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Review: Devolo dLAN 500 AVTriple+ HomePlug starter kit
Monday 14 May 2012 09:12:24 by Andrew Ferguson

With more and more people ordering up to 80 Mbps and up to 100 Mbps services, the speed limits of 802.11n are sometimes being pushed to the limit. This is where devices like the Devolo HomePlug dLAN 500 devices come into play, allowing people to network around their home, without having to install Ethernet cabling.

We have reviewed the AVTriple+ Starter Kit, and also took the opportunity to speed test some older dLAN 200 units.

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Comments

Posted by camieabz about 1 year ago
Out of curiousity, how do homeplugs and physically connected networks react to electrical surging?

Posted by andylock about 1 year ago
It seems not an issue in my house, 20 years old build.

Posted by tujags about 1 year ago
What is not mentioned is how much RF interference these units spill ito the radio spectrum there is a lot of concern from the radio amateur fraternity.

Posted by Aaron_01 about 1 year ago
Was there something running on either hosts to make ethernet reach 12ms as highest? Thought it was unusual for this to happen and wondered if it was affecting the outcome of the ping results of the homeplugs too.

Posted by andrew ( staff member) about 1 year ago
There was nothing streaming or download or uploading, and in all cases the pings were 20 minutes worth of monitoring for each, and did repeat for about 10 minutes each to check.

Posted by prlzx about 1 year ago
@ Aaron_01, I agree that sounds odd. Ping RTT on a wired ethernet link I rarely see over 0.5ms. On a ping through total 3 switches and 3 wireless 11a/n hops (~2km) I see mostly under 5ms with very occasional blips to about 10-15ms; while carrying a 2M live video stream.
If for example there is 1 high ping in a series of 300 (5 mins at 1 ping per second) I would not regard that as representative of a maximum latency but just an outlier sample.