You can and they will work. But if both kinds of adapters are active at the same time, speed will be reduced for both. SeeI already have 4 Linksys PLK300 200 Mbps. Do you think I can add 2 xavb5001 to the network ? thanks.
You can and they will work. But if both kinds of adapters are active at the same time, speed will be reduced for both. See
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanw...ug-five-ways-to-boost-powerline-network-speed
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanw...ug-five-ways-to-boost-powerline-network-speed
If you don't believe the article, why would believe anything else I have to say?Thanks. I am not sure if the Homeplug 200 and Homeplug 500 are actually "two different adapter types" like the article says.
If you don't believe the article, why would believe anything else I have to say?
I would not expect significantly better than that.Mine is 4ms on average. Can you tell me if the latency would decrease with the new Netgear kit?
They should perform comparably. The switch won't degrade performance.Is anyone able to comment on the relative Homeplug performance of the XAV5004 (combined 500-AV 4-port router, on a trailing mains lead)? Should it perform identically to a XAV5001?
Also, will the network performance of these Atheros 7400 units degrade with the addition of extra units?
They should perform comparably. The switch won't degrade performance.
All HomePlug adapters share the same bandwidth. Adding adapters won't affect performance if they are idle. You'll actually get more total throughput using up to four pair of devices simultaneously. After that, bandwidth per pair will fall off.
freenas:~# iperf -c freenas2 -t 30 -i 1 -m
------------------------------------------------------------
Client connecting to freenas2, TCP port 5001
TCP window size: 257 KByte (default)
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[ 3] local 192.168.0.3 port 62132 connected with 192.168.0.200 port 5001
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth
[ 3] 0.0- 1.0 sec 8.38 MBytes 70.3 Mbits/sec
[ 3] 1.0- 2.0 sec 11.8 MBytes 98.6 Mbits/sec
[ 3] 2.0- 3.0 sec 10.1 MBytes 84.9 Mbits/sec
[ 3] 3.0- 4.0 sec 13.6 MBytes 114 Mbits/sec
[ 3] 4.0- 5.0 sec 13.6 MBytes 114 Mbits/sec
[ 3] 5.0- 6.0 sec 14.2 MBytes 120 Mbits/sec
[ 3] 6.0- 7.0 sec 13.2 MBytes 111 Mbits/sec
[ 3] 7.0- 8.0 sec 13.6 MBytes 114 Mbits/sec
[ 3] 8.0- 9.0 sec 3.00 MBytes 25.2 Mbits/sec
[ 3] 9.0-10.0 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
[ 3] 10.0-11.0 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
[ 3] 11.0-12.0 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
[ 3] 12.0-13.0 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
[ 3] 13.0-14.0 sec 5.38 MBytes 45.1 Mbits/sec
[ 3] 14.0-15.0 sec 10.4 MBytes 87.0 Mbits/sec
[ 3] 15.0-16.0 sec 13.0 MBytes 109 Mbits/sec
[ 3] 16.0-17.0 sec 128 KBytes 1.05 Mbits/sec
[ 3] 17.0-18.0 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
[ 3] 18.0-19.0 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
[ 3] 19.0-20.0 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
[ 3] 20.0-21.0 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
[ 3] 21.0-22.0 sec 2.75 MBytes 23.1 Mbits/sec
[ 3] 22.0-23.0 sec 7.38 MBytes 61.9 Mbits/sec
[ 3] 23.0-24.0 sec 8.75 MBytes 73.4 Mbits/sec
[ 3] 24.0-25.0 sec 10.1 MBytes 84.9 Mbits/sec
[ 3] 25.0-26.0 sec 10.0 MBytes 83.9 Mbits/sec
[ 3] 26.0-27.0 sec 10.0 MBytes 83.9 Mbits/sec
[ 3] 27.0-28.0 sec 10.0 MBytes 83.9 Mbits/sec
[ 3] 28.0-29.0 sec 10.2 MBytes 86.0 Mbits/sec
[ 3] 29.0-30.0 sec 10.5 MBytes 88.1 Mbits/sec
[ 3] 0.0-30.0 sec 210 MBytes 58.8 Mbits/sec
[ 3] MSS size 1448 bytes (MTU 1500 bytes, ethernet)
freenas:~#
I would not expect significantly better than that.
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