TP-Link 500Mbps AV600 Mini Powerline Ethernet Adapter Starter Kit reviews

Fantastic product, does as it says. I had very poor wireless internet on the far side of the house and it wasn't possible to shift the router without getting an electrician out (few ports). Wireless was very intermittent and unreliable, and for someone who likes to play online occasionally it can be very frustrating! The quick test I did on the PS3 was very successful, getting just under 10mbs, far greater than was I was getting before (where I would get disconnected all the time). The upload time was also quite reasonable. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to test the ping time, but first impressions, I would say it is very low – so perfect for gaming.

Just a quick note on shipping, which was also outstanding. I had ordered this product Wednesday night, my card was charged Thursday morning and it arrived Friday morning (I live in a rural area in the lower North Island!!!). I wasn't expecting it until Monday or Tuesday. Good stuff, Mightyape!

As I don't personally have an ethernet cable in every room of my house this is the best alternative. The speeds that come out of this little box is amazing a worth ever cent!

I have used this for over a year now and I don't know what I would do without it! I have used it for many applications such as, my gaming pc, Playstation 4 and watching livestreams on my laptop. Would highly reccomend. A++

I bought this to remove a very long network cable from one room to another. I had the new system synced and running within minutes of unpacking the box. I've had no problems with dropout or lag and this is far superior to running over wifi.

Running Xbox 360 with Media Centre extension, YouTube etc. To the router and main pc in a seperate room no problem.

We have since added some of the 200's with no problems either. Highly recommended.

Does exactly what is says on the box. Simple to set up, just plug and play. Paired it up with the TP Link TL-WPA281 for stable wireless from one end of the house to the other. The only thing of note is that the config software (should you chose to play with the settings) is not compatible with windows 8 so you need to go online and download the latest software and firmware.

Nice and easy, simply plug ‘n’ play. No dramas, no hassles. Just works.

A great prodct that does exactly as it says. Installation is quick and effortless. Plug them in, press the pair button, and you're set! Enjoy!

Plug and play within 30 seconds

Opened the box and plugged them in and away we went.

Fast and the furious!

Use it with my ps4 ave it doubled my down load speed compared to what I was getting on wifi. Super Stoked!!!

Best thing since sliced bread, been trying to get wifi out to my garage (without using cables) – House to garage using same power supply 30 metres between. Perfect.

My only suggestion, in the Room with your NAS/Files/Internet you actually but TP-Link TL-PA511 AV500 Gigabit Powerline Adapter, as this supports multiple HD streams. This will stop any bottleneck if your are stream HD content too multiple rooms.

It took me (an accountant) less than 20 minutes to have a network up and running. I'm now confident that I can extend it for my laptop in 5 minutes.

Tried it out by placing in between me and my sister's room. Didn't seem to make much of a difference when we gamed together. Quite disappointed :(

Originally I loved the product. It worked well, it did everything I expected to. However, after two years or so, the antennas started to break for no reason, just due to age I suppose. Down to just the one antenna now. I would now recommend something more robust.

Straightforward to set up, now I have very reliable and much faster internet. I was getting 1–2mb/s on wireless, often it would die, even though I had an expensive wireless adapter, now I get 10mb/s or more and the only time it dies is when my brother unplugs it. I wish I knew about this sooner.

I wasn't too sure on the data over powerline thing, but since I was having issues with wireless connection to the other room, I thought I would give it a go.. Damn, did it work alright, maybe not as fast as a wired connection but its alot faster then wireless and more stable. Very easy to setup too, put both units into a power socket, then push the “pair” button and part one is done. You can use a power strip/board to “pair” the two units but when the time comes to move data, it is best to have both units plugged into the wall socket (no strip/board). Now move one of the units to the device you want to LAN, plug everything in. AND THATS IT !!

These were a last desperate solution for me to get internet on my computer, installed them today and everything is going smoothly so far. What a relief.

Been struggling with poor wifi in my home office for months. I tried a repeater but results were not much better. Wanted to try a power line adapter but they were too expensive until I found this little set on Mightyape. This price I could afford, so I ordered it and it arrived just three days later, which is pretty impressive considering I live in a little rural community in the deep south. I connected the system up and BAM! just like that I have perfect, ethernet broadband in my home office. I have worked with computers since before there was an internet, and I have never had anything just hook up and go like this. A truly impressive and delightful purchase and I am thrilled with it.

Used TP-Link EOP's before. These ones were replacements to my last ones that I had for 5 years. Pretty good life span if you ask me especially for a non enterprise level networking product. Perfect for a home user and works well. Great speed! Tip: Dosn't always work well in a power board. Try to keep it plugged directly into a wall socket.

Product works like a charm. Went from unreliable WiFi that would randomly disconnect me to a highly reliable connection from the same router. Been going strong without a single problem for 2 weeks now. Awesome.

This powerline adapter solved my poor WiFi signal strength problem in 2 minutes. Simple, easy to set up. I tried three different top of the line boosted WiFi modem/routers before buying these adapters. Thanks TPLink!

Interesting

Works as advertised, in less than a minute the connection was up and working perfectly. If you've got a desktop or another device that is in a fixed location, these powerline adapters are a better choice than a PCI or usb wifi card.

As above.

Download speeds on PS4 improved from 6Mbps to 24Mbps. Streaming went from ok to great. These basically give you a 100Mbps wired connection.

Setup very basic. Plug them in and press a button on each plug. Planning on buying another set.

Fast and easy setup, would totally recommend

It does whats described, and works perfectly!

The unit provides really fast speeds. One thing buyers really need to consider is that outlets might be on a different circuit than the router and while the connection will reach speeds are affected. For example, I get 20mbps from my bedroom and 80mbps in the hallway. At first I though I had a faulty product because my wifi is 30mbps, so I was expecting better speeds than what I saw.

I tried different outlets and found that the speed does vary from room to room depending on the wiring in the house. Thankfully the outlet with 80mbps is fairly close to my room, at least much closer than where the router is.

The product itself does its job awesomely! and moving from outlet to outlet the connection gets reestablished very quick. I would recommend getting the model with the outlet passthrough instead because these units are pretty big compared to plugs and need to plugged in to the bottom most outlet.

I was a little concern it might not work that well, but it did and with no set up problems at all. Just plug in, push the buttons to pair and it was all go.

This thing is amazing I get good connection with it and it does its job perfectly :)