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    TP-Link PA9020P kit giving REDUCED internet speeds after I upgraded from Vivid 200 to Vivid 350!

    Just for future reference for anyone coming across similar issues, in the end I decided to get myself an Archer C9 router, put the Virgin SH into Modem mode and connected the Powerline to the Archer with a Belkin Gigabit Switch in between the Archer and the Powerline. Hey presto, my download...
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    TP-Link PA9020P kit giving REDUCED internet speeds after I upgraded from Vivid 200 to Vivid 350!

    Ah right. The switch definitely isn't the issue in this case though as I've tested both with and without it. I ended up adding it as a way of trying to increase separation (both distance and electronic) between Hub 3 and Powerline adapter and indeed to negate the likelihood of any potential...
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    TP-Link PA9020P kit giving REDUCED internet speeds after I upgraded from Vivid 200 to Vivid 350!

    Actually, thinking on this again, you dont happen to remember what make of switch worked do you? I'm currently using a Netgear GS105 unmanaged switch which are pretty efficient at passing the signal through. However I also happen to have spare Belkin 5 port and 8 port unmanaged switches which...
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    TP-Link PA9020P kit giving REDUCED internet speeds after I upgraded from Vivid 200 to Vivid 350!

    Cheers for this one Samir, appears cancelling the Flow Control on the Mac Pro ethernet adapter (so just setting it to Full Duplex, but no flow control) has managed to notch up the speed a tad. It's gone from c160-170 to more often 175-185 even 190 occasionally, so at least I'm getting back to...
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    TP-Link PA9020P kit giving REDUCED internet speeds after I upgraded from Vivid 200 to Vivid 350!

    Alas, I've already tried. If you see in my first post: "In an effort to reduce interference I separated the Hub3 further from the Powerline by adding in a gigabit switch, so it is now: ISP(Virgin)---Virgin Hub3---Netgear Switch(Gigabit)---TL-PA9020P(No1.)~~~TL-PA9020P(No2.) —Mac Pro Desktop...
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    TP-Link PA9020P kit giving REDUCED internet speeds after I upgraded from Vivid 200 to Vivid 350!

    I'll give the flow control idea a try. Cant set half duplex in gigabit. How about Jumbo or Custom MTU? I'm giving strong consideration to the idea of asking Virgin to return me to Vivid 200 for a week, just to see whether this whole palaver is as a result of going to 350 and powerline simply...
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    TP-Link PA9020P kit giving REDUCED internet speeds after I upgraded from Vivid 200 to Vivid 350!

    I haven't seen any way to set duplex settings on the Virgin Hub 3.0 LAN ports. On the Mac Pro I checked the network adapter and it's set to: Automatic - 1000BaseT - full duplex, flow control - MTU Standard 1500. Yes the only traffic with a speed of 170 is internet traffic downloads coming...
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    TP-Link PA9020P kit giving REDUCED internet speeds after I upgraded from Vivid 200 to Vivid 350!

    Finally got round to doing it; testing from one Mac to the other using iperf3 just testing network speeds across the wired powerline. server set using iperf3 -s client set using iperf3 -c 192.168.0.60 -P4 -t 30 First result with VIrgin Hub 3 plugged in switched on and connected to network as...
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    TP-Link PA9020P kit giving REDUCED internet speeds after I upgraded from Vivid 200 to Vivid 350!

    I've actually got a BT Smart Hub (6) Type A (i.e. no WAN port, just 4x LAN) and blimey I've spent days and days trying to get that work efficiently and reliably as an additional Wireless Access Point, leaving the VMHub acting as router still and also leaving on it's wifi, but attaching the BT...
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    TP-Link PA9020P kit giving REDUCED internet speeds after I upgraded from Vivid 200 to Vivid 350!

    Hi SFX2000, This is exactly whats bothering me, I also believe the TPLInk should be more than capable of handling the internet download speeds, it is after all handling everything else fine, just not the internet downloads. I'll certainly try setting the QoS settings using the method you...
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    TP-Link PA9020P kit giving REDUCED internet speeds after I upgraded from Vivid 200 to Vivid 350!

    Hi again 'System Error Message'. Thanks for your input. So to clarify, you're saying I should unplug from the second wall socket the extension cable which powers the TV, Sound System and two lights and instead plug that into the end of the extension which currently powers the Philips Hue Hub...
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    TP-Link PA9020P kit giving REDUCED internet speeds after I upgraded from Vivid 200 to Vivid 350!

    Sorry, my mistake, I did NOT actually test just the Virgin Hub3's 4 port hub alone, as my MacPro setup is in a different room and I don't have an ethernet cable long enough to reach it.
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    TP-Link PA9020P kit giving REDUCED internet speeds after I upgraded from Vivid 200 to Vivid 350!

    Hi there, could you just clarify what you mean by this? I've added a photo below so you can see the current cable layout. There are a fair few PSU's. One extension cable handles the TV, Sound System, and two Lights and is plugged into the other socket in the wall. Then the second extension...
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    TP-Link PA9020P kit giving REDUCED internet speeds after I upgraded from Vivid 200 to Vivid 350!

    No it's still the Hub 3.0 which we have had for ages. Originally they were about 30cm apart. Then I tried moving the Hub about a metre away. Today I tried moving the powerline to a socket on the other side of the room and connected to the Hub with a long ethernet cable. All ultimately gave...
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    TP-Link PA9020P kit giving REDUCED internet speeds after I upgraded from Vivid 200 to Vivid 350!

    Believe me I'm not really sold on the coaxial interference idea either. As Virgin said, the shielding on the latest virgin coaxial cables is very strong indeed. Any interference would be messing up everything. Looking through all the various test results it's also interesting to note that the...
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    TP-Link PA9020P kit giving REDUCED internet speeds after I upgraded from Vivid 200 to Vivid 350!

    Thanks for your reply. Yes thats right we're using the same modem/hub as before, Virgin Hub 3. Absolutely nothing changed apart from the provisioned speeds increased from 200 Down 12 Up to 350 Down 20 Up. The upload speeds are so slow anyway with Virgin that nothing has been effected there...
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    TP-Link PA9020P kit giving REDUCED internet speeds after I upgraded from Vivid 200 to Vivid 350!

    Model : TL-PA9020P Kit Hardware Version : V1 Firmware Version : 32.4_902111_170628_901 ISP : Virgin Media Vivid 350Mbos Hi all, I've been using a TP-Link TL-PA9020P ethernet powerline adapter kit very successfully with Vivid 200 for many months, always achieving very near to or in excess of...
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