HomePlug AV compatible
- Mains pass-through on both adaptors
- 200Mbps
- 3 status LEDs
- Reset and link buttons
- One 10/100 Ethernet connector
- Universal so will work with any network - not just BT.
All comments (24)
bouncy99
3 Aug 16#1
nice find op, but you will never see 200Mbps out of those puppies, and if you add them to an existing faster network, you will reduce the speed of them all. Can you not get a 500 or 600 set for more?
jiggy.jay to bouncy99
3 Aug 16#2
Thanks for the info.
I saw this was hot when they were £17.99
Thought I'd let everyone know about it being cheaper now.
Had a look again and can't find this model cheaper
stuartconnolly7547
3 Aug 161#3
what do these things do?
kamy786rulz
4 Aug 16#4
Whats better for powerline performance, putting it directly in wall socet or putting it on a surge protected extention cable? .. I have TPLINK AV1200 kit and keep getting drop outs but its inconsistent. some day it wil be fine others, i get yellow triangle on network logo taskbar and it comes back after a while.
2003bluecat to kamy786rulz
4 Aug 16#5
Directly in the wall socket is better, which is why they make with pass through. IDK why it's better, but apparently it is.
GreatBallsofFire to kamy786rulz
4 Aug 16#8
A surge protected extension lead will likely filter out a lot of the data signal so I absolutely wouldn't use them on one of the sockets. They are passthrough so just plug one directly into the wall and plug the extension into it.
A non surge protected extension should be fine though - but watch out for other things on the same extension that produce electrical noise (such as certain phone chargers) as that can degrade the performance. When I buy multi-gang extensions I always look for non surge protected in the event that I ever want to use a powerline adaptor on one of their sockets.
xeroc
4 Aug 16#6
Personally I've never had any issue using them in extension leads. As long as it is well electrically insulated (i.e. made to comply with UK standards) it shouldn't degrade your speed by too much, if at all. However, it is said that the surge protection devices in extensions can cause some interference - whether there is empirical evidence to support that I don't know. So, in short, perhaps avoid extensions with surge protection, but you won't have any issue with standard extension leads.
I think, actually, the primary reason for pass through is so that you don't lose a plug!
Rory Joe
4 Aug 161#7
Am I missing something obvious? How can it be 200Mbps when it's got a 10/100 Ethernet port?
Gollywood to Rory Joe
4 Aug 16#9
You get 10/100 ports in adapters that are 1000Mbps!
Crazy
Gordon Bell to Rory Joe
4 Aug 161#11
If you had several packs of these, the 200Mbps (as mentioned you'll never get this speed) is spread across all computers using the adapters on the powerline network at the same time. So each PC is limited to the 100Mbps port, but there could be a lot more network traffic from multiple computers using the powerline connection simultaneously.
Gords
4 Aug 16#10
I really wanted something a lot faster but how would these handle in home game streaming on Steam and Xbox? I'm using 5ghz AC which has great bandwidth but something local cuts throughs the signal every few minutes making gaming a nightmare.
K0YS
4 Aug 161#12
can you break that down in to layman's terms and how it will affect the normal household?
Gords
4 Aug 162#13
The most speed you can have is 100mbps. But you could have 100mbps going from computer A to computer B whilst simultaneously having 100mbps going from B to A. Or A to B at same time as another pair of devices C to D. Possibly even A sending 100mbps to B and a different 100mbps to C or D. Parallel basically.
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Opening post
HomePlug AV compatible
- Mains pass-through on both adaptors
- 200Mbps
- 3 status LEDs
- Reset and link buttons
- One 10/100 Ethernet connector
- Universal so will work with any network - not just BT.
All comments (24)
I saw this was hot when they were £17.99
Thought I'd let everyone know about it being cheaper now.
Had a look again and can't find this model cheaper
A non surge protected extension should be fine though - but watch out for other things on the same extension that produce electrical noise (such as certain phone chargers) as that can degrade the performance. When I buy multi-gang extensions I always look for non surge protected in the event that I ever want to use a powerline adaptor on one of their sockets.
I think, actually, the primary reason for pass through is so that you don't lose a plug!
Crazy