Powerline HomePlug networking - Page 2

Salu · 29-10-2008, 10:29

Are there any kind of equipment that interfere with the speed such as microwaves or things with electrical motors in them...vacuums etc...?

danielf · 29-10-2008, 11:06

Salu: Are you sure of the speed rating of your units?

Also, just to cover the bases: Are you getting transfer speeds of 2 Megabit (2Mb) or or 2MegayByte (2MB) which is ~ 16 Megabit?

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Originally Posted by TheNorm

This review article says they work as they should:

http://www.pcchecker.co.uk/forum/vie...f=55&t=56&p=84

Perhaps one of your units is faulty?

Looking at that article, they are talking about the connection speed. Not the throughput, which is a lot lower due to the protocol overheads.

TheNorm · 29-10-2008, 11:22

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Originally Posted by danielf

That's odd, ...

Here is a comparison giving actual (as opposed to predicted) performance:

http://www.solwise.co.uk/net-powerline.htm#TEST

Salu · 29-10-2008, 11:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by danielf

Salu: Are you sure of the speed rating of your units?

Also, just to cover the bases: Are you getting transfer speeds of 2 Megabit (2Mb) or or 2MegayByte (2MB) which is ~ 16 Megabit?

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Looking at that article, they are talking about the connection speed. Not the throughput, which is a lot lower due to the protocol overheads.

The packaging does say 85Mb on it. The vista dialogue just said Mb/sec if my memory serves me correctly...

danielf · 29-10-2008, 12:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheNorm

Here is a comparison giving actual (as opposed to predicted) performance:

http://www.solwise.co.uk/net-powerline.htm#TEST

Yes, that was my understanding.

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Originally Posted by Salu

The packaging does say 85Mb on it. The vista dialogue just said Mb/sec if my memory serves me correctly...

Why don't you simply copy a large file over and measure how long it takes? I would say if you get around 20Mb/s, or 2.5MB/s it's about right.