Comments on: Belkin plays catchup on gigabit powerline networking adapter

By: John Gamertag

John Gamertag — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:18:06 +0000

Ups… I forgot the IP address in those commands. I just emailed you the details. In short:

On PC#1 (server): iperf -s -w 128k -i 1
On PC#2 (client): iperf -c 192.168.x.x -w 128k -i 1 -t 60

where 192.168.x.x is the IP of PC#1

By: Belkin Gigabit powerline network adapter – Tech support lame « Doug on IP Comm – An independent voice on VoIP, telecom, and IP Communication

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:14:30 +0000

[...] I’m not quite sure what it fixes, because Belkin’s support page doesn’t say and the firmware upgrade is labeled beta. I emailed an inquiry earlier this week to Belkin tech support– it’s been at least a [...]

By: Doug Mohney

Doug Mohney — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:35:14 +0000

John, can you email me directly at moo@vegascommando.com?

I’ve got iperf loaded and running, but the client can’t seem to find the server; do I have to specify a server name/address/port?

I’ll give it another go later today..

By: John Gamertag

John Gamertag — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:48:08 +0000

Well… the way we test that kind of things here is by using iperf. It is available for Windows, Linux and Mac. Check these URLs:

* http://www.noc.ucf.edu/Tools/Iperf/default.htm
* http://sourceforge.net/projects/iperf/

Once installed on both PCs, you can run the following tests (one for TCP and another one for UDP):

TCP
====
On PC#1 (server): iperf -s -w 128k -i 1
On PC#2 (client): iperf -c -w 128k -i 1 -t 60

UDP
====
On PC#1 (server): iperf -s -u -i 1
On PC#2 (client): iperf -c -u -b 300M -i 1 -t 60

It would be nice if you could post the results

By: Doug Mohney

Doug Mohney — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:33:33 +0000

Haven’t had a chance to run in-room tests yet for two reasons: 1) Need to install the *gulp* beta firmware upgrade and 2) Get a solid P2P testing protocol between machines.

Looking at later this week, if disaster doesn’t strike.

By: John Gamertag

John Gamertag — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:40:35 +0000

Hi, there.
What about the in-room powerline test? How much speed did you get?

Getting 30-40 Mbps from the 50Mbps cable modem was quite awesome, but … what about RAW speed between two in-room computers ??

Thanks

By: More tests with Belkin Gigabit powerline adapter « Doug on IP Comm – An independent voice on VoIP, telecom, and IP Communication

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:25:58 +0000

[...] Comment! UPDATE: Belkin has issued a firmwire update for its Gigabit powerline adapter — but it is beta and there are no release no…. [...]