I am looking into powerline adapters and found adapters with >1000Mbs speeds use MIMO across Line-Neutral/Line-Ground. I need to go across different electrical circuits as my router is on another circuit from my study. Will the MIMO still work or will it be made redundant?
Looking at the TP Link range, the AV2000 has very mixed reviews so am looking at either the AV1000 (non MIMO) or AV1300 (MIMO). Do you have experience with either of them? What are your thoughts please?
I use the kit below (v2.1 variant) and have tested it across circuits (ground/first floor). Whilst it works, I was seeing ~2.2x performance hit when using them across circuits, making any thoughts of MIMO redundant.
https://www.tp-link.com/au/home-networking/powerline/tl-wpa8…
It's been a few years since I used powerline adapters but don't believe the rated speeds, I used to get about 10-20% of what the supposed speed was and upgrading to an AC router at the time gave much better performance, and I have never used/considered a powerline adapter since.
Maybe things have improved since but I'd consider pretty much all other options before bothering with powerline adapters.
It's been a few years since I used powerline adapters but don't believe the rated speeds, I used to get about 10-20% of what the supposed speed
This. 100-900mbps kits have only 100mbps ports. My first every EoP kit was a 100mbps kit, had no issues, was getting 60-70 Mbps on my 115 connection. Bandwidth wasn't an issue as it was only a single device.
to an AC router at the time gave much better performance
There are instances where the 5Ghz network is faster than EoP. Of course, that depends on the range, obstacles and interference between you and your router.
Maybe things have improved since but I'd consider pretty much all other options before bothering with powerline adapters.
My current kit (TL-PA9020) is amazing. Where I have the kit, 5Ghz barely exists and having an extra router (to extend the network) and PCs connected to the device certainly improves performance. 110 down via EoP and roughly 35-40 via the 2.4Ghz network (5Ghz drops constantly) or 100-110 via the second router
Another factor could be the age of your circuits (no idea how it works but I know it effects it)
Try really really hard to run Ethernet. Your sanity will thank you.
Oh BTW I bought a TPLink powerline a number of years back and wow did I get a surprise when I saw my neighbours network. My guess was they all left the factory with the same keys and you need to push the button to generate a new one! Hopefully not coming like this anymore
In Australia, Earth & Neutral are connected together at your switchboard.
So no, the MIMO will not work across different circuits in a typical household environment.
From memory the E&N aren't bonded at a sub board, so it might work in apartments.
Thanks for the answer abb. It confirms I won't see any benefit of anything >1000mbs as it uses mimo
You won't get anywhere near 1000Mbps even on the same circuit :)
Think of the old PMPO advertised amplification values…
The devices can also adversely affect VDSL NBN connection speeds. I saw a drop of ~5Mbps (91Mbps sync without vs ~85Mbps with SYNC speeds)
There is a setting that resolves this, however it further slows down the link.
I have the AV600 and was not able to get it working unless it was on the same circuit
It now sits in storage collecting dust