- Extend your broadband around your home - Wired and wireless connectivity
Extend your broadband
Extend your home broadband anywhere around your home to any wired or wireless device with the BT Essentials Powerline Adapter Kit.
Compatible with all broadband providers, the Essentials Powerline Adapter uses the power sockets in your house to create a secure WiFi hotspot that you can easily access, with an improved signal from your router.
Wired and wireless connectivity
With no configuration needed, all you have to do is link your router to the adapters and plug them into a standard plug socket, to enjoy a strengthened internet connection around your home.
Featuring an Ethernet connection for wired appliances like a PC or games console, as well as wireless access for laptops and phones, you can make the most of your internet in areas of your home that normally have a bad connection.
Wireless and wired internet connection from any plug socket
Up to 500 Mbps
1 Ethernet port
Single-band (2.4 GHz)
All comments (30)
goonertillidie
25 Sep 17#1
500 Mbps- 1 Ethernet Port - Plug & Play
Top features:
- Extend your broadband around your home - Wired and wireless connectivity
Extend your broadband
Extend your home broadband anywhere around your home to any wired or wireless device with the BT Essentials Powerline Adapter Kit.
Compatible with all broadband providers, the Essentials Powerline Adapter uses the power sockets in your house to create a secure WiFi hotspot that you can easily access, with an improved signal from your router.
Wired and wireless connectivity
With no configuration needed, all you have to do is link your router to the adapters and plug them into a standard plug socket, to enjoy a strengthened internet connection around your home.
Featuring an Ethernet connection for wired appliances like a PC or games console, as well as wireless access for laptops and phones, you can make the most of your internet in areas of your home that normally have a bad connection.
Wireless and wired internet connection from any plug socket
Up to 500 Mbps
1 Ethernet port
Single-band (2.4 GHz)
ben1979
25 Sep 17#2
Some mixed reviews on the currys website about having to reset it regularly due to dropped signal. Hmmmm
Agent004 to ben1979
25 Sep 17#3
Hmm, bought the TP Link ones in Maplins for £39.99 last week so far theyre brilliant . These BT ones were similar price so maybe a cracking deal , maybe not
ashtad
25 Sep 17#4
I struggle with WiFi in my house since having a loft conversation done. Will these get rid of the wireless blackspots
19DembaBa19 to ashtad
25 Sep 17#13
What is a loft conversation
ashtad to 19DembaBa19
25 Sep 17#14
Ha sorry conversion lol bloody predictive text
jmcg2010 to 19DembaBa19
25 Sep 17#24
It’s when 2 people speak to each other inside a loft.
19DembaBa19 to jmcg2010
25 Sep 17#25
Ok then I’ll keep that in mind (what is a loft)
rickj
25 Sep 17#5
Any idea if these can be used with sky's own wifi booster.Got sky booster downstairs but ideally need some upstairs to improve signal.
haritori to rickj
25 Sep 17#9
as mentioned above you connect one to the Sky Hub via ethernet then put the other in the area you want better coverage using the WPS button you can then repeat the main WiFi in that new area with same connection information.
ashtad to haritori
25 Sep 17#11
Does this provide a good stable WiFi connection better then using a repeater
haritori to ashtad
25 Sep 17#17
I woudl imagine it should providing your internal wiring is up to scratch..
mummymelly
25 Sep 17#6
Any idea if these work with virgin hub 3?
smallclone to mummymelly
25 Sep 17#7
You plug an ethernet cable from your modem/router into one of these, and plug the other one in another part of your house. Then an ethernet cable from that one to whatever you want. I, for example, have one attached to my router and another behind my TV. This is plugged into my Xbox. I also have one plugged in upstairs, and this in connected to a Sky box, for on demand.
haritori to mummymelly
25 Sep 17#8
Thx OP
My house is covered fine but my kitchen has very thick walls all around, alexa can hardly play tune in always stopping and starting so this shoudl help me boost the kitchen coverage.
It will work with anything with an ethernet connection.
kalico
25 Sep 17#10
Seems very cheap for the twin pack and both wired/wireless. Ordered. Thanks OP.
salsheikh
25 Sep 17#12
reserved one at my local store. needed it to use at the outlaws as wifi signal is really poor across the house so this will help.
akGTR
25 Sep 17#15
Never seen these this cheap
If anyone knows anything bad about these let me know as I’ve ordered a pair.
MLD9
25 Sep 17#16
Good price
Only single band wifi though so a bit slower
abdi12346
25 Sep 17#18
I have bought 2 types of repeaters both of them seem to fail to repeat my 100MBPS Speed to the upstairs ara of the house i get on avg 25-35mbps can anyone help make this better or will this help?
sh20 to abdi12346
6 Oct 17#30
this technology may help. repeaters HALVE throughput - (then of course you lose a little more, simply because of things like your environment), so I'd say 30Mbps is expected on a repeater.
I always suggest powerline over repeaters where possible - in houses with older wiring it's not so good, but worth a shot and you can always return if it doesn't work for you
abdi12346
25 Sep 17#19
I have a TP-LINK TL-WA850RE and a NETGEAR WN3000RP-200UKS both no good for the 100mbps speeds. :angry:
tommyotto
25 Sep 17#20
Actually bought these at the weekend for the parents house. Easy enough to install. They stopped working after 5 mins. Ended up using some tp link ones that have been working fine since saturday. Guess they are cheap for a reason
ianhalling to tommyotto
26 Sep 17#27
To be honest I have had lots of frustration :angry: with BT powerline WiFi - best to use Devolos which have a 3 year warranty and are supported by the Devolo ?Cockpit software which allows you to easily configure and troubleshoot all powerline devices on the network. :thumbsup:
jg1977
25 Sep 17#21
Brought a pair of these of Amazon 3 weeks ago to extend the internet from the house to my mum's craft room which is about 30 metres down the garden worked flawlessly straight out the box and Haven't failed once yet
moneybag
25 Sep 17#22
Have these, very good coverage and only had to reset (turn off and on) once. Downside is not this device, but all my other devices that desperately try and cling on the router's signal when you move through the house instead of changing to the AP.
abdi12346
25 Sep 17#23
I may have to go give this a try.
BARKMAN
25 Sep 17#26
Do these use their own WiFi hotpoint? Meaning you have to connect to their access point?
GMac11
29 Sep 17#28
Just picked a pack up today from my local store, plugged in and worked straight away, no configuration or anything required. I'm using it to get internet to my Youview box (as they don't have WiFi) and it seems to be working a treat. A bonus was I didn't realise that the 'remote' plug has 2 ethernet ports so 2 devices can run off it.
the.porter
30 Sep 17#29
On my iPad when I go to the cold spot I have to manually select the bt powerline there’s 2 networks ie sky router and powerline if I move away my signal dies can you not just auto pick up the signal in each room
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Opening post
Top features:
- Extend your broadband around your home
- Wired and wireless connectivity
Extend your broadband
Extend your home broadband anywhere around your home to any wired or wireless device with the BT Essentials Powerline Adapter Kit.
Compatible with all broadband providers, the Essentials Powerline Adapter uses the power sockets in your house to create a secure WiFi hotspot that you can easily access, with an improved signal from your router.
Wired and wireless connectivity
With no configuration needed, all you have to do is link your router to the adapters and plug them into a standard plug socket, to enjoy a strengthened internet connection around your home.
Featuring an Ethernet connection for wired appliances like a PC or games console, as well as wireless access for laptops and phones, you can make the most of your internet in areas of your home that normally have a bad connection.
All comments (30)
Top features:
- Extend your broadband around your home
- Wired and wireless connectivity
Extend your broadband
Extend your home broadband anywhere around your home to any wired or wireless device with the BT Essentials Powerline Adapter Kit.
Compatible with all broadband providers, the Essentials Powerline Adapter uses the power sockets in your house to create a secure WiFi hotspot that you can easily access, with an improved signal from your router.
Wired and wireless connectivity
With no configuration needed, all you have to do is link your router to the adapters and plug them into a standard plug socket, to enjoy a strengthened internet connection around your home.
Featuring an Ethernet connection for wired appliances like a PC or games console, as well as wireless access for laptops and phones, you can make the most of your internet in areas of your home that normally have a bad connection.
Does this provide a good stable WiFi connection better then using a repeater
You plug an ethernet cable from your modem/router into one of these, and plug the other one in another part of your house. Then an ethernet cable from that one to whatever you want. I, for example, have one attached to my router and another behind my TV. This is plugged into my Xbox. I also have one plugged in upstairs, and this in connected to a Sky box, for on demand.
My house is covered fine but my kitchen has very thick walls all around, alexa can hardly play tune in always stopping and starting so this shoudl help me boost the kitchen coverage.
It will work with anything with an ethernet connection.
needed it to use at the outlaws as wifi signal is really poor across the house so this will help.
If anyone knows anything bad about these let me know as I’ve ordered a pair.
Only single band wifi though so a bit slower
I always suggest powerline over repeaters where possible - in houses with older wiring it's not so good, but worth a shot and you can always return if it doesn't work for you
Meaning you have to connect to their access point?