100Mbps When my Equipment should be faster?

Oliver Whittell · Apr 11, 2014

Basically I bought these two new pieces of Equipment:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B007QTMCHC/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0084Y9N3O/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I then went to "Network and Sharing Center" and saw this:
http://i.gyazo.com/841b0d91bcd1f393b07bc6980347e641.png
Shouldn't this be higher considering the Extenders themselves are 500mbps, I would love some advice from anyone willing to give it, thanks in advance!

USAFRet · Apr 11, 2014

Overall 'speed' depends on the speed of the slowest device in the chain.

Somewhere, it appears you have a 100Mbps device.
What is the network adapter on your PC?

abailey · Apr 11, 2014

The TP-Link PA411Kit has only 100Mbit port on it. You would need the http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005FVOKM8 to get one with a Gigabit port.
More: http://uk.tp-link.com/article/?faqid=461

Oliver Whittell · Apr 11, 2014

USAFRet :

What do you mean? Which device?

USAFRet · Apr 11, 2014

Oliver Whittell :

From your pic, exactly 100.0Mbps means that something in the chain between screen and outside connection is probably a 10./100 device.
Probably the NIC on your PC, or a switch in the middle somewhere. Or the actual router.

Network speed depends on the speed of the slowest device in the chain.

abailey · Apr 11, 2014

I assume your PC is hooked to the powerline adapter,which is hooked to the router? The powerline adapter has only a 100Mbit port on it. If your PC says 100Mbit, then it has to be either your PC can only do 100Mbit or the device it is hooked to can only do 100Mbit.

USAFRet · Apr 11, 2014

Oliver Whittell :

Specifically, your powerline device.

From the website specs:
http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/?model=TL-PA411KIT#spec

"Interface 1*10/100Mbps Ethernet Port"

That is all you will get. 100Mbps

Oliver Whittell · Apr 11, 2014

USAFRet :

So will this limitation affect me? Should I run a long wire directly to my router and also if I did that, will it improve it?

USAFRet · Apr 11, 2014

It only really affects things inside your house LAN. For instance, transferring a large file from your PC to the house server.

Unless you have a really, really fast ISP plan, it is almost certainly not over 100Mbps.
Again....whatever is the slowest device in the chain. If your ISP speed is 6Mbps, it does not matter that your PC NIC or router, or powerline adapter is 8 bazillion Mbps. Talking to the outside world, all you may see is 6Mbps.

Oliver Whittell · Apr 12, 2014

USAFRet :

Okay thank you, and I'm on a 12mbps plan (actually get 10 because they take 20% for testing) so okay, thank you!

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