Need help, wired slower than wireless.

[vong]

Hi,

 

Got a huge problem where my wired connection is much slower than my wireless. I can load youtube videos on my tablet no problem but they won't even load on my PCs. PCs are connected through a switch and powerline adapters. Switch seems to work fine and it would seem strange (to me) that the adapter would cause such a huge drop in speed over nothing.

 

It happened while I was downloading a game and playing another at the same time so I dunno if that's the cause.

[ProjectBox153]

It’s probably your Powerline adapters. Depending on your home’s wiring, they can behave oddly. 

[Sack]

Well, powerline adapters can be good or bad, I think it depends on your wiring/power in addition to the adapters themselves.

[KoeppColto024470]

Power over Ethernet Networking (which is what I think you're using) slows down you're hard line speeds its better to have a hard line ran from your router or switch directly to your pc. Since it has to travel over power lines the signal degrades  

[vong]

House was built in 2010 so wiring is still relatively new. Just odd that it started happening when I mentioned it.

 

Speeds for those interested:

Tablet - 3.27Mbps Down 1.23Mbps Up

Pc - 0.41Mbps Down 0.70Mbps Up

[Oshino Shinobu]

7 minutes ago, KoeppColto024470 said:

Power over Ethernet Networking (which is what I think you're using) slows down you're hard line speeds its better to have a hard line ran from your router or switch directly to your pc. Since it has to travel over power lines the signal degrades  

Power over Ethernet (PoE) and Powerline are different technologies that perform different functions. Powerline uses power wiring to provide an ethernet connection and PoE uses an ethernet connection to provide power. 

 

OP is using Powerline. 

 

3 minutes ago, vong said:

House was built in 2010 so wiring is still relatively new. Just odd that it started happening when I mentioned it.

 

Speeds for those interested:

Tablet - 3.27Mbps Down 1.23Mbps Up

Pc - 0.41Mbps Down 0.70Mbps Up

It's not all about how new the wiring is, how the house is wired and how much interference there is can affect speeds greatly. If it's only just started happening, you may need to either reset the powerline adaptors or find if something is creating a lot of interference. 

[vong]

16 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

Power over Ethernet (PoE) and Powerline are different technologies that perform different functions. Powerline uses power wiring to provide an ethernet connection and PoE uses an ethernet connection to provide power. 

 

OP is using Powerline. 

 

It's not all about how new the wiring is, how the house is wired and how much interference there is can affect speeds greatly. If it's only just started happening, you may need to either reset the powerline adaptors or find if something is creating a lot of interference. 

Resetted the adapters and all is good now