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Netgear PLP2000 performance comparison to TP-Link PA9020P
Hi all, I have a TP-Link PA9020P, which is a competitor to the Netgear PLP2000. My ISP connection is 100/20 and I get maxed out speeds when I'm connected to my router via ethernet. When I'm c...
MIght it help a little? Tough to say as it'd requiring someone to have both sets to compare with. Its going to be a bit rare.
And I haven't seen a whole lot for details on Netgears adapters or even much for support. It seems like users have to use other companies utlities to update.
Any chance you have coax ran through your home? A set of Moca Adapters (ethernet over coax) might get you better performance than powerline.
Nope, I don't have coax in my house.
The reason why I'm wanting to try out a different powerline adapter is because I used to have a D-Link (can't remember the model). It was supposedly (on paper) to be on par with my TP-Link, but it performed a lot worse. So I think the bottleneck here is definitely the powerline.
Regarding firmware update using other other companies' utilities, could you elaborate a bit more on that please? What tools are they using and how are they actually updating their powerline? I wasn't able to find any firmware available to download for the PLP2000 from Netgear's website, so how did others update without a firmware file?
Zyxel makes a powerline utility that works based off the chipset and not the make of the devices. I've used it before but not recently so not sure if it still works. You can do a quick google search.
Sadly, I haven't seen a big difference between powerline makes on actual performance as it tends to be the same chipsets used. Difference is only usually around that 10%. Not enough to invest in new prodcuts in my experience.
Any chance a mesh network like orbi might work at your place?
Interesting. So the firmware is just for the chipset itself? I would've thought the firmware would include other bits and bobs for the different vendors. From memory, the TP-Link PA9020P uses the same chipset, but offers more visibility of the speed coming in and out of the powerlines through the TP-Link utility.
As for setting up a mesh network, that's not an option for me unfortunately. I have a granny flat behind the main house and the 2 properties are separated by a huge space in between, where there's a garden and a lot of concrete ground. I think mesh would be super weak. I tried wireless repeater previously and was getting poor results.