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<blockquote data-quote="RonD" data-source="post: 1151571" data-attributes="member: 117536">I tried TP-Link AV1 &quot;200 Mbps&quot; units in my generic USA 1 bedroom apartment to go from bedroom &quot;computer desk&quot; MP-Server area to living room TV MP-client. Doing a disk copy of large file (4+GB tv recording) to client system shows a useful PowerLine bandwidth about 55 Mbps, 6.5 MB/sec disk copy speed. If I use the powerline linkspeed tools they show about 130 Mbps, but real BW is the lower 55 Mbps number. If I put both TP-Link units in the same dual socket power outlet, I get around 80 Mbps useful link speeds (9.1 MB/sec disk copy) but obviously this is not very useful. The powerline linkspeed tools show around 180 Mbps, so this is close to the 200 Mbps &quot;spec number&quot;.In general the 55 Mbps useful BW is enough for MP-Client, but I see some video glitches,. Suspect its noise on the power line, maybe refrigerator motor turning on/off, or something else causing power line noise. As a test I put my paper shredder in the living room, different outlet than the TP-Link, and shedding paper causes total wipeout of powerline network. MP-Client video shows total breakup/freeze until the shredder is done eating the paper. I ended up using a 50 foot (15 M) Cat5 ethernet cable, works much better.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RonD, post: 1151571, member: 117536"] I tried TP-Link AV1 "200 Mbps" units in my generic USA 1 bedroom apartment to go from bedroom "computer desk" MP-Server area to living room TV MP-client. Doing a disk copy of large file (4+GB tv recording) to client system shows a useful PowerLine bandwidth about 55 Mbps, 6.5 MB/sec disk copy speed. If I use the powerline linkspeed tools they show about 130 Mbps, but real BW is the lower 55 Mbps number. If I put both TP-Link units in the same dual socket power outlet, I get around 80 Mbps useful link speeds (9.1 MB/sec disk copy) but obviously this is not very useful. The powerline linkspeed tools show around 180 Mbps, so this is close to the 200 Mbps "spec number". In general the 55 Mbps useful BW is enough for MP-Client, but I see some video glitches,. Suspect its noise on the power line, maybe refrigerator motor turning on/off, or something else causing power line noise. As a test I put my paper shredder in the living room, different outlet than the TP-Link, and shedding paper causes total wipeout of powerline network. MP-Client video shows total breakup/freeze until the shredder is done eating the paper. I ended up using a 50 foot (15 M) Cat5 ethernet cable, works much better. [/QUOTE]

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