MERCUSYSRange Extender TL-PA7010P KIT

This is my forth powerline device, which is working successfully with the BT broadband TV.I bought a pair of BT Extender Flex 500 for the router-TV connection four years ago, which was fine until I added the third one for the connection to a desktop PC. The third addition killed the broadband TV signal, so I returned the third one as a BT engineer said at that time the powerline communication would not work for TV if a computer was involved (I don't know if this is true.)Recently I needed a third powerline device for the desktop PC and it is four years now since I gave up that idea. So I decided to buy a new product. I bought Devolo Magic 2 WiFi Powerline Whole Home WiFi Kit of three devices, which seemed working OK at the beginning but they started loosing the BT broadband TV signals. I tried every possible workarounds with no success. So I returned this product and I bought (stupidly) TP-Link TL-WPA4220T KIT 2-Port Powerline Adapter WiFi Starter Kit (three devices) and immediately realised that they didn't have pass-through socket. I don't know why the manufacturers of PL devices sell ones without a psss-through socket as their installation manuals say not to use the adjacent wall socket, which seems to be essential for a realistic usage. So I immediately returned this product.Then I bought this procuct (TP-LINK TL-PA7020PKIT V2 2-Port Gigabit Passthrough Powerline Starter Kit together with TP-Link TL-PA7010PKIT 1-Port Gigabit Passthrough Powerline Starter Kit (both AV1000) as I needed at least three powerline devices. This time I gave up WiFi feature. The installation was very easy (Plug and Play; you just connect the devices one by one, that's it). They worked successfully for the first time for the BT broadband TV signal and for the desktop PC.The router and the TV are on the same ground floor and are communicating at about 650 Mbps and the router and the PC (which is upstairs) are communicating at about 270 Mbps. I accept this speed happily.

I already had a powerline network with TPLink AV500s for the smart TV but due to old wiring it used to drop out now and again and didn't reach remoter sockets at all well. I plugged one of these in as the primary connection to the router and immediately everything speeded up and got a better signal. The pairing button works the same way so I didn't need to read the instructions to join the existing network but I found later that resetting the network and pairing the AV500s to this gave even better results. It doesn't have the flashing lights of the AV500s and they are on the side so hard to see in certain configurations. A red centre light indicates poor reception, which occurs depending on how it feels but I have not needed to reset the network since installing and I get a nice reliable 350-400Mbps from the router to the TV in the next room and an amazing 74Mbps in the garage. Considering the primary is by necessity plugged into an extension, it's impressive. They are better value than the 1200s , if uglier but still give a very good performance, it was worth buying them and I used the other one as athe primary to give the same boost at the office.

These adapters were so easy to setup, literally plug and play - recommend the optional pairing which takes another few seconds for the additional security. My setup is having the source adapter on one wall of the house by the router in the living room, with the destination on the direct opposite wall of the house by my PC in the study. On this AV1000 model I get approx. 125 Mbps between my PC and hard wired devices (e.g. NAS), or around 15 MB/s. This is a little disappointing, as the frequency reported in the tpPLC utility (also recommended) fluctuates between 600-800 Mbps, so the actual speeds are less than a quarter of that. However, it so much more stable than my wireless AC connection and faster than my more reliable wireless N connection, so I'm in a better place regardless.One important thing to note: I updated the firmware in an attempt to improve speeds. On doing so, I discovered that I received V3 of the adapters, not the V2 that is in the title. I then discovered that there is no V3 listed on the UK support page for these adapters at the TP-Link website. However, I found V3 firmware via their Swedish website instead. They were labelled EU but I went ahead anyway as the previous version was also listed on the Swedish website and it matched the firmware reported by the adapters in tpPLC, so they appear to be identical. The adapters are working fine on the new firmware, but speeds are still the same.

With needing to work (and play) from home much more often I found myself needing a strong and reliable Ethernet connection much more often than when I did most of my work in the office. My phone line and wireless router sit by my front door but my office space is upstairs in the spare room, and running a cable up the stairs or drilling through the ceiling in order to feed a cable up towards my office was not feasible.Looking into alternative solutions I discovered TP-Link Powerline which uses your mains power as "extra cabelling" for an Ethernet connection that can pass data through and essentially allows you to use your wall sockets as Ethernet extensions. I decided to go for an option that has power passthrough so that I could plug another plug into the adaptors and not end up losing a plug socket.Set up as easy as plugging one Powerline adaptor into the plug socket next to my router and the other one next to my desk upstairs in the office. I then connected my router via Ethernet to the adapter plugged into the wall downstairs, and another Ethernet cable from the adapter upstairs into the laptop (or in the case of these pictures the PS4) that required an Ethernet connection. Flipping the wall power switch for both of the adaptors power them immediately, and they automatically pair with eachother meaning no setup is required.I now get the full speed of my internet connection upstairs without long cables and any noticeable lag or reduction in service. This starter kit is perfect for anyone who needs to extend that Ethernet connection through the house.