Getting only half of the speed with TL-PA4010KIT
Hi,
Until now, I had little problem when using Powerline adaptors. Minor disconnects were the only problems. my 50mbps download speed as well as my 10mbps upload has been pretty much stable. But now I have upgraded the connection to 150Mbps and my Powerlines are out of breath. Cannot squeeze our more than 80Mpbs of the through the powerline no matter what I do (latest firmware, change of socks and cable, resetting switching adapters between).
Yet, when I look on the TP-Link tool it claims my Powerline rate is capable anything bettween 300-400Mbps which is rather confusing.
Now, you might be asking - what about other devices on the network? Well, that is the thing anything else which is connected via WiFi just speeds up like formula 1 from 0 straight to 150 and somethime 160 including mobile phones and old laptop. When I insert WiFi dongle into my PC it is the same. So the only device that lags in speed is sadly the Powerline adaptor.
The only aspect where powerline is faster is the upload speed which is advertised at 10mbps, but anything on wifi struggles to go beyond 3mbps, whilst powerline can muster about anything between 3-7 (again very unstable on each measurement).
Do you think I need to upgrade to pass through version or is there possibly another fix? I've have been always using main socket (with two sockets) on both ends. The other socket has extension cable with couple appliances connected to it (lamp, speakers, laptop charger, phone charger), but that was never a problem before.
Also noticed in adapter status that my Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller seems to be capped on 100mbps. I have even changed cables to 5e to ensure higher speed, alas the network adapter confg still says 100mbps.
Cheers
Six