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Old 11-20-2015, 11:49 AM   #24
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Does anyone know if age of your electrical system affects speed? I have tried power line adapters in past (3 years ago), and they were very slow (maybe 6mb/s down and 1.5 up). So I returned them to the store.

Albeit I have a 1982 house with a cluster###### electrical system, and a power box that is fairly old. Maybe that has something to do with the reduced speed, or maybe the new adapters are more resilient at dealing with these older setups? Anyone here do this with an older home?
Older wiring definitely affects speeds, but the powerline ethernet technology has advanced a LOT since 3 years ago.

Check out the D-Link DHP-701AV kit (at memory express). It advertises at 2000Mbps which of course you'll never get in real-world speed, but I've got 35-year old wiring and it's much faster than I was able to get over just WiFi (150+Mb/s)
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