Determining Powerline Adapter Bottleneck

I’ve got an Edimax AV600 kit operating in my home and I’m looking to evaluate where its limitations lie. It operates a Gigabit port, all cables are Cat 6, from router to adapter, from adapter to connecting AP (at the other end).
I can’t operate a LAN test as it won’t work (I might need to mess around with opening firewall ports or such), to give you a playing field transfer rate.
I was wondering however, if and what filter I can include in my set up to filter noise, plus if and how can I evaluate if a breaker is causing a reduction in transfer speed
Thanks
Answer #1
breakers are unlikely to limit speeds, i’m using powerlines myself. There’s only 2 potential limiting factors. 1, if they are on a differnt electrical circuit (eg, 1 on ground floor, 1 on 2nd floor) and 2 if the powerlines are on a multi-socket with breakers in them. On that 2nd option the breakers can cause disturbances in the signal limiting speed.
Answer #2
You have to try with only the powerline attached. Power strip with the on/off button, as already stated, may block powerline’s signal. You should also check if there are two separate circuits. In case you don’t know, are there two control unit or is there a single one?
Answer #3
The sender and receiver are on different floors yes. So by both your recommendations, the breaker without the actual plug socket itself (so the switch), could be causing a reduction in speed through put?
How, if that is so, that possible? Surely when it is ‘on’ the connecting power and therefore RF signal by the powerline adapters passes through regardless?
Answer #4
the breaker in the electrical cabinet won’t cause disruption. It’s only if they are embedded on a multi-socket power strip that those can disturb the signal. I’ve experienced it first hand.
Answer #5
They definitely don’t like surge protected power boards. I guess that surge protectors can shunt out the signal.
So you always plug the powerline adapter into the mains socket first.
The adaptor will not work if plugged directly into a surge-protected power-board
http://www.optus.com.au/business/support/answer/using-powerline-adaptors-with-your-computer?requestType=NormalRequest&id=1818&typeId=5
If I remember rightly, lightening surge protectors that used to be fitted to telephone lines could stuff up ADSL signals too.
As a quick check of your powerline system, you could see if you are getting your full speed over it from the internet
using speedtest.net or whatever.
Answer #6
Hi ,
Thanks for that bud, the plug is placed directly into the mains.
I’ve tried everything but changing the breaker system (as I know it crosses two breakers as it goes upstairs), but I don’t want to play around with that. I guess some things can’t be helped.