I'm currently in the process of adapting and configuring our network for gaming. I assigned a static IP to my Xbox on our router (Speedport Smart), which is often recommended. That worked very well and brought improvements.
For reasons I have my Xbox in another room with a good Wi-Fi connection.
In the room where it is normally and will be in the future, the Wi-Fi connection is not sufficient and I don't have a LAN connection there either. That's why I use a Fritz powerline 540E. The powerline has a different IP address.
Now the question arises whether the devices in the powerline run over the IP assigned to them in the router or exclusively over the IP of the powerline.
Assuming my Xbox has the IP address A and the powerline on the router has the IP address B with a direct connection to the router. Does the Xbox then run from the powerline via the IP address B and if so can you change that? So assign its own IP to the Xbox in the powerline?
Please excuse me for not being brief.
I assigned a static IP to my Xbox on our router (Speedport Smart), which is often recommended.
Who recommends this for what reason? I don't see any benefits of a static IP address for gaming consoles.
Now the question arises whether the devices in the powerline run over the IP assigned to them in the router or exclusively over the IP of the powerline.
The IP address of the powerline device is only for management / configuration. The gateway of the end devices is still the home router.
The Powerline adapters that I know only extend the cable and do not have their own router. Therefore, the devices "behind" the powerline also keep the IP that they had before, provided that it was permanently assigned.
The IP that the powerline adapter itself gets is only good for accessing the adapter's management.
That with the IP is done to get more stable connections and to prevent connection problems in general
I imagine that it definitely made a difference
I imagine
It will be. A terminal device obtains its IP address via DHCP. This assignment is valid for several hours to days. After half of the validity period, the client asks again and receives an extension. The connection can't become more stable or unstable due to the type of address assignment.
