TLDR: powerline is better. both adapters on doesnt help anything.
These are the results of a some quick tests. i didnt run them 20 times and take averages. just 1 time each. I was surprised about having both adapters on, i thought it might be smart enough to use both for more bandwidth, but nope. and i am guessing something else was going on with ookla on my upload speeds. i pay for 150mbs down and i think 5mbps up. all pucks read as "great" on the app in regards to connection.
my setup:
Mesh: Netgear Nas hard wired to 5 port gigabit ethernet switch, which is hard wired to the main google puck (this setup is on the floor, upstairs back of the house) technically its over the bottom stop of the stairs (if im standing on the bottom stair and put my hand up) i hope that makes sense. i have another puck downstairs, on the wall (6ft up), in the front of the house (near the PC in this test). i have a 3rd puck upstairs in the front of the house. though it has nothing to do with this test. just for reference of the setup.
Powerline (TP-Link TL-PA7010P KIT): i have 1 adapter hard wired to the same gigabit switch mentioned above which is hardwired to the main puck. i have the other adapter plugged into an outlet downstairs in the front of the house, its wired to a 5 port gigabit switch. that switch runs to a PC, PS4, nintendo and xbox.
i wondered how good this Mesh system was. so i ran a few test. 1 wired, 1 on wifi and one with both adapters on. i transfered video file back and forth from my NAS to the PC. i also ran ookla speed test on each setup, though i dont ever really rely on that test for network info (as you can see something funky was going on for my upload speeds). i just figured people still might want to know. i would also like to mention i went with the cheapest power adapters that had gigabit ethernet ports. many adapters rated from 300 to 1000mbps still only have 100mb ports... so i wanted to make sure the port itself wasnt holding anything back in my network.
note: the "Avg" i mention below is just what i saw with my eye, its not a calculated exact number. "2.58" means 2 minutes and 58 seconds.
File Size: 2.53Gbs in folder explorer (2,720,232,878 bytes in file properties)
LAN ONLY (ethernet over power adapters)
ookla: 12ms, 129.68Mbps down, 1.31Mbps up
NAS to PC (14.4MBs Avg) = 2.58
PC to NAS (17.9MBs Avg) = 2.25
Wifi ONLY (google mesh)
ookla: 15ms, 76.84 down, 5.96 down
NAS to PC (9MBs Avg) = 4.50
PC to NAS (15MBs Avg) = 2.51
Both adapters on:
ookla: 12ms, 121.53 down, 1.36 up
NAS to PC (9.2 MBs Avg) = 4.36
PC to NAS (14.5MBs) = 2.56
Submitted by CMoney408 | #Specialdealer Special Offer Online Shopping Store 2016
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