these results....
---Writing--- ---Reading--- Packet length : 5,000,000 5,000,000 Time to complete: 0.4303301 0.4317587 Bytes per second: 11,618,987 11,580,543 Bits per second : 92,951,896 92,644,344 ------------- ------------- Mbps: 92.9518960 92.6443440
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With the Powerline kit, these are my results...
---Writing--- ---Reading--- Packet length : 20,000,000 20,000,000 Time to complete: 3.5692565 3.1107072 Bytes per second: 5,603,408 6,429,406 Bits per second : 44,827,264 51,435,248 ------------- ------------- Mbps: 44.8272640 51.4352480
It's fine for streaming, even 1080p video over the network, but it's restricting my internet connection. I've just recently had my connection upgraded to 62Mbps/16Mbps so the WAN is actually faster than the LAN. I can't accept that.
Also, if I plug one of the powerlines into the plug socket NEXT to the socket to which the router & modem are connected, it messes my internet connection up. Giving me really poor speedtest results. Plugging it into a different wall socket solves that, but it's still too slow. I could live with maybe 75Mbps, any suggestions of how I can improve.
My power lines are connected directly to wall sockets, and my house is only about 10 years old, so the wiring should be fine.
Thanks
After reading all the good reviews of the TP Link AV200, I decided to get one. Since it states 200Mbps, and my home network is 100Mbps, I thought it would be the ideal solution.
My wired connection is perfect (other than the wire laying around) with these results....
---Writing--- ---Reading--- Packet length : 5,000,000 5,000,000 Time to complete: 0.4303301 0.4317587 Bytes per second: 11,618,987 11,580,543 Bits per second : 92,951,896 92,644,344 ------------- ------------- Mbps: 92.9518960 92.6443440
---------------------------------------------------------------------
With the Powerline kit, these are my results...
---Writing--- ---Reading--- Packet length : 20,000,000 20,000,000 Time to complete: 3.5692565 3.1107072 Bytes per second: 5,603,408 6,429,406 Bits per second : 44,827,264 51,435,248 ------------- ------------- Mbps: 44.8272640 51.4352480
It's fine for streaming, even 1080p video over the network, but it's restricting my internet connection. I've just recently had my connection upgraded to 62Mbps/16Mbps so the WAN is actually faster than the LAN. I can't accept that.
Also, if I plug one of the powerlines into the plug socket NEXT to the socket to which the router & modem are connected, it messes my internet connection up. Giving me really poor speedtest results. Plugging it into a different wall socket solves that, but it's still too slow. I could live with maybe 75Mbps, any suggestions of how I can improve.
My power lines are connected directly to wall sockets, and my house is only about 10 years old, so the wiring should be fine.
Thanks
