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MysticDonut
Settling in
8 months ago

Volt 250 speeds

ecently upgraded to a volt M250 from a M125, however, on powerline im still getting the same download speeds (10 Mbps) The powerline is plugged into the wall. any ideas what the issue might be?

  • Adduxi's avatar
    Adduxi
    8 months ago

    From the TP-Link specs - 

    • 1 Port per unit, 100Mbps  

    You need to upgrade to 1000Mbps (1Gb ) ports, or put in a proper wired solution not using the mains supply.

  • I recently upgraded to a volt M250 from a M125, however, on powerline im still getting the same download speeds (10 Mbps) The powerline is plugged into the wall. any ideas what the issue might be?

  • Adduxi's avatar
    Adduxi
    Very Insightful Person

    If your Hub has been upgraded to M250 (Check the conf settings on the Hub. It will show what speed has been provisioned.It's Configuration tab - Primary Downstream Service Flow - Max Traffic Rate.) and there is no improvement, it is most likely the powerlines will not run any faster.  If these are the old VM powerline adapters, they are no longer supported and have been replaced by the new Wifi Pods.

    Most powerlines do not give anywhere near the speeds quoted.

  • jbrennand's avatar
    jbrennand
    Very Insightful Person

    What make and model are the powerlines?  What grade of ethernet cable are you using ?

    Speeds will always be attenuated.

    • MysticDonut's avatar
      MysticDonut
      Settling in

      It is the 

      • TP-Link TL-PA4010PKIT powerline adapter, using cat5e ethernet cables
      • Adduxi's avatar
        Adduxi
        Very Insightful Person

        From the TP-Link specs - 

        • 1 Port per unit, 100Mbps  

        You need to upgrade to 1000Mbps (1Gb ) ports, or put in a proper wired solution not using the mains supply.

  • Client62's avatar
    Client62
    Alessandro Volta

    Restart the VM Hub to enable it to collect the latest speed profile.

    The link below speed tests the VM Hub + your devices.
    https://www.samknows.com/realspeed/

    Once the test begins click on: Run full test to see all the stats.


    10 Mb/s is curiously low for a TL-PA4010, is there some some kind of mains power filters or a UPS involved ?

    Our TL-PA4010 units (with the AV600 firmware) deliver 50 to 65 Mb/s plenty for TV streaming and for a printer.

    Use the TP-LINK Utility to see the interconnection speed of the Powerline units, expect actual throughput to be about one third to one half of the link rate.   Download from ... https://www.tp-link.com/uk/support/download/tl-pa4010-kit/

    • MysticDonut's avatar
      MysticDonut
      Settling in

      Using the top link, the router speed is at 268, my device is at 14