LAN connections can offer faster performance than internet speeds in certain scenarios.
LAN connections can offer faster performance than internet speeds in certain scenarios.
Hey everyone, I recently purchased a decent Powerline kit because I couldn’t connect my computer directly via Ethernet. I tested my local setup and found that the bottleneck was my NAS, which caps performance around 200Mb/s. It’s more stable now, which is a positive sign. However, speed tests show downloads of 60-70Mb/s and uploads of 20-30Mb/s on a 100/40 connection—something I can achieve with WiFi. I suspect the limitation isn’t just from the wiring but possibly from the overall network setup. Using WiFi for file transfers has always been slow, around 1MB/s, and even multiple files drop to about 500KB/s. Now it seems like the whole internet connection is affected, not just my device. I didn’t expect a direct LAN connection to boost speeds so much; I thought it would help but instead caused issues. The NAS only reached about 3MB/s over the internet, which is far below what I hoped. I haven’t encountered this problem with other tools like torrent clients, and I’m unsure where the problem really lies. Any advice or insights would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
You're using a Powerline kit with Ethernet ports at 100Mbps.
It's a TP-Link AV1200 Gigabit set-up. I made sure to choose one with gigabit ports. I can reach more than 100Mb/s on my local network—about 200Mb/s seems to be my current limit, though that’s likely because of storage issues. On the internet, I get around 70/30 when the connection is 100/40 Mbps. I maintain a steady 100/40 using 5GHz WiFi.
Yes, the nas is linked to the same switch as the powerline, correct?
It would impact everything, wouldn't it? Or if the Ethernet link to the NAS wasn't reliable, that's where the slowdowns would come from, but that isn't the case.
Do you think signals are being sent through the powerline cable to nearby devices?