[SOLVED] Upgrading Powerline from Homeplug AV to Homeplug AV2 with 2x2 MIMO worthy?

[trandaa]

Hello good people of this community.
I need an advice. I currently obtained a TP-Link TL-PA4010P KIT which I connected to my home network to replace my repeater since now where I live lot of new young families moved in and there is a lot of interference on 2.4Ghz frequency.

My router is located in ground floor. My workplace is in 2nd floor. My issue is, that our house has 2 Fuse boxes, one for underground+ground floor, second for 1st and 2nd floor, so the distance is quite long (my guess is about 150m-200m). All electric wiring were redone in 2015, so they should be good ones.

I'm having 50/10Mbps connection.
When I connect an adapter in ground floor directly to the router and in 2nd floor, I'm getting (according the TP-link app) about 100Mbps between adapters.
When using speed test, I'm getting speed of 25/10Mbps.

When I connect the Powerline in 1st floor, using the repeater to get signal from the router and in 2nd floor, I'm getting (according the TP-link app) about 200Mbps between them.
When using speed test, I'm getting speed of 50/10Mbps.

My question is, if getting a better kit (for example the TL-PA8010P KIT) with HomePlug AV2 and MIMO 2x2 would improve the speeds.

Thank you for your replies
Cheers

 

[SamirD]

Yes, most definitely. I had one installation where I replace a 500av unit with a 600av unit and the upload doubled. The newest powerline offerings are much better than the older ones.

 

[trandaa]

Yes, most definitely. I had one installation where I replace a 500av unit with a 600av unit and the upload doubled. The newest powerline offerings are much better than the older ones.

Thank you for the reply
Well, my current adapters are 600AV units with (theorethical) 600Mbps throughput.
The ones I'm thinking to upgrade are with 1.2Gbps throughtput

 

[bill001g]

Likely you have the tplink ones they kept the same part number but went from av500 to av600 ? I am not sure what that unit really is.

If you look at homeplug there is AV500 which is the previous generation. Then there are 2 variants of AV2. In some cases they call 600 av2-siso and 1200 av2-mimo Lately I see av2-1000 and av2-2000. I am so confused and too lazy to actually read the homeplug engineering documentation.

What you find is there is was a pretty big improvement going from av500 to av2. Going from av2 siso to mimo is not as big a increase but it is still significantly faster.

This chart will likely help you decide. Remember any test results for powerline or wifi do not represent what you might get because your house is different.

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

 

[trandaa]

Likely you have the tplink ones they kept the same part number but went from av500 to av600 ? I am not sure what that unit really is.

If you look at homeplug there is AV500 which is the previous generation. Then there are 2 variants of AV2. In some cases they call 600 av2-siso and 1200 av2-mimo Lately I see av2-1000 and av2-2000. I am so confused and too lazy to actually read the homeplug engineering documentation.

What you find is there is was a pretty big improvement going from av500 to av2. Going from av2 siso to mimo is not as big a increase but it is still significantly faster.

This chart will likely help you decide. Remember any test results for powerline or wifi do not represent what you might get because your house is different.

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

Thank you for your reply.
I do have an AV600 (it's on the adapter itself), weirdly on TP-Link website it says it's just a regular AV not an AV2

AV600-Powerline-Adapter KIT mit Steckdose

The TL-PA4010P KIT transforms your home's existing electrical circuit into a high-speed network without taking up a socket—ideal for daily use. No configuration required.

www.tp-link.com

I'm just thinking if 80€ for an AV2 MIMO is reasonable (since I've got the AV600 for like 10€) or I should just keep my slightly crazy setup I got now

 

[SamirD]

If you have a good return policy, I'd check it out. You know powerlines--you'll know in 5 minutes if it's an improvement or not.