Home Plug / Powerline Considerations

Each of the home plug standards has a headline data speed associated with it. For instance, the home plug 500AV standard is associated with 500 megabits per second. It is important to understand that this number does not represent the data throughput between two devices. The data throughput rate between any pair of devices will be significantly less than the headline speed. There are a number of reasons for this discrepancy but you should understand that it is normal to represent networking equipment this way. 500AV devices are ideal for most home users however if you consider the speed of your internet connection and the speeds required for the internal use of the home plugs, such as transferring of data from one computer to another you may find the 1200AV2 devices are more suited. This will certainly be the case if you have a very high speed fibre connection or transfer very large files internally. Click here to read about Real World Performance

Here at Solwise, we like to give you all the information about the product; this includes the chipset used in each device. The benefit of knowing this is you can decide which adapters are best for you.  This is important information, particularly if you have a large property to cover. Click here for our chipset comparison