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I'm planning on installing 3 Powerline AV2 adapters in my home (I'm located in Italy) to be able to stream games to my TV set through a Steam link. One powerline for internet connection, one to the PC, one to the TV set. The powerline adapters have a theoretical speed of 1000Mbps and should be fit for the job. The wiring itself is pretty new. One powerline adapter will be connected to the modem/router for internet connectivity. The modem/router has LAN ports limited to 100Mbits. Will the modem/router speed limitation limit the speed of all the other devices connected to the powerline circuit, or will they be able to operate at the theoretical speed of 1000Mbits?
I think they will be limited. However, some computers can use two or more ethernet lines in parallel. I think it is called dual LAN. – None – 2016-02-23T12:14:41.473
1The core PowerLine speed will not be limited by a slow client somewhere. Personally, I haven't made any good experience with Powerline data transmission, though. I recommend you conduct some iperf tests of significant duration. – Run CMD – 2016-02-23T12:41:23.200
@chris: Nope. It is not calle dual LAN. Dual LAN is just a marketing term to indicate that it has two network cards. What you probably are looking for is 'multi-homed' (using multiple network card at the same time) or 'bonded/teamed' (using two links as one faster link). – Hennes – 2016-02-23T12:43:42.610
If the modem is limited to 100 Mbits then the network created by the Powerline adapters will be limited to 100 Mbits when accessing any device outside of your network. The intranet speed will be limited to 1 Gbits though, which means, any device within your network. Easy enough to solve this bottlekneck though. – Ramhound – 2016-02-23T13:25:24.240
Any of the "AV2" adapters have a max throughout of 500Mbps. They use a 1000Mbps link speed, but 500 is the "max theoretical speed". So, in the real world, you might see 125 Mbps. – JPhi1618 – 2016-02-23T16:29:23.217