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XAV6501/XAV6504 Internet speed problem
Hi all, I have two 600MB netgear powerlines (XAV6501 and XAV6504) to bring Internet from the living room to the office room on an apartment and it have been working well with speeds around 90/90MB o...
ahdcfe wrote:
But recently i have upgraded my Internet speed to 200/100MB with the ISP, but the speed on the powerline still maintains on 90/90MB with speedtest.net.
Check the specifications for the LAN ports on the XAV6501. 100BASE-Tx.Not bad for plugs that came out in 2013.
That limits the speed of anything you put on the network. So 90 Mbps is about what you would expect, given the usual overheads. Your plugs are now slower than your Internet service.
Newer Powerline plugs have LAN ports at 1000BASE.
ahdcfe wrote:
But recently i have upgraded my Internet speed to 200/100MB with the ISP, but the speed on the powerline still maintains on 90/90MB with speedtest.net.
Check the specifications for the LAN ports on the XAV6501. 100BASE-Tx.Not bad for plugs that came out in 2013.
That limits the speed of anything you put on the network. So 90 Mbps is about what you would expect, given the usual overheads. Your plugs are now slower than your Internet service.
Newer Powerline plugs have LAN ports at 1000BASE.
That's correct, thanks for the help!