understanding powerline speeds (getting 80Mbps with the TL-WPA4230PKIT)
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understanding powerline speeds (getting 80Mbps with the TL-WPA4230PKIT)
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Hi,
I've set up the TL-WPA4230 kit and have been using it fine for a few months. I was blaming my slow speeds on my internet company but just noticed that it's actually the powerline setup. If I plug my laptop into the router directly I get 200Mbps on a speed test, but if I go to where my powerline is and plug it into that (ethernet connection with the same cable in both cases) I get 70-80Mbps only on a speed test.
I bought this package of Amazon and it was advertised as having up to 500Mbps connection speed, so I'm not very happy with that. I used the utility on the tp-link website to check the rate at which the two are paired, and it showed that the rate is 233 Mbps. When I went on support chat to ask about this I was told that the actual internet speed I would get is not the same as the 'connection speed' that they advertise and that the utility shows. The live support agent told me that the actual speed is usually 40% of the 'connection speed'. So when it shows that the two are paired at 233Mbps, I should only expect to get 40% of this in 'real life speed' which would put it at about 80Mbps.
Is this true? Can anyone shed some light on this for me? How come these units are being advertised as up to 500Mbps when the actual speed would only be a maximum of 40% of that?
Many thanks,
Nish
Hardware Version :
Firmware Version :
ISP :
Hi,
I've set up the TL-WPA4230 kit and have been using it fine for a few months. I was blaming my slow speeds on my internet company but just noticed that it's actually the powerline setup. If I plug my laptop into the router directly I get 200Mbps on a speed test, but if I go to where my powerline is and plug it into that (ethernet connection with the same cable in both cases) I get 70-80Mbps only on a speed test.
I bought this package of Amazon and it was advertised as having up to 500Mbps connection speed, so I'm not very happy with that. I used the utility on the tp-link website to check the rate at which the two are paired, and it showed that the rate is 233 Mbps. When I went on support chat to ask about this I was told that the actual internet speed I would get is not the same as the 'connection speed' that they advertise and that the utility shows. The live support agent told me that the actual speed is usually 40% of the 'connection speed'. So when it shows that the two are paired at 233Mbps, I should only expect to get 40% of this in 'real life speed' which would put it at about 80Mbps.
Is this true? Can anyone shed some light on this for me? How come these units are being advertised as up to 500Mbps when the actual speed would only be a maximum of 40% of that?
Many thanks,
Nish
