I was shopping for an ethernet over powerline adapter for my living room and about to visit MSY later today and saw this when I googled. $49 + free delivery for Edimax AV600 Gigabit PowerLine Adapter kit, $40 cheaper than others according to StaticICE.
Those with 100Mbps ports are probably good enough for Ethernet-over-power, especially just for living room application. However this one gives you gigabit port "just in case".
Leaves warehouse in 1-2 weeks.
Why is EOP worse than ethernet through cables?
Because of the noise even they said 600 you won't get even close to 100Mbp/s
Because of the noise
Primarily attenuation (going across a circuit-breaker adds about 20dB of attenuation, which is a lot); noise is only a factor if bad quality power supplies are connected on the same circuit, or if you have a lot of incandescent lightbulbs on for instance.
Realistically: AV200 = 80-90Mbp/s. AV500/600 = 110-150Mbp/s. That varies widely between models though and due to the physical distances between the adapters. Cheaper units, like this Edimax, will probably fall far short of those figures.
Like I said, it's more than enough for average use situations, but you would run into problems splitting one connection to 2 or 3 adapters.
The "Gigabit Powerline adapter" nomenclature is misleading. All of the "Gigabit" adapters being sold now still conform to the Homeplug AV2 specification from 2012, which is theoretically 600Mpb/s (though the specification is very fluid and certain adapters use slightly differing implementations).
These simply have Gigabit ports, unlike their AV500 precedessors, to eliminate the port as a source of bottlenecks.
Actual, theoretical, Gigabit throughput on EOP adapters will become a reality within a year or two.
Or it mightn't connect when the device is on or next to a circuit with powerboards and extension leads.
I'm not even talking about the Internet here. Copying the files between my NAS and my HTPC?
And both have Gigabit NICs?
The ports on these things are largely irrelevant though, given that you're still dealing with a realistic ~90-100Mbp/s throughput on an average 5-10m run. Gigabit or no Gigabit, you're not going to be seeing night & day differences.
Also, Edimax are a less-than-stellar brand. So, like a $50 modem-router, I wouldn't be surprised if you got frequent loss of connectivity and incredibly subpar throughput.
How they compare with Netgear or Netcomm?
Incredibly hit-and-miss. A lot of Edimax stuff is often rebagded Netcomm as they're a very small player who outsource chipsets to Trendlink or Ralink; their ADSL stuff is generally considered rubbish from what I've seen though.
If your concern was reliability, I'd go with a Netcomm NP505 for $107 (MSY).
If you're using EOPs to get Internet access to a seldom-used device, then these would probably work well enough.
I've been using the NP505 for just over a year. I have 4 throughout the house and they're great. I got Officeworks to price match/beat MSY.
I would probably get the NP507 or NP508 though today, either for a little more throughput speed of the 508 to get better wifi in other rooms.
Yeah I've been going strong with the older NP504s for 2 or 3 years now.
Netcomm know their sh*t; but the NP507/508s are still fairly expensive, unless you can get OW to price-match.
Should I get eh $40 Optus offer instead?
Which model do Optus use?
D-Link Powerline AV500
Thanks, looks like Optus are the cheapest for this model.
How can I get the Optus offer?
What about tp link eop stuffs? Are they better? I am having issues with frequent disconnection on multiple netcomm n507 in my house and seeking something more reliable.
Any large appliances on the same circuit that are turned on/off a lot? Are all the adapters on the same circuit? Is the house old? Have you got them all plugged directly into the wall? Is your internet connection itself stable with no drop-outs? Are these adapters all sharing one connection?
New apartment and all sharing one connection. all connected to the wall directly. I got 3 N507 (one connect to the modem and 2 in different bed rooms). experiencing a lot of disconnection but wireless from the same connection works fine. TPG has been good so far not many drop outs.
An apartment's wiring is a bit more complicated than the average house. Do you know how many circuit breakers you have and which circuits the adapters are on? If it's possible, I would try different power points and see if the issue persists.
That being said, 3 or more devices (EOP + WiFi) hammering the lone ADSL connection at once could get a bit hectic.
When you have these disconnections, is the modem's config page still reachable from the EOP-connected devices, or is that totally unresponsive too?
good comments Amar + 1
Stated throughput speeds are all theoretical; real-world speeds are far lower but in any case, unless you are a FTTH-recipient with 90Mbp/s downstream or you're actually using EOP in place of an Ethernet-based LAN (which is deviating from the intended A-B nature of EOP), all you need is the 100Mbp/s.