TPL-406E2K

I've never tried Powerline adapters before. Reviews of the first-generation models were all terrible, and I was one of those people who wrote the technology off completely. But fast-forward a few years, and I'm moving into a large apartment with a cable modem in the bedroom and my HDTV in the living room. I can pick up 40 Wi-Fi SSIDs on my laptop, I can't get into the ceiling so I can't do drop cables, and my girlfriend would kill me if I started stringing up cat-5 cable along the walls. I needed something fast, cheap, and largely invisible, and while I was skeptical since this apartment's wiring is so old it still has an honest-to-goodness fuse box, I still figured I'd at least try a Powerline adapter. I settled on the Trendnet brand because they'd gotten some fairly decent reviews on sites like SmallNetBuilder, and seemed pretty fast at least compared to other brands. Installation was simple; basically you plug them both in, press and hold the sync button on the side (I had to do it a few times before I learned how long to hold the button down) on one and then the other, and then wait for them to sync up. Once they do, you're all set! I connected one to my router in the bedroom, and the other to a gigabit switch in the living room, and then plugged all my home theater devices into the switch. AV receiver, Roku, Blu-Ray player, Xbox, they all appeared on the network right away, and voila, Internet access for my entertainment center. Roku does streaming Internet radio, and within minutes I had Pandora playing to my heart's content. The real test, though, was whether I could stream video. I've been using this setup for a couple of weeks now, and let me tell you, Hulu, Netflix, and Amazon Prime all work like a charm. I can stream Bones, Castle, and even Downtown Abbey now in HD with Dolby Digital and I've never had a hiccup. Satisfaction with these really comes down to what you need. The "500 Mbps" claim is a little misleading, because these things only have 10/100 Ethernet and can only connect to your router/switch/Roku at up to 100 Mbps. But like all other Powerline adapters, they're actually slow enough that it doesn't matter; I've read lots of reviews where these "500 Mbps" routers never really work at higher than 50 Mbps in real-world testing. If you're a power user, don't buy these things to connect your workstation and your NAS. But if you're like me, and you have 15 Mbps cable service and want to stream HD video to your Roku, these things may be just what you need.

Plug these in and you got an instant ethernet connection. I was able to get between 5MB/sec and 15MB/sec depending on a number of factors. That being said, this was in a condo building with a lot of electrical signal noise so your results may vary. In any case, these tended to be much, much, much more reliable than wifi in our situation. They are very easy to setup and would be FAR easier than trying to get wifi to work in a larger building or perhaps if you live in an apartment or condo where there's TONS of radio interference from other routers. Also good for putting a wifi access point on another floor of your house. BIG THING TO NOTE: You MUST put these on the same "phase" in your electrical box as I believe I read someone else say. This means that to get any decent performance, you want the outlets to be on breakers that are on the same side of the box. Most boxes have two rows of breakers, so if say your outlets are on the left side, you're golden. If the outlets are controlled by breakers on the left and right side - you might have zero to severely degraded performance. YMMV. In my experiments, I did speed tests in the same room (outlet to outlet on the same circuit) and got the same results as living room to office (two different circuits, but same phase). ALL THAT BEING SAID: - YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER COAX adapters. These are adapters that like these, plug into an existing wiring system in your house (cable lines) and are generally faster and less finicky. They are a little more money though. So if you are looking for REALLY good speed on your local area network (say for media streaming from server in your office to the living room), then maybe coax is worth the extra coin. IF you're just expanding internet access or something, then these are good enough. As far as bandwidth, if your internet connection is slower than 50MBit (as advertised) then this will not add any speed penalty for you. Anything higher, it will. Most residences only have 1.5-30Mbit so you'll probably be just fine.

Have so much on WIFi needed something direcct to connest to the router. what a good solution. hidden wires and plugs into wall the u can plug your T.V. on top .. excellent

kleine technische Raffinesse , einfach mal den Fest-PC über das Stromnetz mit LAN versorgt . Sicherheitsbedenken ... ja wie überall (WLAN usw.) nichts ist wirklich 100% sicher , liegt eher am kriminellen Potenzial was wohl nie wirklich zu vermeiden sein wird. Etwas weniger Strahlung (WLAN) kann ja nicht schaden , zumal das Signal durch bauliche Gegebenheiten nicht immer das gewünschte Ergebnis bringt. Top Artikel , Verarbeitung sehr gut und einfachste Installation .

I am amazed with the functionality of this unit. I had reviewed a number of different "powerline" Ethernet solutions, and this unit fell around the middle with good reviews. The shipment arrived quickly ( PRIME reseller) I decided to try it out and I am over the moon with elation! If this is how all the TRENDnet products function, I think I will be considering them in the future for a lot of my requirements. This purchase has two adapters and two good quality Ethernet cables included. I use these within our home network. When testing the speed connection I lost a half a megabyte from when I tested directly from my modem, dropping from 62.5mbps, to 62mbps is not even noticeable. My house is approx. 1600 feet (multi-level) and the adapters are located at separate ends of the house. My house was built in the 60's and the electrical panel was updated 12-15 years ago. Extremely easy to install, no installation software required. This unit is a dream as I have now provided fast connectivity to a previously "dead" coverage in the house. I am going to start to do video reviews, so that the products I purchase can be demonstrated. I like helping people make the decision that is right for them. Only honest and personal reviews from me.

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It was quick and easy to install. My internet modem/router is on the main floor of my house and my office is one floor above. With this device I was able to easily give my computer internet access without running long cables through the walls. I've been using it almost every day for almost 2 years and it has been working great 100% of the time. No issues at all. I would definitely recommend this for anyone wanting to get internet on a device that is too far from their modem to run cables. One thing I will say is that it does reduce my internet speed significantly, but it's still fast enough that I don't mind. My internet speed without the device is 180 Mbps and with the device is about 40 Mbps, so there is a 78% reduction is my internet speed. I used fast.com and checked it multiple times. Overall I would definitely recommend this product.