Powerline

[Jebonia]

I'm looking at getting powerline (tp-link av500 kit) as i'm moving into a brand new 2 story house. The house isn't that large, it fits in a 14mx30m lot. It has the NBN which is 100/40 mbps. How much could i expect through power line? And can i run more than 1 powerline in a house?

[TheKDub]

Yes you can run more than one powerline, all it takes is one connected to a router or switch or whatever it is you use for connecting other devices via ethernet, then the rest synced to it and connected to other devices.

 

The speed loss will not be significant, probably around 10% tops.

 

Keep in mind appliances such as refrigerators and microwaves will cause interference with the powerline network, so plug the adapters in a ways away from those types of appliances.

[deafboy]

You can have numerous of them in a home, but I have to ask what you plan on using it for?

 

I have the old Cisco PLE400 from years ago when I just needed a connection through some thick walls.  Performance isn't anything spectacular, bandwidth is alright but latency took a notable hit.  I was actually so disappointed with powerline that I stopped using it.

[Jebonia]

You can have numerous of them in a home, but I have to ask what you plan on using it for?

 

I have the old Cisco PLE400 from years ago when I just needed a connection through some thick walls.  Performance isn't anything spectacular, bandwidth is alright but latency took a notable hit.  I was actually so disappointed with powerline that I stopped using it.

I heard that newer powerlines work alot better. How old was it?

[deafboy]

I heard that newer powerlines work alot better. How old was it?

 

They've gotten faster, but they can't really do anything about the latency.

 

Got mine a year or so ago.

[TheProfosist]

To figure out speeds you'll just have to try it as it all depends on the wiring of the house and the load going through it.

[TheProfosist]

I have I believe tp-link 500mbps ones with a 1gbps port on them (important to check that).

[deafboy]

To figure out speeds you'll just have to try it as it all depends on the wiring of the house and the load going through it.

 

For the most part, this.  Speeds shouldn't have too much of an impact based on the homes wiring but the homes wiring definitely effects the ping/latency.  Whenever possible, don't use the same circuit as other high powered devices (TVs, Refrigerators, ovens, microwaves, etc).

[Jebonia]

For the most part, this.  Speeds shouldn't have too much of an impact based on the homes wiring but the homes wiring definitely effects the ping/latency.  Whenever possible, don't use the same circuit as other high powered devices (TVs, Refrigerators, ovens, microwaves, etc).

Stupid marketing guy from newegg haha. 

 

Anyway thanks for  the help all

[TheProfosist]

For the most part, this. Speeds shouldn't have too much of an impact based on the homes wiring but the homes wiring definitely effects the ping/latency. Whenever possible, don't use the same circuit as other high powered devices (TVs, Refrigerators, ovens, microwaves, etc).

Well the farther apart they are the worse the speeds will be because of more wiring.