Disappointed with speed
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Newb here, first time user with a need for speed.
I set up my kit and everything is working, but the speed to my TV is disappointing, so I'm trying to figure out what's going on. I contacted customer service via phone support and they were surprisingly clueless and offered no help or explanations.
After reading through some of the threads here, I downloaded the utility to check my speed to the powerline adapters. After monitoring the utility for a few hours the speed to the remote adapter ranged from 190mbps to 300mbps, but seems to mostly be around 200mbps, which is fine by me.
The remote adapter is plugged into it's own outlet and there are no other devices located there. The nearest device is the TV, so I'm using a 10 foot ethernet cable to connect the powerline adapter to the TV. The ethernet cable is plugged into a gigabit TV port on the TV that is more than capable of handling 200-300mbps, but according to speed tests, the TV is only getting 70-80mbps.
If the powerline adapter is getting 200-300mbps, and is plugged to TV via etehrnet cable, why is the speed to the TV so low?
I don't understand. Thanks for your help.
I think the issue is that you just don't understand the limitations of the technology regardless of the product.. You can always try pure Wi-Fi mesh. Even Wi-Fi numbers for different protocols are based on theatrical 10000% perfect scenarios because they can't put a different number for 1000 different situations. It could also be an issue with the chip & NIC on the TV itself (they have a computer onboard processing the data, if you didn't realize); it might not even be the powerline unit that's diminishing Mbps. You won't know unless you try a different TV to prove it or not.
For example, my TV is an old dumb TV from 10 years ago and I use a newer version of the Google Chromecast and it gets 800Mbps.
Here's another example: I'm running my powerlines on two different circuits, from one room to another with a wall in-between and I get 438Mbps. It's an old multi-unit building where my bedroom with the main pc is actually on the Kitchen's circuit (I found this out when I was mining with my PC hah; popped the breaker). While my modem+router are in the living room on their own circuit. Some people might get even less than this. Some might be limited by many other things in the way. It just depends.
Comcast cable > SB8200 modem > ASUS router 1 > Powerline 1 > Powerline 2 > ASUS router 2 > Main PC
