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ralieghnet
Dec 28, 2020Aspirant
PLP2000 PL1200 Throughput problems
I have three power line adapter for my house. When I connect the PLP2000 by them selves I get around 800-900 Mbps durring a speed test from device to device. However, when I add into the existing pow...
michaelkenward
Dec 29, 2020Guru - Experienced User
ralieghnet wrote:
However, when I add into the existing powerline network the max speed I'm able to obtain is 50Mbps using the PL1200.
What are you plugging into the PL1200? How are you measuring the speed?
- ralieghnetJan 01, 2021Aspirant
I'm plugging in to each of Plug an 8- port switch. One switch is powering my entertainment center and the other is simplying powering my POE access point. I'm using Ubiquiti switches.
Router -> Ubiquiti -> Plug (PLP2000) ----- Plug (PLP2000)-> Ubiquiti -> entertainment center
\---- Plug (PL1200) -> Ubiquiti -> POE AP
To measure speed across my network I did several different test.
1. Iperf3
2. Speedtest.net
3. Raw gopro file to/from destination
All three gave the same results within a couple of megs. It does not matter from which switch I plug into for the test. They all give the same results in any direction.
- michaelkenwardJan 02, 2021Guru - Experienced User
Looks a bit complicated to me. Are powerline plugs really up to feeding 8-port switches?
I have a simpler setup with a receiving plug in front of an Orbi AP. I then feed devices from the AP. If I needed more ports, I would put the switch on the AP.
- ralieghnetJan 05, 2021Aspirant
The ammount of data the either switch is on average less than 10M. But when I'm wanting to watch a 4k movie from my Plex server is where I begin to run into problems.