Powerline/HomePlug Advice Sought

[nheather]

Hi,

I currently use TP-Link AV 500 home plugs. Never questioned the performance until recently I tried to stream from my new Synology NAS and found that I get stuttering.

This is streaming uncompressed Blurays, I have tried a few that have been compressed with Handbrake and they stream fine.

So did some tests in different parts of the house today and this is what I found.

Internet access - the home network is running faster than my broadband so I get full internet bandwidth.

I then tried some file transfers with my NAS first over Powerline/Homeplug and second other Ethernet.

What I found was that over AV 500 I am getting a consistent

40 Mbps (bits per second) write
20 Mbps (bits per second) read

I suspect that the 20 Mbps is not quite enough.

So thinking of upgrading to AV2 1300 or AV2 2000.

Will I see a significant improvement in the download speed?

Cheers,

Nigel

 

[degrub]

Maybe. The newer stds are more robust, but it all depends on the wiring. Do you have any arc fault breakers in the electrical panel ?

What was the transfer speed over ethernet ?

 

[thiggins]

So thinking of upgrading to AV2 1300 or AV2 2000.

Will I see a significant improvement in the download speed?

Check the Powerline Chart.

Powerline technology improved a lot in HomePlug AV2. I'd give any of the AV2 adapters a try. I also found them better in dealing with line noise.

 

[nheather]

No I don't have any ARC breakers.

Over ethernet is fine, approaching 100Mbps or 1000Mbps depending on whether I am using a Gigbit connection or not.

Cheers,

Nigel