Poor streaming connection/speed

Weevil wrote:
I've run NASTester a few times from the player end of the network and it is only reading at 4.2 MB/sec (writing to the NAS is at 7.6 MB/sec)?! Am I right in thinking that this is way too slow... despite 'upgrading' to the newer Netgear AV500 Powerlines, would it make more sense to go wireless?

(a) Powerline is a hit-or-miss technology. It works well on some circuit pairs, but not so well on other circuit pairs. If you have the XAVB5602, then try using a power adapter that drops the ground lead. I beta-tested that model, and on some circuits that gave better performance.
(b) 802.11n might give better performance than powerline, it is worth testing.

Weevil wrote:
I can't see any options on the router to enable 100mbit/s networking. I'll have another search through the www later tonight or tomorrow.

Look on the NAS network interface configuration. There is a pulldown to select 100 mbit. You don't need to do anything in the router.

Though the test should ideally would be done w/o using the powerline adapters.

Also, make sure your powerline adapters are not plugged into surge protectors.