Monday, April 11, 2011

D-LINK DHP-307AV Powerline AV

Although my apartment is wired with CAT-6, unfortunately where I have the TV and HTPC now, there is only one outlet. As my TV provided via IPTV, my set-top box needs it's only Ethernet feed from the 'triple-play' switch (XG6745). The HTPC needs a good connection to my NAS... so initially it got the CAT-6 connection, whilst I figured the IPTV could be sent over HomePlug AV.

So I bought this kit - D-LINK DHP-307AV.

Initially, I was very impressed - the setup was very smooth, just plug-in, and press a button on each unit... and my IPTV was up and running. 

However, after a couple of days, my the TV would occasionally freeze, and break-up. After some resets, and moving outlets... the problem remained.

I then switched the TV back to Ethernet, and connected the HTPC over the powerline. Whilst it works fine.. the throughput was around 30Mbps - somewhat disappointing. I had hoped based on google research to be in the range 60-85Mbps.