Powerline slower than wifi (PCIe wifi recommendations?)

[TTwerty]

Hi!

 

I bought a new router today (older one was 10+ years old).

 

Old speeds:

-Powerline (LAN): 50-60Mb/s

-Wifi: 15-30Mb/s

 

New speeds:

-Powerline (LAN): 50-60Mb/s

-Wifi: 170-190Mb/s

 

So the wifi improved an insane amount but the powerline stayed the same.

Is there a reason for this and is there anything I can do about?

 

If it is not fixable, I should probably get wifi on my desktop, which hardware is recommended for this? (internal/usb/...)

 

Thanks in advance!

[Electronics Wizardy]

that seems fine, those speeds are epxected for power line. It does still hae some advantages over wifi, but wifi is probably the better overall solution here.

 

PCIe wifi cards are the way to go. Id get something based on the intel ax200.

[Arika]

Powerline is completely reliant on the wiring of your house

Wifi is completely reliant on the wall positioning and fill of your house

 

There is no "best" option. it's what ever works better for your particular setup.

[TTwerty]

18 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

that seems fine, those speeds are epxected for power line. It does still hae some advantages over wifi, but wifi is probably the better overall solution here.

 

PCIe wifi cards are the way to go. Id get something based on the intel ax200.

I have no clue how I go about buying one of those.

 

What are specs I should look out for?

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/wireless-network-card/#V=8000&i=33,35,40

For me all these are almost the same?

 

I also see you can buy the intel ax200 (the green standard one) for pretty cheap but it looks a lot different from the more expensive ones?

[Sorenson]

I've used a couple power line connectors and they have always been unreliable for me in my house. If you need wired connection and have coax run through your house, I recommend Moca Adapters. I get rock solid near gigabit speed to my downstairs coax outlet through it. 

[TTwerty]

4 minutes ago, Sorenson said:

I've used a couple power line connectors and they have always been unreliable for me in my house. If you need wired connection and have coax run through your house, I recommend Moca Adapters. I get rock solid near gigabit speed to my downstairs coax outlet through it. 

Coax is very limited in my house I'm afraid (only 2 outlets in the house, one close to router, one downstairs but not near my setup) but it is indeed something I can look at when I ever decide to move my setup closer to the outlets. 

Very informative as I didn't even know that was possible.

[Electronics Wizardy]

2 hours ago, TTwerty said:

I have no clue how I go about buying one of those.

 

What are specs I should look out for?

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/wireless-network-card/#V=8000&i=33,35,40

For me all these are almost the same?

 

I also see you can buy the intel ax200 (the green standard one) for pretty cheap but it looks a lot different from the more expensive ones?

If its using the ax200 chipset, it will all work about the same. Getting one with externala antennas can help with reception though.

 

They should ll hve the same chipset nad preform about the same

 

Id probalby get this guy https://pcpartpicker.com/product/FsNgXL/msi-ax905c-pcie-x1-80211abgnacax-wi-fi-adapter-ax905c

[TTwerty]

10 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

If its using the ax200 chipset, it will all work about the same. Getting one with externala antennas can help with reception though.

 

They should ll hve the same chipset nad preform about the same

 

Id probalby get this guy https://pcpartpicker.com/product/FsNgXL/msi-ax905c-pcie-x1-80211abgnacax-wi-fi-adapter-ax905c

The MSI one isn't available in my region but I can get this one for 40€

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/dBFKHx/tp-link-archer-tx3000e-pcie-x1-80211abgnacax-wi-fi-adapter-archer-tx3000e

 

Will probably perform the same right?

[Electronics Wizardy]

2 hours ago, TTwerty said:

The MSI one isn't available in my region but I can get this one for 40€

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/dBFKHx/tp-link-archer-tx3000e-pcie-x1-80211abgnacax-wi-fi-adapter-archer-tx3000e

 

Will probably perform the same right?

yea that will preform the same.