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Powerline Adapter Issue
I have been using powerline adapters for the last few months in my room, getting about 7MB/s. This weekend it has dropped to anywhere between 1-3MB/s, but plugging directly into the router (even through a splitter) gets about 6MB/s. I think it's also affecting other powerline adapter connections because my dad's computer is getting similar numbers to me. I cannot think of any major changes in the network or even any new devices plugged into the mains aside from my sister's new PC (but that's not even plugged in at the moment). Any help would be appreciated, this is very frustrating for me
Update: Moving the adapter to a different socket seems to increase the speed and stability slightly but it still isn't at the level it should be and this cannot stay as is, there is a dog and a small child that could chew or trip on the cable
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Problem with powerline devices is that they are sensitive to interference. You might not have changed anything. But something within the house might have added interference like a motor going bad or another electronics device suddenly had an issue that is injecting feedback into the powerline.
its tough to troubleshoot. Basically you start in the same room and see how your speeds are. Once you move the devices apart, it usually has to go through the circuit box which means anything in the house can be injecting interference. You can unplug everything in the house and see how it works and slowly start adding things in. Or you can randomly go around unplugging stuff. Its tough with powerline.
A couple things to make sure.
1. Make sure the powerline devices aren't plugged into any surge protectors, gfci circuits, or arc fault circuits.
2. check cell phone chargers. knockoff and other cheap ones can add quite a bit of interence. Unplug those and check speeds.
