Whats the bottleneck?

[Raphhashem]

I've been lucky enough to be upgraded by my ISP to 100mpbs and It's great as long as I'm connected directly to the router (with laptop). However, the house is connected up via powerline and my adapter goes into a switch before it gets into my pc. However, by the time its there the speed is only 50mbps. Is the bottleneck the powerline thingy as thats the only thing I can't compare. (Can't move pc to room with router)

 

Here is a more simple way of describing how internet gets to me.

 

ISP to Router 100/10 (Down and Up speed)

Router into Powerline 1

Powerline 1 to Powerline 2

Powerline 2 into Switch

Switch into Pc.

 

Router; Virgin media Super hub v1

Powerline 1: Av200 (TL - 211) 

Powerline 2: Av200 (TL - WPA281) 

Switch: TP-Link 100/10 switch

Pc Gigabit Lan

[nsyedhasan]

Maybe the powerline connections? How old is your house? I ask this because older houses can have issues with power line speeds. 

[Zeke]

Try to connecting to the second powerline directly with the laptop. If that fixes the problem - it's the switch.

[xox]

What's wrong with WiFi?

[Scheer]

Honestly a Powerline adapter that get 50Mbps real world throughput is impressive. I don't care how fast it says it will work on the box, you are never going to get that. A lot of people will only get about 10Mbps with powerline adapters.

[RelentlessAF]

What's wrong with WiFi?

Not as stable as a hardline connection and susceptible to interference.

[Raphhashem]

Maybe the powerline connections? How old is your house? I ask this because older houses can have issues with power line speeds. 

Yup I think its the house, but still exactly 50mbps still seems a bit too bottlenecky to me as the number seems too rounded.

[xox]

Not as stable as a hardline connection and susceptible to interference.

I have no trouble with it, it's so much easier to use and it works with everything.

 

I'd rather have a solid connection, but pulling up floorboards really isn't my idea of fun.

 

As for powerline, it is just plain worse than WiFi, unless you pay huge amounts for a really good kit.

[Thunderjolt]

Maybe the powerline connections? How old is your house? I ask this because older houses can have issues with power line speeds. 

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[Steven9595]

Honestly a Powerline adapter that get 50Mbps real world throughput is impressive. I don't care how fast it says it will work on the box, you are never going to get that. A lot of people will only get about 10Mbps with powerline adapters.

My powerline adapters by WD have gotten me over 100Mbs

[RelentlessAF]

I have no trouble with it, it's so much easier to use and it works with everything.

 

I'd rather have a solid connection, but pulling up floorboards really isn't my idea of fun.

 

As for powerline, it is just plain worse than WiFi, unless you pay huge amounts for a really good kit.

Not everyone has the same experience, a good solid wi-fi connection requires proper hardware working together well and not everyone has such hardware such as a decent router and a good wireless receiver.