Homeplug adaptors issue (with speed)
October 18th, 2021
So I have 2 Netgears homeplugs 200 mbps and 3 Topcoms 85 mbps.
I tried to use 1 NG on the modem and the other NG and 3 TC’s around the house, but that didn’t work. I tried to configure them with the PowerPacket 5.0 but they did not recognize eachother…
So I tried to use the 3 TC’s vs 2 NG’s in my house, but I get the following issue:
When I use the Netgear on my PC downstairs I got an average speed of 8 mbps (which is normal in my house). When I use the Topcom I get around 1-2 mbps…
In the same room where my PC is installed I get the following:
When I use the NG homeplug on my left wall I get 8 mbps
When I use the NG homeplug on my right wall I get 8 mbps
When I use the TC homeplug on my left wall I get 2 mbps
When I use the TC homeplug on my right wall I get 8 mbps
So what is going on in here? I’m not sure and I would appreciate any feedback…
Thanks…
So after some experimenting, these NG homeplugs have a led light that indicates the speed between both adaptors.
When the light turns red, the speed supposedly drops below 50 mbps. I have noticed the led turning red some times. However the speed keeps steady @8 mbps (when using speedtest.net or browsing youtube). Using the TC’s homeplugs the speed stays at 2 mbps. I’m still not sure why this difference is present.
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With my home plugs, I couldn’t use the plugs that I wanted to without affecting the speed.
So instead of going from my Kitchen, to my bedroom (which is next floor up and other side of the house), I had to route a long ethernet cable to the living room, and then use a homeplug in that room instead. Living room is right underneth my bedroom.
After some research, it was down to the wiring of the house, and the electrical “loops” or something.
Some houses have two loops… so for instance, my bedroom was on loop 1, and the kitchen was on loop 2…. thats why I got the drop in speed.
When I moved both plugs to loop 1 (bedroom and living room), the speed increased to the max.
So that’s what I would say the problem was. Electrical wiring loops, and simply poor connection.
I also had different brands of homeplugs… My D-Links were 200mbps, and my Belkins which are 1gbps… I saw a difference when switching them around and connecting them together – the dlinks with the gbps connection were much better than the 200mbps plugs… I guess because they are built to be more powerful?? but the biggest overall difference was to simply use another room. Defeats the object, but it worked for me.
I also had different brands of homeplugs... My D-Links were 200mbps, and my Belkins which are 1gbps... I saw a difference when switching them around and connecting them together - the dlinks with the gbps connection were much better than the 200mbps plugs... I guess because they are built to be more powerful?? but the biggest overall difference was to simply use another room. Defeats the object, but it worked for me.
Thanks for your feedback…
So I could summarize this story as following:
200 mbps -> 150 mbps (normal plug) = I get 8 mbps (my maximum always has been 8 mbps)
200 mbps -> 50 mbps (weak spot) = I get 8 mbps (homeplug shows a drop beneath 50 mbps now and then)
85 mbps -> 60 mbps (normal plug) = I get 8 mbps
85 mbps -> 5 mbps (weak spot) = I get 2… (because they are “weaker”)
Above story works for me… Case closed I guess.
One more thing: I could try the power-utility to see the strength between the powerplugs without using speednet. Unfortunatelly it only works on XP.