AV600 with VM 152mb package?

[Gibbzee]

Hey everyone
A while back I asked about getting better Wifi signal into my other room. I was advised to look into Powerline - so I did.
After months of searching and saving, I have come to the conclusion I am going to go with the TP-LINK TL-PA6010KIT (AV600).
I have just one question, because no matter how hard I research I cant find the answer to this one simple question; will that adapter be able to reach VM's 152mb advertised speeds? I know that an adapter without a gigabit ethernet port wont reach over 100mb, but will this one since it has? Is 600mb enough?

Im so confused, so any help is greatly appreciated

 

[bill001g]

Maybe if you get really lucky....then again VM 152 is a "up to" promise so you likely would not get 152 all the time even with a ethernet cable. It mostly doesn't matter only people running torrent can really use those large internet connection completely. Most other things are limited by the servers or network delays well before you hit you capacity when you have a large internet connection.

This chart may help you get a idea what to expect from various powerline devices

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/tools/charts/powerline/view

 

[Gibbzee]

Maybe if you get really lucky....then again VM 152 is a "up to" promise so you likely would not get 152 all the time even with a ethernet cable. It mostly doesn't matter only people running torrent can really use those large internet connection completely. Most other things are limited by the servers or network delays well before you hit you capacity when you have a large internet connection.

This chart may help you get a idea what to expect from various powerline devices

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/tools/charts/powerline/view

Yeah, but from what I've seen many people either nearly reach it or are getting just over it with ethernet (including a mate that lives on my street).
If I could use ethernet I would, but my step dad HATES seeing cables ANYWHERE.
I'm now back at step one though because my house is about 50 years old and I'm not sure of the state of my wiring and I've heard powerline is very hit or miss as for some places it works great but for others not so much. I'm now considering buying the TP-LINK ARCHER T4UH as its AC1200, but its wireless.
I really don't wanna waste my money and end up getting something that has a pretty big chance of not working as well as wireless that i know works okay-ish but may not be as fast.

 

[bill001g]

Both are radio transmissions one over the air and one over the wires. They both suffer from many of the same issues.

Generally powerline has better coverage but it tends to be a little slower mostly because wireless has so much more bandwidth to start with. The main advantage to powerline is the rates you get will be extremely consistent....ignoring the vacuum cleaner that tends to kill it. Wireless tends to have much more variation in speed. It depends what you are doing with it. File transfers work better on wireless, games and live video tend to work better on powerline. Other things like web surfing or video that can be buffered tend to work about the same.

 

[Gibbzee]

Both are radio transmissions one over the air and one over the wires. They both suffer from many of the same issues.

Generally powerline has better coverage but it tends to be a little slower mostly because wireless has so much more bandwidth to start with. The main advantage to powerline is the rates you get will be extremely consistent....ignoring the vacuum cleaner that tends to kill it. Wireless tends to have much more variation in speed. It depends what you are doing with it. File transfers work better on wireless, games and live video tend to work better on powerline. Other things like web surfing or video that can be buffered tend to work about the same.

So I take it ping times would be much better on powerline then?

 

[bill001g]

Ping times should be more consistent there is not much delay in either technology unless you get a lot of interference in the wireless.

 

[Gibbzee]

Ping times should be more consistent there is not much delay in either technology unless you get a lot of interference in the wireless.

I appreciate all the help, but I have one more quick question.
I am currently getting 3-4 bars of connection with wifi (N), and I am about to switch to virgin 152mb with AC, so is it even worth getting powerline or would it be better just to get an ac wireless adapter?

 

[bill001g]

802.11ac use the 5g band. In general the 5g band get less coverage in most houses because walls absorb more signal.

Now if you mean you get 3-4 bars using 802.11n on the 5g band then you will likely get 3-4 bars using 802.11ac on the 5g band but you can not compare 802.11n running on 2.4g to your other signals it is actually a different radio chip in the router.

 

[Gibbzee]

802.11ac use the 5g band. In general the 5g band get less coverage in most houses because walls absorb more signal.

Now if you mean you get 3-4 bars using 802.11n on the 5g band then you will likely get 3-4 bars using 802.11ac on the 5g band but you can not compare 802.11n running on 2.4g to your other signals it is actually a different radio chip in the router.

oh right, yeah I get the 3-4 bars on 2.4ghz with 802.11n wireless adapter.
So is Powerline the clear winner here then?

 

[bill001g]

I would bet that powerline will be better but you never know when it comes to radio signals.

 

[Gibbzee]

I would bet that powerline will be better but you never know when it comes to radio signals.

Alright thank you so much
Iv'e also seen you helping out many other people with their networking needs, and I just wanted to say thank you