Help with powerline...

[Jtromme]

So I recently bought a powerline adapter (tplink av2000) and it came in today. I was setting it up and now i'm using it on a minecraft server, and its mostly fine, but I randomly get lag spikes (up to 2000ms) and they last like 20 seconds. I also sometimes get randomly disconnected. Please help! (and I appreciate it in advance!)

[PorkishPig]

Powerline's reliability is entirely dependent on the quality of electrical wiring in your house. If your wiring sucks, powerline will suck.

[Jtromme]

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@PorkishPigok thank you for the reply, my house was built in the 70's, so that would make sense. So do you think it would be better for me to just buy a good pci-e wifi card, because I can still return the powerline adapter.

[Donut417]

8 minutes ago, sssolar said:

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@PorkishPigok thank you for the reply, my house was built in the 70's, so that would make sense. So do you think it would be better for me to just buy a good pci-e wifi card, because I can still return the powerline adapter.

WiFi could be just as bad. Servers need to be wired in to the router.

[PorkishPig]

20 minutes ago, sssolar said:

@PorkishPigok thank you for the reply, my house was built in the 70's, so that would make sense. So do you think it would be better for me to just buy a good pci-e wifi card, because I can still return the powerline adapter.

Yep, that's really your only other option. I used a TP-Link Archer T9E for years, excellent card. T6E performs about the same. If you're looking to run a server, I would suggest looking into re-purposing an old desktop as a headless server that you can connect directly to the router. 

[Jtromme]

@PorkishPig and @Donut417 thank both of you!