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devolo dLAN 200 AV - Review and testing

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Some devolo power LAN testing results from our home.

Basically, I can use devolo decently everywhere in the house. Most places is even good for real time video streaming.

The testing software used is iperf 1.7.0 (old version, 2.0.4 is the latest). These data throughput values (speeds) can be considered as net. since the TCP overhead is measured along as well. Every power plug was tested at least twice.

For reference (all data throughput values are gross - net values are sometimes far below) ...

Mbps - megabits per second
MBps - magebytes per second

LAN: 100 Mbps
devolo: 100 Mbps (duplex, maximim)
video streaming (2 MBps): 16 Mbps

Here the different power plugs. The server is located on floor 1. "-1", "+3" ... denotes the different plugs (disregard). All speeds in Mbps:

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floor 2
loft              6.6    7.0

floor 1
office    -1     15.2   13.0
gilles    +1     10.2    9.7
gilles    +3      9.9   10.5
mika      -1     11.9   12.8
sleeping  +1     13.0   13.0
bath      -2      7.8    7.4

floor 0
hall             13.2   10.6
kitchen   +1     13.7   11.1
kitchen   -1     12.3   10.3
eating    -1     10.9   10.6
living    +1     11.6   12.1
living    -1      5.0    4.3
living    tv      6.8    7.1

floor -1
washing   +1     13.7   11.8
guest     +1      9.2    8.9    7.8    8.1
guest     +2      8.3    8.3    9.7
play      -2     11.5    9.9
Here the server stdout:

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D:\Program Files\iperf>iperf -h
Usage: iperf [-s|-c host] [options]
       iperf [-h|--help] [-v|--version]

Client/Server:
  -f, --format    [kmKM]   format to report: Kbits, Mbits, KBytes, MBytes
  -i, --interval  #        seconds between periodic bandwidth reports
  -l, --len       #[KM]    length of buffer to read or write (default 8 KB)
  -m, --print_mss          print TCP maximum segment size (MTU - TCP/IP header)
  -o, --output    <filename> output the report or error message to this specified file
  -p, --port      #        server port to listen on/connect to
  -u, --udp                use UDP rather than TCP
  -w, --window    #[KM]    TCP window size (socket buffer size)
  -B, --bind      <host>   bind to <host>, an interface or multicast address
  -C, --compatibility      for use with older versions does not sent extra msgs
  -M, --mss       #        set TCP maximum segment size (MTU - 40 bytes)
  -N, --nodelay            set TCP no delay, disabling Nagle's Algorithm
  -V, --IPv6Version        Set the domain to IPv6

Server specific:
  -s, --server             run in server mode
  -D, --daemon             run the server as a daemon
  -R, --remove             remove service in win32

Client specific:
  -b, --bandwidth #[KM]    for UDP, bandwidth to send at in bits/sec
                           (default 1 Mbit/sec, implies -u)
  -c, --client    <host>   run in client mode, connecting to <host>
  -d, --dualtest           Do a bidirectional test simultaneously
  -n, --num       #[KM]    number of bytes to transmit (instead of -t)
  -r, --tradeoff           Do a bidirectional test individually
  -t, --time      #        time in seconds to transmit for (default 10 secs)
  -F, --fileinput <name>   input the data to be transmitted from a file
  -I, --stdin              input the data to be transmitted from stdin
  -L, --listenport #       port to recieve bidirectional tests back on
  -P, --parallel  #        number of parallel client threads to run
  -T, --ttl       #        time-to-live, for multicast (default 1)

Miscellaneous:
  -h, --help               print this message and quit
  -v, --version            print version information and quit

[KM] Indicates options that support a K or M suffix for kilo- or mega-

The TCP window size option can be set by the environment variable
TCP_WINDOW_SIZE. Most other options can be set by an environment variable
IPERF_<long option name>, such as IPERF_BANDWIDTH.

Report bugs to <dast@nlanr.net>

D:\Program Files\iperf>iperf -v
iperf version 1.7.0 (13 Mar 2003) win32 threads

D:\Program Files\iperf>iperf -s
------------------------------------------------------------
Server listening on TCP port 5001
TCP window size: 8.00 KByte (default)
------------------------------------------------------------
[1852] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50823
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth

D:\Program Files\iperf>iperf -s
------------------------------------------------------------
Server listening on TCP port 5001
TCP window size: 8.00 KByte (default)
------------------------------------------------------------
[1852] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50824
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1852]  0.0-10.0 sec   100 MBytes  84.0 Mbits/sec
[1820] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50834
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1820]  0.0-10.0 sec  4.48 MBytes  3.76 Mbits/sec
[1832] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50838
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1832]  0.0-10.0 sec  12.2 MBytes  10.2 Mbits/sec
[1844] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50841
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1844]  0.0-10.0 sec  12.4 MBytes  10.3 Mbits/sec
[1836] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50842
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1836]  0.0-10.0 sec  11.6 MBytes  9.70 Mbits/sec
[1840] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50844
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1840]  0.0-10.0 sec  18.1 MBytes  15.2 Mbits/sec
[1852] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50847
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1852]  0.0-10.0 sec  15.5 MBytes  13.0 Mbits/sec
[1832] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50850
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1832]  0.0-10.0 sec  11.8 MBytes  9.90 Mbits/sec
[1844] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50855
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1844]  0.0-10.0 sec  12.5 MBytes  10.5 Mbits/sec
[1820] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50857
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1820]  0.0-10.0 sec  14.2 MBytes  11.9 Mbits/sec
[1836] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50862
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1836]  0.0-10.0 sec  15.3 MBytes  12.8 Mbits/sec
[1852] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50864
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1852]  0.0-10.0 sec  15.5 MBytes  13.0 Mbits/sec
[1840] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50869
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1840]  0.0-10.0 sec  15.5 MBytes  13.0 Mbits/sec
[1844] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50873
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1844]  0.0-10.0 sec  9.05 MBytes  7.59 Mbits/sec
[1832] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50875
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1832]  0.0-10.0 sec  8.81 MBytes  7.38 Mbits/sec
[1820] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50877
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1820]  0.0-10.0 sec  15.8 MBytes  13.2 Mbits/sec
[1852] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50879
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1852]  0.0-10.0 sec  12.6 MBytes  10.6 Mbits/sec
[1840] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50882
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1840]  0.0-10.0 sec  16.4 MBytes  13.8 Mbits/sec
[1836] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50884
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1836]  0.0-10.0 sec  13.3 MBytes  11.2 Mbits/sec
[1844] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50886
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1844]  0.0-10.0 sec  14.6 MBytes  12.3 Mbits/sec
[1832] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50891
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1832]  0.0-10.0 sec  12.2 MBytes  10.3 Mbits/sec
[1852] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50894
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1852]  0.0-10.0 sec  13.0 MBytes  10.9 Mbits/sec
[1836] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50896
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1836]  0.0-10.0 sec  12.7 MBytes  10.6 Mbits/sec
[1840] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50899
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1840]  0.0-10.0 sec  13.8 MBytes  11.6 Mbits/sec
[1820] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50900
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1820]  0.0-10.0 sec  14.4 MBytes  12.1 Mbits/sec
[1832] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50902
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1832]  0.0-10.0 sec  5.94 MBytes  4.98 Mbits/sec
[1844] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50904
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1844]  0.0-10.0 sec  5.12 MBytes  4.29 Mbits/sec
[1836] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50906
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1836]  0.0-10.0 sec  8.12 MBytes  6.81 Mbits/sec
[1852] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50911
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1852]  0.0-10.0 sec  8.48 MBytes  7.10 Mbits/sec
[1840] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50915
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1840]  0.0-10.0 sec  16.3 MBytes  13.6 Mbits/sec
[1820] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50936
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1820]  0.0-10.0 sec  14.1 MBytes  11.8 Mbits/sec
[1832] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50942
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1832]  0.0-10.0 sec  10.9 MBytes  9.16 Mbits/sec
[1836] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50947
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1836]  0.0-10.0 sec  10.7 MBytes  8.95 Mbits/sec
[1852] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50950
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1852]  0.0-10.0 sec  4.47 MBytes  3.74 Mbits/sec
[1844] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50955
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1844]  0.0-10.0 sec  4.77 MBytes  4.00 Mbits/sec
[1840] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50956
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1840]  0.0-10.0 sec  5.48 MBytes  4.59 Mbits/sec
[1832] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50959
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1832]  0.0-10.0 sec  9.94 MBytes  8.31 Mbits/sec
[1820] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50964
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1820]  0.0-10.0 sec  9.96 MBytes  8.36 Mbits/sec
[1828] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50965
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1828]  0.0-10.0 sec  9.69 MBytes  8.13 Mbits/sec
[1844] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50977
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1844]  0.0-10.0 sec  10.2 MBytes  8.58 Mbits/sec
[1848] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50979
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1848]  0.0-10.0 sec  10.3 MBytes  8.62 Mbits/sec
[1832] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50985
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1832]  0.0-10.0 sec  13.7 MBytes  11.5 Mbits/sec
[1840] local 192.168.1.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.103 port 50986
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[1840]  0.0-10.0 sec  11.9 MBytes  9.97 Mbits/sec

D:\Program Files\iperf>
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