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XAV101v2 - connection limitation
Hi,
I am having some issues with my powerline networking.
I am doing some speed tests since yesterday and I can't manage to solve my problem.
I have tried to connect my modem directly to my computer with a really long ethernet cable and I am getting more than 80Mbps which is the value I was expecting. When I am using my powerline adapter it looks like I can't get a better result than my current 33Mbps which is really frustrating. I did some tests to see if that could come from some of the ethernet cables I am using as some of them are a bit old and it doesn't look like it's making a big difference. So I have currently isolated for sure my problem to those powerline adapters.
Those powerline adapters were purchased in France when I was living there so I am using a FR-US adapter. So either the problem is coming from those adapters or from the powerline adapters or from my powerlines themselves.
Howerver when I do a test of connectivity between the two adapters via the powerline configuration utility I am getting values higher than 80Mbps so I don't really get why I am getting my connection caped.
Is there some settings limiting the connection or some limitation of this item I am not aware of that could create that issue?
Thank you in advance,
Cheers,
Martin
2 Replies
eiki42 wrote:
I have tried to connect my modem directly to my computer with a really long ethernet cable and I am getting more than 80Mbps which is the value I was expecting. When I am using my powerline adapter it looks like I can't get a better result than my current 33Mbps which is really frustrating.
Direct wired is always going to be faster then Powerline, especially when you are using Powerline plugs that are several generations old. I mean 2010?
The XAV101v2 is AV200, since then we have had AV500, AV1000 and now even faster. Newer plags also have Gbps Ethernet.
These XAV101v2 devices are seriously slow plugs. The speed claims are marketing hype. That claimed top speed of 80 Mbps has to be shared by everything on the network.
- Thanks for the reply.
I know those plugs are pretty old and quite slow compare to what there is on the market now but well they claim to go up to 200Mbps. I know this number is probably reached in an unrealistic best case scenario but between 200 and 33Mbps there is a huge gap which would transform marketing hype into marketing huge lie. So I was not really content with this explanation that I already had a bit in mind.
I shouldn't have said I plugged the modem directly to my computer and reached more 80Mbps. I plugged the modem directly to the router to be sure I had no difference in the network sharing. So that can't explain it as well.
So I am still kind of stuck on the fr - us adapter or some settings I need to change on the powerline adapters themselves. But I still can't explain how the netgear utility software can claim the connection between the two powerline adapters is higher than 80Mbps and I am only getting 33Mbps. I mean either the value the utility software is giving me is a total lie or these values don't represent how much speed I am getting out of the adapter or something else is happening between the adapter and my computer (and the only thing I see would be some firmware witchcraft).
I know it would be kind of time to update for a new model but I am always quite reticent to change something that should be good enough without managing to understand why it doesn't work. But I am pretty sure it's what's gonna happen....
