Wired Connection on Powerline From Virgin Super Hub 3 Not Giving Full Speed!!!

Zdos123

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Hello,
I have had a Powerline connecting my old plusnet router to my gaming PC, which was achieving speeds of 16Mbps, Then my household upgraded to virgin 100Mbps and a computer running on wifi next to the router is averaging 100Mbps as Virgin claims, But through my PowerLine I am getting 40-50Mbps, i have made sure that they aren't on power extensions, I also know that they are rated for 200Mbps, Both the cables are Cat5e rated for 1Gbps connection speeds, I also have tried multiple ports on the VSH3 but they yield no benefit. Please send some suggestions on other things i could try because the main reason we got 100Mbps connection is for the PC which isn't getting full speed.
Thanks,
Zdos123
 
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50Mbit for a 200 class device is good. If you want faster, you will have to upgrade those to something like these -- https://www.amazon.co.uk/D-Link-DHP-601AV-PowerLine-Gigabit-Starter/dp/B00PS1BQT0/ You want the AV2 class devices

kanewolf

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50Mbit for a 200 class device is good. If you want faster, you will have to upgrade those to something like these -- https://www.amazon.co.uk/D-Link-DHP-601AV-PowerLine-Gigabit-Starter/dp/B00PS1BQT0/ You want the AV2 class devices
 
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Sylvvester

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It also depends on electrical system in your house (distance, cord quality, devices causing interference, breakers). Plug both powerline adapters into the same power strip right next to each other to test max speed.
 

kanewolf

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But NOT a power strip with any kind of surge or noise protection. A plain no-frills power strip, yes. Fancy power strip no.