Powerline - slloooowww

[Peter Cashen]

Hi All,

I've posted in the relevant IT techy forums... I'm one myself, but got no answers.

Basically just moved into a new build (no Ethernet wiring unfortunately), but was going to use powerline adapters.

In my old house they worked fine and I'd get 150mb/s or more, but in this house they wont go over 70mb/s, so thinking that it must be to do with the electrics or RCD things.. I know nothing about electrics. Is this a known issue? Anything I can do/try?

 

[Peter Cashen]

Is this a local LAN / ethernet? I'd start by getting the earthing tested and check for a neutral-earth voltage that shouldn't be there.

Could this thing do the test? http://www.screwfix.com/p/fluke-sm100-socket-tester/2460j

 

[LeeH]

Mb/MB... Tomato/Tomato.... lets not get into the nitty gritty ha.

Using speedtest.net without homeplug - 225
Using speedtest.net with homeplug - 70

WTF?

You do know the 2 are apples and oranges don't you?

The speeds you claim are impossible if you look at the numbers I quoted are they not?

How can a 1200 powerline adapter ever max out or above its speed rating.

The adapter is the bottle neck here as Lankywill said.

Our average real-world speed score for these latest adapters was 105Mbps – miles below the claimed 1,200Mbps but enough to greatly improve on your home network if you rely on standard Wi-Fi. The Netgear adapters reached 102Mbps. The similar Trendnet Powerline 1200 AV2 just pipped it at 110Mbps.

 

[Peter Cashen]

WTF?

You do know the 2 are apples and oranges don't you?

The speeds you claim are impossible if you look at the numbers I quoted are they not?

How can a 1200 powerline adapter ever max out or above its speed rating.

The adapter is the bottle neck here as Lankywill said.



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Speedtest.net returns its result in Mbps.

NetGear PL1200 give 1200Mbps (- Powerline 1200, 1 Port - http://www.netgear.co.uk/home/products/networking/powerline/PL1200.aspx)

A tomato is a tomato, no matter how you pronounce it.

 

[Octopus]

Could this thing do the test? http://www.screwfix.com/p/fluke-sm100-socket-tester/2460j

That won't tell you much....

 

[LeeH]

Ahhh, I see now. My bad

 

[Marvo]

Could this thing do the test? http://www.screwfix.com/p/fluke-sm100-socket-tester/2460j

Nope, unfortunately not. One of these http://www.screwfix.com/p/megger-mft1711-multifunction-tester/3880r

 

[static zap]

Try a similar side by side on the end of a long extension lead ,
for more clues !
(get a pencil eraser on those plug pins )
...Once you've had fast ...
(now SSD addicted)

 

[Wilko]

Speedtest.net returns its result in Mbps.

NetGear PL1200 give 1200Mbps (- Powerline 1200, 1 Port - http://www.netgear.co.uk/home/products/networking/powerline/PL1200.aspx)

A tomato is a tomato, no matter how you pronounce it.

Time for my dumb question ... the product blurb says 1200Mbps but unit has gigabit interface ports ... ?

 

[telectrix]

the speed of my computer depends on how long it takes for the valves to warm up.

 

[Peter Cashen]

Time for my dumb question ... the product blurb says 1200Mbps but unit has gigabit interface ports ... ?

Yeah probably marketing blurb...

I'm not expecting that fast ha!

 

[sean_ork]

Someone doesn't know the difference between a megabit and a megabyte .....

 

[Wilko]

Someone doesn't know the difference between a megabit and a megabyte .....

You mean 8 bits = 1byte ?
You lost me from there, sorry ..

 

[Peter Cashen]

Someone doesn't know the difference between a megabit and a megabyte .....

The fact is... it doesn't matter whether its bits or bytes.

The home plugs are slower (by more than half) in this house compared to my last house!

So I could make up my own speed; 100mb/s = 4 donkeys.

In my last house these exact same plugs would give 8 donkeys. In this house I only get 3 donkeys. Ha... the issue is the same!