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First off, If you buy this expecting to get the full speed of your home internet connection, think again. The only way to get that is to be directly wired into your internet modem. Anything else will usually slow it down. Also, if you have multiple circuits in your home (that is, more than one breaker panel box), make sure that both outlets you use are in the same breaker panel, otherwise you will most likely have issues with this working. These devices cannot jump circuits all that well. I didn’t expect this, or any power line based internet device to work very well from reviews I’ve read from many users of different models of this product, especially in an older apartment building. Almost immediately, my expectations were blown. Fairly easy to set up, taking only a few short minutes, and everything works amazingly. Setting up the WiFi connection takes a few, and has to be done through TP-Link’s own “tpPLC” app, but when it’s up and running, there are no issues at all. I get about 60-70% of my internet speed using Ethernet, and about the same with WiFi. Being that this is literally taking your internet and sending it through the power lines in your home, this is much better than I expected. I haven’t had any outages with this, and when devices are connected via WiFi, my signal remains strong and constant. This is incredibly great for larger homes or homes with impenetrable walls by WiFi, and actually works better than a standard WiFi repeater because it isn’t just picking up an already weakened signal and sending it out with further loss. Read more

Compre el producto derivado de que en donde instale mi escritorio, no llegaba con calidad la red del módem. Había probado replicadores de red con antenas que habían servido para dos cosas. Desesperada por tener buena señal, me recomendaron comprar este replicador. Tiene un alcance muy bueno y es muy fácil de instalar. Lo "complicado" es andar probando en donde ubicar el replicador ya que son dos dispositivos. Uno debe ir conectado al módem y el otro debe estar a una distancia no tan lejos del primero. Sin embargo tienen buena calidad y la señal se replica sin problemas. Considero que si alguien piensa en comprar un replicador de red, sin duda debe optar por éste y no por los de antenas. Read more

We needed to extend the range and speed of our router (TP-Link Archer 55.) Tried a Powerline adapter - good solid connection and speed, but it's not mesh compatible. Tried a mesh-compatible wireless extender, but signal and speed was OK, not great. Then found that TP-Link has a Powerline mesh-compatible kit - the only brand I can find that has these two features. The speed is as good if not better than the other two products mentioned. (Granted, this one is rated for 1.3Gbps. The other Powerline was rated for 1Gbps.) As for the meshing process, there was a glitch in that I could not access the TP link site listed in the instructions to implement the meshing process. Long story short, I used another method, which only meshed ONE of the two bands. Got onto live support with TP-Link. No wait, which was already a pleasant surprise these days. Got a rep named Rommel. He was super helpful, completely "with it" in understanding my issue, no extraneous canned support staff verbiage, got right into helping me. He was very patient while waiting for me to follow his instructions. Ultimately, he helped me try 3 or 4 different methods, and then finally solve my issue. So not only am I pleased with the product choices (router, and powerline mesh-compatible kit), I am very glad for the support that I experienced. Read more

This product (TP-Link Powerline AV1000 (TL-PA7017)) works great! I paired it with a slower 600Mbps unit and it gave me almost double the speed I was getting with two 600Mbps units (from less than 50Mbps to over 95Mbps, the max the 600Mbps unit can output from the Ethernet port). I cannot fault it. Read more

Works fantastic, I now have good bandwidth in my office room!! Read more

No fue necesaria la programación porque el adaptador estaba integrado en una red TP-Link. Funciona de inmediato y hasta ahora no ha tenido problemas. Read more

Esta es una reseña del modelo TL-WPA8631P Kit. Compre este modelo en Nov. 2021 asi que llevo casi dos años usandolo del diario. Es un excelente producto y lo recomiendo a todos mis amigos. La instalacion es super facil; en menos de 15 minutos ya estaba listo. El apareamiento (pairing) funciono muy bien. En mi colonia hay apagones frecuentes, casi uno por mes, y el tp-link responde muy bien; apenas llega la luz y se sincroniza y empieza a funcionar como si nada hubiera pasado. El extensor tiene tres puertos de ethernet, lo cual es muy generoso. Uso un puerto para mi TV, otro puerto para otra computadora, y el tercer puerto es muy util para hacer pruebas o conectar otro aparato si es necesario. La velocidad de transmision por la red electrica no es tan rapida (TX = 700 Mbps y RX = 560 Mbps); esto es probablemente porque mi instalacion de la red electrica en casa ya es muy vieja (mas de 30 años). Pero no noto ninguna lentitud en mis conexiones. Una prueba con Internet Speedtest de Ookla me da justo lo que mi proveedor de internet me da. La interfase web para configurar las unidades es muy buena. Es muy configurable y facil de usar (version para MacBook Pro). Incluso puedes configurar una direccion de IP statica con un solo click y muchas otras funciones mas. La aplicacion tpPLC para iPad tambien es muy buena. Yo casi no uso las redes de Wi-Fi, pero mis pruebas resultaron que la señal es muy buena (144 Mbps en la banda de 2.4 GHz y 243 Mbps en la banda de 5 GHz, estando a 5 metros de la unidad emisora). En mi parecer, la banda de 2.4 GHz es mejor porque la señal parece ser mas estable y atraviesa mejor las paredes. Pero si estas cerca de la unidad emisora, las dos bandas funcionan muy bien. Y la seguridad de la red es muy buena, de WPA2/WPA3 - Personal. Que mas les puedo decir? Que estoy muy satisfecho con este producto y lo volveria a comprar si lo necesitara. La calidad del servicio tecnico es buena tambien, pues han contestado a todas mis preguntas con amabilidad, prontitud y exactitud. Nota: uso este producto para darme conexion de internet via cable de ethernet entre mi cuarto donde tengo el router hasta mi estudio donde tengo mi TV y una computadora. No sabria decirles la distancia exacta, pero creo que es de mas o menos 12 metros. Read more

Ya he estado usando estos adaptadores por un par de meses y la única palabra que tengo para describirlos es: "Excelente". Los adaptadores los tengo conectados día y noche a un router con el cuál establezco una conexión VPN (la cuál puede ser muy sensible). Hasta el momento no he tenido ningún problema de desconexión o lentitud. Honestamente no he logrado confirmar si ofrece los 1000mbps, pero al menos mi conexión de Internet funciona a los 40mb contratados por lo que no tengo ninguna queja. Read more

The kit includes a Powerline Adapter, Powerline Extender and two white 6 ft. Ethernet cables. It works, but you have to set it up correctly. First, a little background. My home is 3280 sq. ft. I have 100 Mbps internet using a Nighthawk router on level 2 of my home NETGEAR Nighthawk X6 AC3200 Tri-Band WiFi Router, Gigabit Ethernet, Compatible with Amazon Echo/Alexa (R8000) and actually have 100 Mbps all over my house. I didn't buy this kit to increase my wireless signal. I bought this kit, plus TP-Link AV1000 1-Port Gigabit Powerline Adapter, Powerline speeds Up to 1000Mbps (TL-PA7010 KIT) because I have three Tivo Mini's that connect via Coax for a MOCA connection. I constantly have connection issues related to signal quality. First thing out of the box I plugged in the Adapter, connected the ethernet cable to my router and pressed the WPS button on my router and the Wifi button on the Adapter. Then I took the Extender, plugged it in not only in a different room, but in a different level of my house. I tried to pair the two and failed. Then I started reading all of the reviews of the product and frankly got more confused because some people said you have to plug the adapter and extender into outlets on the same circuit BREAKER and other people said they didn't have to have the same circuit breaker, but the same PHASE. I was ready to box up and return everything. The instructions say "the same circuit". It's unclear what they actually mean by that, but it wouldn't make any sense for the answer to be circuit breaker, so I decided to start over. I'll explain the steps I took to successfully connect. 1. Plugged adapter into wall outlet, level 2 (you CANNOT plug these into a power strip or even a surge device that covers the face of the outlet). 2. Used a pin in the RESET hole (because I had set it up already incorrectly). 3. Plugged extender into a nearby wall outlet in the same room. 4. Pressed the PAIR button on the adapter. 5. Pressed the PAIR button on the extender. (Both will flash and then you'll see two solid lights - one for power, one for paired) 6. Unplugged both units. I set the extender aside and plugged the adapter back into its permanent home near the router. 7. Used an 8 ft. ethernet cable to connect the router's LAN port to the adapter. 8. Used my cell phone to see if I could pick up a WIFI signal for the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequencies, which were there. (I didn't want to connect to these - I just wanted to see that there was a signal there) 9. Pressed the WPS button on my router, followed by the WIFI button on the adapter. (The frequency lights will blink slow, then rapidly, then turn solid - my router's WPS button doesn't stay on long and while one of the frequencies was found quickly, the other took longer so I watched the WPS light on my router and as soon as it quit blinking, I quickly pressed it again so that both frequencies were found) 10. Plugged the extender into an outlet in the same room to verify it was still paired - yep, two solid lights. 11. Plugged the extender into an outlet in my office, level 1 - yep, two solid lights. 12. Plugged one end of the provided ethernet cable into the extender and the other end into my iMac. Turned off Wifi on my iMac. Opened a web browser - yep, a page loaded. Performed an internet speed test. Tested >100 Mbps. 13. Removed the extended from the outlet in my office and plugged it instead into an outlet in my bedroom (level1) near my Tivo mini - yep, two solid lights. 14. Removed the coax cable from the mini and replaced it with the provided ethernet cable. Test - Able to watch live tv? Yes. Able to communicate with the Tivo Bolt on level 2? Yes. Able to connect to the Tivo service? Yes. Able to stream content? Yes. 15. Took extender #2, plugged in outlet, level 2, same room as adapter. 16. Pressed the PAIR button on the adapter. 17. Pressed the PAIR button on the extender - yep, two solid lights. 18. Repeated the process for extender #3, yep, two solid lights. 19. Relocated the extenders near the mini's I needed to connect (one inside of a cabinet in my kitchen (level1) and the other in our home theatre (level 2). Both immediately showed the two solid lights. 20. Connected them to the mini's using the provided ethernet cables and then tested the connections as I did before. All Tivo Mini's connected successfully and still getting >100 Mbps signal strength all over my house. So glad I bought these! Read more

Years ago when I was renting a townhouse I bought a pair of TPLink av200 adapters (older 200Mbps adapters). Never ended up using, or even trying them. Recently I pulled these out and finally tried them - they work fine; but the throughput was basically the same as the WiFi that I already have. Primary need that I have is better connectivity for some PS4's and older laptops. WiFi has been lousy on these. The House we are in now was not wired for ethernet. I looked into rewiring it - it was going to cost about $350 and would have meant working through the crawlspace and cutting up/patching some drywall inside. Hiring someone else to do it was going to run maybe $1200+. I picked up 3 TP link adapter kits for under $200 instead. And they have worked perfectly. (Not drilling through walls of a 2 story house: Priceless) CON: The only real negative here has to do with the size of the TL-PA9020P and TL-PA7010P kits. They both have an electrical outlet passthrough, but they all block BOTH wall jacks. The picture online *looks* like you can use the second wall jack, but you CANNOT. The adapters are too big. They do have an electrical passthrough outlet, so, you do get ONE electrical jack to use. This seems like a silly design flaw. The NANO version of the AV1000 is smaller, takes 1 wall jack and I was able to use the second wall jack (these are smaller - the larger versions seem to get slightly better throughput though). NOTE: These all rely on the wiring in your house. All of my adapters are on different breakers. This is said to be problematic and potentially degrade performance. I have had no issue with this - But you might. Depends on how your space is wired. Also, if you have GFI/GFCI outlets this could potentially be problematic too. These would be the outlets with TEST and RESET buttons on them if you have any. I don't have these anywhere that I need a TPLink. Gaming on a PS4 has greatly improved since switching to this from WiFi - faster, more reliable and consistent throughput. The PA7010 adapters seem to consistently get the best throughput of any kit/model I have. But the 9020s are similar and have 2 ethernet jacks if you need them. (My Kids rage-quitting Fortnite less often: Priceless! Okay, yeah, it was me.) My Internet SpeedTest results for reference: (Throughput on my internet service varies a little, but these are typical results - tested a few times over the last day or so) TL-PA9020P KIT electrical outlet passthrough / 2 ethernet 98Mbps Down / 9Mbps Up TL-PA7010P KIT electrical outlet passthrough / 1 ethernet 127Mbps Down / 10Mbps Up TL-PA7017 KIT nano size 94Mbps Down / 8Mbps Up TL-PA2010KIT / Older 200Mbps version 54Mbps Down / 3Mbps Up WiFi for comparison 51Mbps Down / 3Mbps Up (partially due to an older laptop with a lousy integrated wifi adapter. A newer laptop I have typically gets 80/6) Wired to my switch/Firewall Directly for comparison Consistenly Get Somewhere between: 130Mbps Down / 10Mbps Up and: 96Mbps Down / 8Mbps Up Read more

This device was unusable due to the fact that it doesn't play will with existing home network, it hijacks the DHCP server of the router and started acting as one with no setting to adjust it/or stop it. It literally put the whole network down except for already active devices. Also related to this it doesn't get the IP from the router, it insist on taking its own factory set network ip creating its own local network segment that cannot be modified??! So unless good firmware is provided it's better place is the trash. I wouldn't recommend it. Read more