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Oct 12, 2024Follower
Link Rate XAV1501
I only get a link Rate indicator of red < 50Mbps with XAV1501 powerline adaptor ( filtered AC socket) regardless of which plug I pick. However in the same plug I gat green >80Mbps with XAV1301 AV 200...
Zoltrix
Oct 24, 2024Aspirant
Michael not accurate, please be careful with 'noobish' advice.
michaelkenward
Oct 24, 2024Guru - Experienced User
Zoltrix wrote:
Michael not accurate, please be careful with 'noobish' advice.
Which bit?
According to the documentation XAV1501 is "HomePlug AV" standard. It has "Bandwidth 500 Mbps". 240 Mbps when it comes to Data Transfer Rate. The LAN port is 100BASE-T.
The rest is drawn from many messages that have appeared here over the years.
Then there is this:
Adding a powerline adapter to an existing powerline network - NETGEAR Support
HomePlug AV 200 Mbps, 500 Mbps, 1000 Mbps, 1200Mbps and 2000 Mbps coexist and are interoperable with each other; however, we do not recommend using different generations of devices together as this might lead to performances issues.
It was on that basis that I retired my "slow" AV500 plugs when I installed AV2 plugs with 1000 Mbps LAN ports.
Was I wrong?
I haven't tried adding the older plugs to my current network. Might be an interesting experiment.
Just another user with time on their hands.