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Latency, or delay: This is the kind of speed that makes most of what you actually do on the internet-such as web browsing and game playing-seem fast or slow.We used AV2 throughput ratings as a guideline when picking which kits to test-those numbers aren’t always indicative of real-world performance, but newer and better kits do generally have higher throughput rates. If your home internet connection is slower than that and the cause of your problems, a powerline networking kit may not make a difference. At a bare minimum, we’re looking for at least 25 Mbps, the speed you’d need for 4K video streaming to one device. Throughput, or speed: We measured how fast each powerline kit downloads files and streaming data.

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My initial tests came up with the following results, with the LAN Speed Test and Windows drag-and-drop methods producing similar results. Both tests were run in two directions, measuring write and read throughput.Īs a point of reference, I previously measured my old Actiontec ECB2500C MoCA 1.1 adapters at ~ 100 Mbps throughput for both write and read. The second method used Windows drag-and-drop filecopy of a 4 GB media file. Ir then calculates the read and write throughput. According to the official publisher of LAN Speed Test (Lite), this tool builds a file in memory, then transfers it both ways to a target network shared drive (without effects of windows file caching) while keeping track of the time. The first set of benchmarks used LAN Speed Test Lite with 1500 MB file size. Storage Pool: 6 X 3TB HGST 7K4000 Ultrastar in RAIDZ2.Both systems can fully saturate a Gigabit Ethernet link. Note no other signals (cable, satellite, OTA TV) were present on the coax used to connect the MoCA adapters and no splitters were between the two, either.īelow are the system specs for the HTPC and my FreeNAS Server.

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After applying the update and installing the ECB6200, I performed several benchmark tests to measure the performance improvement of MoCA 2.0 technology. There is thread in the Forums where helpful member pinotphile has posted a firmware update ( ecb_flashimage_2_11_1_10_6200_1.bin) for the ECB6200 that addresses several performance issues. Running additional Ethernet cables is also unfeasible because my basement is finished and it will cost thousands of dollars to break open the walls and fish additional cables. Even with an available outlet, there is no way to estimate the performance since they are on a different floor and there are too many unknown variables at play. Powerline networking is completely out of the question because there are no available sockets in the electrical room.

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But they are still not suited for latency sensitive and bandwidth intensive applications like HD media playback/streaming.

My Wi-Fi network at home is very robust, including two Meraki MR18 access points in mesh mode. But many WIFI devices operating in close proximity and streaming large uncompressed files proved to be a very painful and sluggish experience.

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My HTPC, IPTV box and Xiaomi TV box support 802.11n and 802.11ac. So I had to first settle for wireless with very unsatisfactory results. When I first moved into the new house late last year, MoCA 2.0 adapters were not widely available because they are undergoing final certifications. Fast network performance is essential for a smooth user experience, especially because my other two devices (IPTV box and Xiaomi TV box) are also very bandwidth intensive. My HTPC is used to play uncompressed videos and the viewing of my large (1.2TB) collection of family and travel photos from my FreeNAS server. The only option was to use wireless, powerline networking or MoCA. Unfortunately there was no CAT5 outlet in the living room, which is where my HTPC, IPTV box (cut the cord many years ago) and Xiaomi TV box reside. I’ve recently moved to a new location and the builder was nice to enough to place a CAT5 outlet in every room wired to a central location in the electrical room, which greatly helps with future network expansions.

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