TP-Link 200Mbps Powerline Twin Pack - £24.99 Amazon

grimm2005

Just after getting a 500mbs gigabit pair delivered for 60 from amazon. Tried speedtest and getting the exact same performance as WiFi so I'm pretty disappointed so far. Didn't get a chance to check a laptop plugged into router yet but will later to make sure its not a UPC issue but I doubt it as I've had 75mb on that in the past (its a 100mb connection and I'm only getting 26mb on my desktop)

Melendez

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user1842

grimm2005 wrote: »

Just after getting a 500mbs gigabit pair delivered for 60 from amazon. Tried speedtest and getting the exact same performance as WiFi so I'm pretty disappointed so far. Didn't get a chance to check a laptop plugged into router yet but will later to make sure its not a UPC issue but I doubt it as I've had 75mb on that in the past (its a 100mb connection and I'm only getting 26mb on my desktop)

I got the same ones just last week. I was getting 50mb on my old ones. Now im getting 83mb.

Im on the UPC 100mb package and get 83mb when plugged directly into the UPC router.

Im very happy with them as they seem to be giving me all the UPC speed.

donnacha

grimm2005 wrote: »

Just after getting a 500mbs gigabit pair delivered for 60 from amazon. Tried speedtest and getting the exact same performance as WiFi so I'm pretty disappointed so far. Didn't get a chance to check a laptop plugged into router yet but will later to make sure its not a UPC issue but I doubt it as I've had 75mb on that in the past (its a 100mb connection and I'm only getting 26mb on my desktop)

I have a similar set-up. UPC 100mb connection. Laptop plugged directly into the UPC router normally gives me 100 or thereabouts.

Using the 500mbs gigabit pair I get on average 50mb but sometimes as high at 70mb. (Note I have the plugs connected directly to the wall sockets rather than connected to extension cables).

I'll check tonight what I'm getting for wifi and post results for you if you want?

grimm2005

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Unfortunately not, I disabled the wireless entirely, I'm going to check plug in speed when I get home and if thats just as poor, ill be on to UPC!

Good to hear others are having better mileage out of them though

youcancallmeal

Does anyone know will the 200Mbps being good enough to stream HD content from a file server PC to a media player box?

grimm2005

donnacha wrote: »

I have a similar set-up. UPC 100mb connection. Laptop plugged directly into the UPC router normally gives me 100 or thereabouts.

Using the 500mbs gigabit pair I get on average 50mb but sometimes as high at 70mb. (Note I have the plugs connected directly to the wall sockets rather than connected to extension cables).

I'll check tonight what I'm getting for wifi and post results for you if you want?

Yeah, cheers, might as well see how others are doing for comparisons sake.

grimm2005

So I'm currently getting the following results:

80MB with laptop plugged directly into router
70MB with laptop on wireless beside router
26MB with desktop on wireless
16MB with desktop on homeplugs

I'm starting to feel like I've completely wasted my money...

Going to re-pair the plugs and see what happens.

Edit: So tried many different combinations in different plugs near the router and in the room where the desktop is and could only achieve a maximum connection of 40mb/s so I'm returning these. Not sure what the problem was, maybe the wiring in my house (house was built in the 70's and has never been re-wired) but either way I think relocating the router is my only option at this point save for having ethernet cables all over the house which definitely isn't happening!

Kristopherus

youcancallmeal wrote: »

Does anyone know will the 200Mbps being good enough to stream HD content from a file server PC to a media player box?

Yes they are. Got HD content with 85mbps ones.

jamescd

grimm2005 wrote: »

So I'm currently getting the following results:

80MB with laptop plugged directly into router
70MB with laptop on wireless beside router
26MB with desktop on wireless
16MB with desktop on homeplugs

I'm starting to feel like I've completely wasted my money...

Going to re-pair the plugs and see what happens.

Edit: So tried many different combinations in different plugs near the router and in the room where the desktop is and could only achieve a maximum connection of 40mb/s so I'm returning these. Not sure what the problem was, maybe the wiring in my house (house was built in the 70's and has never been re-wired) but either way I think relocating the router is my only option at this point save for having ethernet cables all over the house which definitely isn't happening!

It's your wiring alright. I'm only using a pair of 200mbps homeplugs and I constantly get more than 50mb.




I also have the 100mb UPC broadband so I'm planning to upgrade to the 500mbps one's in the near future.

erie

I've got this DLink 200Mbps (2yrs already) and never give me any problem streaming HD movies (XBMC and now netflix).

But that old model, the new one here : £30

Melendez

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Simi

I have a pair of unbranded ones i've used for a few years now. I find the throughput varies significantly from socket to socket. Just moving one of them to another socket in the same room can make a difference of 20-30MB/s.

In the setup i'm using currently I get about 60-65MB/s throughput in either direction. In another room the best I can get is 28MB/s up (traffic to the main computer, which is connected to the router by cable) 40MB/s down.

To achieve those speeds, I checked every socket in the two rooms to find the best in each. Incidentially the worst was about 1MB/s up 2MB/s, so changing sockets can make all the difference.

Also always plug them directly into the wall. I use this to check the speed.

jamescd

Have both of mine plugged into extension leads and they work no bother. The one near the modem downstairs is plugged into a surge protected lead even. I tried them plugged directly into the wall 1st of course, but the speeds were the same.

grimm2005

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I got the PA511. I can only attribute it to the wiring in the house, it's the only way to explain it if everybody else is getting great results. Hopefully it'll all work out for you though.

In terms of trying other sockets etc, I did try nearby sockets to the router and used a long ethernet cable and got a max of 40mb/s, but any sockets further then the wires reach would be completely defeating the point of getting the plugs in the first place so it's back they go.

On a slightly unrelated note, I've never experienced a more efficient return service in my life from Amazon. They have given me an INSTANT refund, before I even send the thing back to them, printed out a fully paid an post package label with my address and their address, as well as a proof of posting which I will get stamped by the post office. Only thing is they will charge me £8.09 for postage as the error is not their fault (in the UK they charge nothing for return no matter who's fault). I repackaged it perfectly so can't imagine i'll be charged a re-packaging fee or such.

donnacha

grimm2005 wrote: »

On a slightly unrelated note, I've never experienced a more efficient return service in my life from Amazon. They have given me an INSTANT refund, before I even send the thing back to them, printed out a fully paid an post package label with my address and their address, as well as a proof of posting which I will get stamped by the post office. Only thing is they will charge me £8.09 for postage as the error is not their fault (in the UK they charge nothing for return no matter who's fault). I repackaged it perfectly so can't imagine i'll be charged a re-packaging fee or such.

Amazon really are amazing for returns. I haven't had to return too many items over the years but its always been simple and the only challenge has been making it to the post office.

FYI: You don't have to pay the £8.09 postage if you say the item isn't working. You think its the wires in the house but who is to say the ones you got aren't faulty. I would select item not working and describe the speeds you are getting. Worst case scenario they will charge you the postage post the return.

grimm2005

donnacha wrote: »

Amazon really are amazing for returns. I haven't had to return too many items over the years but its always been simple and the only challenge has been making it to the post office.

FYI: You don't have to pay the £8.09 postage if you say the item isn't working. You think its the wires in the house but who is to say the ones you got aren't faulty. I would select item not working and describe the speeds you are getting. Worst case scenario they will charge you the postage post the return.

I selected the quality or performance isn't as expected option, not sure if they'll charge me or not but sure its only a tenner at the end of the day I suppose.

fletch

grimm2005 wrote: »

Just after getting a 500mbs gigabit pair delivered for 60 from amazon.

PC World have them for €49.99

Edit - My bad sorry

Melendez

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donnacha

fletch wrote: »

PC World have them for €49.99

PC World have the 411 kit at that price - the RRP on these is £39.99 according to amazon

The set that grimm2005 got is the 511 with a gigabit ethernet port and have an RRP of £94.10 on Amazon.

In fairness though if you have the UPC modem (which I do) you may as well have the 411s.

vibe666

just for anyone disappointed with the speed they'e getting out of them, lots of theings could be causing noise on the electrical circuit that could be impacting the network throughput.

literally anything plugged in in your house could be causing issues, from TV's, microwaves, kettles CFL bulbs. specifically cheap CFL bulbs can cause a lot of noise that is completely harmless to your electrical circuitry but can have a major impact on your powerline networking.

if you want to rule out potential causes (and you've trested your internet speed directly from a wired connection straight to your router), just turn absolutely everything off in the house (lights, plugs etc.) and do some speed tests copying large files across your powerline network and gradually start turning stuff on until you see a significant speed drop and there's your problem.

also note that the signal crossing fuses in your main fuse box (i.e. normall yupstairs to downstairs plug sockets) will eat into your potential max speed as well.

maximus02

Hi

I have these TP-Link 200Mbps homeplugs.

How do I measure what speed I am getting from them?

There is utility software which come with them which shows a rate in Mbps. Is this an accurate figure? Or is it meaning less? It doesn't seem to vary much.

Thanks in advance for help.

Max

vibe666

the simplest way is to copy a large uncompressable file (i.e. a large video file) from one computer to another between two homeplugs and see what speed the file transfer gets.

windows 7's file copy has a speed measurement built in that will give you a rough idea, but my personal favourite for copying lots of large files around is a utility called teracopy (the free version is plenty good enough for most people's needs) which you can use to replace the built in windows file copy tool that has some handy extra features like checking for available space, copy queuing, pause, resume, skip and retry etc. without interupting an existing copy/move operation which is very handy if you're copying a couple of hundred gigabytes of files to or from a NAS or something like that.

Melendez

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suppafly

Picked up a set of these also. Had gone back up to 28.99 when i got them though. Still a lot cheaper than they are else where.

vibe666

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it's special electric goblins carrying your data packets around the house. as freddie mercury once said, it's a kind of magic. :pac:

irelandspurs

Quick £21.84

RayCarley

irelandspurs wrote: »

Quick £21.84

Yeah, what a price drop! Currently the cheapest they've ever been!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-TL-PA211KIT-200Mbps-Powerline-Ethernet/dp/B004INVKP4/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1356359117&sr=1-1

MJ434

Hi, anyone have a link for the WiFi adapter?

Kenny Logins

irelandspurs wrote: »

Quick £21.84

Plus £5.97 postage... Fine you have something else to bump the order over £25 for free postage though.

EDIT: Bah. Added a £2.99 data cable for the free postage (£25.38 total).

Blade

Kenny Logins wrote: »

Plus £5.97 postage... Fine you have something else to bump the order over £25 for free postage though.

EDIT: Bah. Added a £2.99 data cable for the free postage (£25.38 total).

BTW these all come with network cables.

Kristopherus

MJ434 wrote: »

Hi, anyone have a link for the WiFi adapter?

If its purely an adapter only that you want, have a look here: http://www.argos.ie/static/Browse/ID72/14419015/c_1/2%7Ccategory_root%7COffice%2C+PCs+and+phones%7C14418968/c_2/3%7Ccat_14418968%7CWireless+networking%7C14419015/r_001/1%7CPrice+Cut%7CYes%7C1.htm

vibe666

Kristopherus wrote: »

If its purely an adapter only that you want, have a look here: http://www.argos.ie/static/Browse/ID72/14419015/c_1/2%7Ccategory_root%7COffice%2C+PCs+and+phones%7C14418968/c_2/3%7Ccat_14418968%7CWireless+networking%7C14419015/r_001/1%7CPrice+Cut%7CYes%7C1.htm

i think he's alking about the wifi range extender model of the powerline networking adapter, not just a wifi dongle.

i.e. this one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/TL-WPA271-150Mbps-Wireless-Powerline-Extender/dp/B008I3GCIK/ref=sr_1_3?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1356393156&sr=1-3

Kristopherus

vibe666 wrote: »

i think he's alking about the wifi range extender model of the powerline networking adapter, not just a wifi dongle.

i.e. this one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/TL-WPA271-150Mbps-Wireless-Powerline-Extender/dp/B008I3GCIK/ref=sr_1_3?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1356393156&sr=1-3

Thats why I said "if its purely an adapter". I know the difference. I have both:D

vibe666

Kristopherus wrote: »

Thats why I said "if its purely an adapter". I know the difference. I have both:D

good for you, but he didn't ask for *an* adapter, he asked for *the* wifi adapter in a thread about homeplugs not wifi dongles.

pdstck

Kristopherus wrote: »

If its purely an adapter only that you want, have a look here: http://www.argos.ie/static/Browse/ID72/14419015/c_1/2%7Ccategory_root%7COffice%2C+PCs+and+phones%7C14418968/c_2/3%7Ccat_14418968%7CWireless+networking%7C14419015/r_001/1%7CPrice+Cut%7CYes%7C1.htm

Hi All
I presume you hve to connect a cable from these sockets to the device you are using, is there anything avalible that improves reception wirelessly or would i have to put in second router for this option, how difficult would this be to set up

irelandspurs

pdstck wrote: »

Hi All
I presume you hve to connect a cable from these sockets to the device you are using, is there anything avalible that improves reception wirelessly or would i have to put in second router for this option, how difficult would this be to set up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0IwoKAygEVY

Blade

pdstck wrote: »

Hi All
I presume you hve to connect a cable from these sockets to the device you are using, is there anything avalible that improves reception wirelessly or would i have to put in second router for this option, how difficult would this be to set up

You can get a wifi version of these adapters, this kit has one wired adapter that you connect your router to and one wireless that you can plug in anywhere else in your house:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/TL-WPA281KIT-Powerline-Extender-Wireless-Starter/dp/B0067GS29W/

Note that it's not much dearer if you buy the twin pack of wired adapters as in the OP's post and separately buy the single wifi one. So you end up with an extra wired adapter for only about a fiver extra, but it might come in handy if you ever want another wired connection somewhere.

hadepsx

for anyone who doesnt wanna buy online, pc world have a set of on networks 200mb homeplugs @ 37.99e

A Law

Probably not making sense here but if i plugged another wireless router into the receiving plug would it then make the signal wireless at that end?

Simi

Yes you can bridge the two routers. I currently use this setup in the living room as there's more than one device that needs to be connected & the wireless signal from the main router is weak in that room.

Works very well, but was a bitch to set up and get working correctly.

A Law

Simi wrote: »

Yes you can bridge the two routers. I currently use this setup in the living room as there's more than one device that needs to be connected & the wireless signal from the main router is weak in that room.

Works very well, but was a bitch to set up and get working correctly.

thanks simi. how would I go about bridging the routers? could u link a page if dats not 2 much hassle?

Simi

joefuss1986 wrote: »

thanks simi. how would I go about bridging the routers? could u link a page if dats not 2 much hassle?

Well I think i used this guide, but every setup is different and it took lots of resets and changing of settings to get right.

You should aim to configure the second router completely before you turn off it's dhcp, as it's very difficult to make changes once it's disabled. i.e. set up the ssid and wpa password you want to use.

Once you have everything configured the way you like disable the dhcp on the second router and connect the two using ethernet port 1 on both routers.

who_me

Have a pair of 500Mbps adaptors at home, and well impressed with them. Based on my experience and what I've read, you'll get at most about 20% of the listed speed. I tried some local file copies and downloads and got up to 90/95Mbps. So until they bring out 1Gbps adaptors, the 100Mbps port limitation probably doesn't present much of a problem.

What I like though, is they're reliable. The speed is consistent, and the connection never drops (unlike Wifi. I use an AppleTV with my music & videos on a Mac in a different room, and over Wifi it was a nightmare. Perfect with these adaptors).

TheDoc

So in my new apartment I'm having some slack wireless reception, but moreso just wanted ethernet connection to my main PC. Router is in the main room with PC going into the back room.

Bought the new model of these, 500mpbs ones. Man, homeplugs were DIRT when they first came out, but reviews look through the roof.

Hopefully works well

Yamanoto

Down to £25.58 for the 200Mbps units with Irish VAT added & free delivery to ROI.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-TL-PA211KIT-200Mbps-Powerline-Adapter/dp/B004INVKP4?SubscriptionId=AKIAJ7T5BOVUVRD2EFYQ&tag=camelcamelcam-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B004INVKP4

ballooba

I had a set of these fail on me recently. TP Link were great about it and I had a new pair within days.

toby2111

Would these TP links work with the wifi extender (WLAN repeater) that LIDL are selling for €30? I need to boost wifi signal in bedroom. Unsure whether to get TP links, LIDL WLAN repeater or both for best results.

Blade

toby2111 wrote: »

Would these TP links work with the wifi extender (WLAN repeater) that LIDL are selling for €30? I need to boost wifi signal in bedroom. Unsure whether to get TP links, LIDL WLAN repeater or both for best results.

Well you wouldn't use both together, you'd use one or the other. The repeaters are rubbish compared to the TP powerline adapters. Only thing is to make sure your house has all the one circuitry otherwise the TP's might not work. But this usually isn't a problem as most houses are on one circuit. You can buy the kit with the wireless access point:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/TL-WPA281KIT-Powerline-Extender-Wireless-Starter/dp/B0067GS29W/ref=cm_cr_pr_pb_t

Better still for £40 you can buy the single wireless adapter and for £25 the twin pack in the OP, so you can have an extra plug for the same price of £65!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/TL-WPA281-Powerline-Extender-Wireless-Access/dp/B0067GS0YO/ref=pd_bxgy_computers_text_y

toby2111

Guys,you might be able to advise-
Mate of my brothers has 2 85mbps powerline adapters,looking for €20.Now,I'm with Sky BB,only get about 12-15mbps max with them,drops to 3-5mbps some evenings.So,is it worth my while getting the 200mbps ones or just take a punt on the 85mbps ones?