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Wifi faster than powerline speeds
30-03-2016 7:50 PM
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Had my email the other day advising that my line speed after the 14 day period has been outlined as 77.4Mb against the estimated line speed of 80Mb (This may vary between 79.9Mb and 80Mb). It says in the email that the speeds are lower than expected, but to be honest it's not enough that I'd worry.
However, I don't feel as though I've been achieving actual speeds like this in daily use, particularly with my desktop which is connected to my HubOne using a TP-Link powerline adapter. Now, this adapter only has a 100Mb ethernet link on it, but the powerline utility states that full duplex throughput of the two units is in the region of 170Mb, which I should think would easily be enough to give me the full speed that my PN Fibre connection can provide.
I've done some speed tests using Ookla and what I've found is that my wifi speeds are actually better, by a significant margin, than my powerline connected desktop. See the attached images. I tested on the same server and the results are fairly repeatable.
Also, I did a BT Wholesale speed test on the desktop which came back with Download 23.3, Upload 15.36 and latency 28.63. Again this is repeatable and most of the tests I do from the desktop on the BTW speed test are within this range. Around 72Mb is the highest speed I've witnessed (using a synthetic speed test) and whilst I can't argue that this is fast, it does seem somewhat short of the estimated 79.9Mb to 80Mb (i.e. in the region of about 9%). I am new to phone fibre having previously been a VM customer, so perhaps this is actually completely normal and within an acceptable range?
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30-03-2016 8:01 PM
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"In The Beginning Was The Word, And The Word Was Aardvark."
Re: Wifi faster than powerline speeds
30-03-2016 8:33 PM
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So your Powerline adapters are throttling your connection as they can't achieve the 78Mbs required over the Power line, so you WiFi is actually performing better. If you want true 100Mb throughput run Cat 5e cabling along the skirting boards or under the carpet from the router to the PC.
See: http://www.techradar.com/news/networking/powerline-networking-what-you-need-to-know-930691/2
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30-03-2016 10:01 PM
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I may have to consider some other options!
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30-03-2016 10:08 PM
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30-03-2016 10:16 PM
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30-03-2016 10:25 PM
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http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/test-centre/network-wifi/18-best-powerline-adapters-2016-uk-3490638/
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30-03-2016 10:29 PM
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31-03-2016 2:01 AM
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I used to have a set of "500Mbps" powerline adaptors, but they gradually downgraded themselves.
So I bought some cable and a couple of switches (so I could stop off at the TV).
You will need a big drill to go through brick walls if you buy the cable with plugs already connected.
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Re: Wifi faster than powerline speeds
31-03-2016 11:20 AM
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Ethernet over Power devices are subject to interference and my previous experience hasn't been great with them leading me to kick them into the long grass and cable the house with Cat5E. Another potential suggestion provided your environment is suitable is maybe look at 5Ghz wireless? It's nowhere near as congested as the 2.4Ghz spectrum and can give great results in the right environment - I get 12.5MBps (roughly the equivalent of 100Mbps CAT5 cable) transfer rates between my client PC's (windows file tranfers) on a 600N AP without a problem.
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