"Use code NETWORKING10 to get a further 10% off making this £22.48"
Seems like a decent price for 2 1000 Mbps units. I think there have been similar and better deals in the past, but it's the best I can find right now. It's just what we need.
If you are new to these, don't make the mistakes I made: they need to go straight into a wall socket, so it can be worth paying the premium for the ones that come with a pass-through power socket.
Also, for a lot of uses you don't necessarily need masses of bandwidth. 1000 Mbps might be overkill.
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4me2save
29 Dec 163#2
Use code NETWORKING10 to get a further 10% off making this £22.48.
I won't be buying as this doesn't have pass through or MIMO so doesn't meet my needs but it's still a good deal so voting hot.
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westy90
28 Dec 16#1
I was looking at a powerline as my wifi router is at back of house and tv at front with poor signal, then realised that it just makes my plug behind the tv an ethernet port.
I got a
Netgear WN3000RP Universal Wi-Fi Range Extender
from argos for £20 and its spot on my whole house now has full wifi signal
4me2save
29 Dec 163#2
Use code NETWORKING10 to get a further 10% off making this £22.48.
I won't be buying as this doesn't have pass through or MIMO so doesn't meet my needs but it's still a good deal so voting hot.
deanpullen to 4me2save
29 Dec 161#3
This pack isn't wireless, so no, it won't have MIMO.
fwd079 to 4me2save
29 Dec 16#11
Ditto and voted hot.
epiclolz
29 Dec 16#4
Got a set of these the other day. They work perfect for my BT youview box and 4K streaming. Great deal
AstalaVista
29 Dec 16#5
Thanks OP. Ordered using the code and work voucher scheme, bringing it to £20 for me.
Thanks to 4me2save for the 10% off code.
Stevie Badman
29 Dec 16#6
1 port?
srw985
29 Dec 161#7
MIMO exists within Powerline specification. Most of the newer gigabit powerlines, including these are "Homeplug AV2" standard which supports MIMO.
Older adapters use "Homeplug AV" and if you use any of these I think it slows the whole network to the older standard.
swebb789
29 Dec 16#8
Do these just plug into a socket and that's it or do you need a wired connection to the socket?
srw985 to swebb789
29 Dec 16#9
You need a wired Ethernet connection into each of these.
hukdplan
29 Dec 162#10
My refund from Currys/PC World has just come through ... I posted this on another thread about these ...
I've been testing these and returned them to PC World. Running a ping tester over 3 days, over my mains wiring, gave about 99.6% success with around 30 seconds total loss of connectivity - not bad but not ideal. Swapped them for some "TP-Link TL-PA8010P KIT AV1200 Gigabit Pass Through Powerline Adapter Starter Kits" - ran same test, zero connectivity issues - 100% ping success - absolutely perfect performance.
My high def TV streams now run perfectly, before they used to break-up and crash after a while.
Could be down to a better chipset, could be the Netgear stuff is just not that great - either way TP-Link works literally perfectly and was worth paying a bit extra for.
Opening post
"Use code NETWORKING10 to get a further 10% off making this £22.48"
Seems like a decent price for 2 1000 Mbps units. I think there have been similar and better deals in the past, but it's the best I can find right now. It's just what we need.
If you are new to these, don't make the mistakes I made: they need to go straight into a wall socket, so it can be worth paying the premium for the ones that come with a pass-through power socket.
Also, for a lot of uses you don't necessarily need masses of bandwidth. 1000 Mbps might be overkill.
Top comments
I won't be buying as this doesn't have pass through or MIMO so doesn't meet my needs but it's still a good deal so voting hot.
All comments (22)
I got a
Netgear WN3000RP Universal Wi-Fi Range Extender
from argos for £20 and its spot on my whole house now has full wifi signal
I won't be buying as this doesn't have pass through or MIMO so doesn't meet my needs but it's still a good deal so voting hot.
Thanks to 4me2save for the 10% off code.
Older adapters use "Homeplug AV" and if you use any of these I think it slows the whole network to the older standard.
I've been testing these and returned them to PC World. Running a ping tester over 3 days, over my mains wiring, gave about 99.6% success with around 30 seconds total loss of connectivity - not bad but not ideal. Swapped them for some "TP-Link TL-PA8010P KIT AV1200 Gigabit Pass Through Powerline Adapter Starter Kits" - ran same test, zero connectivity issues - 100% ping success - absolutely perfect performance.
My high def TV streams now run perfectly, before they used to break-up and crash after a while.
Could be down to a better chipset, could be the Netgear stuff is just not that great - either way TP-Link works literally perfectly and was worth paying a bit extra for.