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Troubleshooting NETGEAR's Powerline Products
Troubleshooting NETGEAR's Powerline Products
Powerline products work better when plugged into the wall without power strips, extension cords, surge protectors, or interruptible power supplies.
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That's because the Powerline Utility is a scam.
Ik bought the XAVB5501 set. Because the utility gave good speeds (well over 100 Mbps, more than enough for my streaming video purposes) I didn't return it to the shop. But I found out later that, just like the advertised speed is no way near the real speed, even the reported Powerline utility speed isn't even close tot the real throughput speed!
From advice from someone I used the free programm Netstress and I eventually discovered why my HD material is still stuttering despite the claimed 100Mbps+ speeds of the Powerline Utility: the througput speed is way lower, about 20-25 Mbps in my case (instead of the 100+ which the utility gives). Too low for streaming my HD movies without stuttering...
If only I had known earlier about the Netstress program. But I was 'stupid' enough to trust the official Netgear Powerline Utility program to be thruthfull.... It's the newest version from the website btw, but the older versions also give the same readings.
A very disappointed customer.
Ik bought the XAVB5501 set. Because the utility gave good speeds (well over 100 Mbps, more than enough for my streaming video purposes) I didn't return it to the shop. But I found out later that, just like the advertised speed is no way near the real speed, even the reported Powerline utility speed isn't even close tot the real throughput speed!
From advice from someone I used the free programm Netstress and I eventually discovered why my HD material is still stuttering despite the claimed 100Mbps+ speeds of the Powerline Utility: the througput speed is way lower, about 20-25 Mbps in my case (instead of the 100+ which the utility gives). Too low for streaming my HD movies without stuttering...
If only I had known earlier about the Netstress program. But I was 'stupid' enough to trust the official Netgear Powerline Utility program to be thruthfull.... It's the newest version from the website btw, but the older versions also give the same readings.
A very disappointed customer.