TRENDnet Powerline 500 AV Nano Adapter Kit with Built-in Outlet, Power Outlet Pass-Through, Includes 2 x TPL-407E Adapters, Plug & Play, Ideal for Smart TVs, Gaming, White, TPL-407E2K

I've never tried Powerline adapters before. Reviews of the first-generation models were all terrible, and I was one of those people who wrote the technology off completely. But fast-forward a few years, and I'm moving into a large apartment with a cable modem in the bedroom and my HDTV in the living room. I can pick up 40 Wi-Fi SSIDs on my laptop, I can't get into the ceiling so I can't do drop cables, and my girlfriend would kill me if I started stringing up cat-5 cable along the walls. I needed something fast, cheap, and largely invisible, and while I was skeptical since this apartment's wiring is so old it still has an honest-to-goodness fuse box, I still figured I'd at least try a Powerline adapter. I settled on the Trendnet brand because they'd gotten some fairly decent reviews on sites like SmallNetBuilder, and seemed pretty fast at least compared to other brands. Installation was simple; basically you plug them both in, press and hold the sync button on the side (I had to do it a few times before I learned how long to hold the button down) on one and then the other, and then wait for them to sync up. Once they do, you're all set! I connected one to my router in the bedroom, and the other to a gigabit switch in the living room, and then plugged all my home theater devices into the switch. AV receiver, Roku, Blu-Ray player, Xbox, they all appeared on the network right away, and voila, Internet access for my entertainment center. Roku does streaming Internet radio, and within minutes I had Pandora playing to my heart's content. The real test, though, was whether I could stream video. I've been using this setup for a couple of weeks now, and let me tell you, Hulu, Netflix, and Amazon Prime all work like a charm. I can stream Bones, Castle, and even Downtown Abbey now in HD with Dolby Digital and I've never had a hiccup. Satisfaction with these really comes down to what you need. The "500 Mbps" claim is a little misleading, because these things only have 10/100 Ethernet and can only connect to your router/switch/Roku at up to 100 Mbps. But like all other Powerline adapters, they're actually slow enough that it doesn't matter; I've read lots of reviews where these "500 Mbps" routers never really work at higher than 50 Mbps in real-world testing. If you're a power user, don't buy these things to connect your workstation and your NAS. But if you're like me, and you have 15 Mbps cable service and want to stream HD video to your Roku, these things may be just what you need.

I built my gaming pc in June, and as a complete newbie to the scene I did not realize the important of an ethernet connection. I've tried multiple different usb wifi antennas, and nothing could provide a stable enough connection for my to play games reliably on. I'd get about 10-15 seconds of gameplay before a random PING spike would interfere. So my $1000 build was effectively rendered useless for online gaming, and since I don't play much single-player on my PC, I was basically only using this computer for school, work, and web-browsing. After months of reading through various Reddit posts, I was on the fence about trying powerline. Boy am I glad I went for it. Let me just say this right off the bat - if you for whatever reason can't use an ethernet connection of any kind and you want to play games online, TRY THIS. I'm only pulling about 75 mbps when I typically get about 150mbps on wifi, but with how stable the connection is, I have no PING issues whatsoever. If any of you play Rocket League, you'd know how annoying PING spikes are that cause your car to start flying all over the field. With my powerline connection, I've put in about 8 hours of online playing without one ping spike, and I'm finally able to take advantage of my hardware. Seriously, if you're on the fence and you play online games, GIVE THIS A SHOT. I've tried so many wifi antennas in all different price ranges, and none have come close to the performance I get here. Yes, the connection is much slower, but the stability is what matters most especially for online games. Don't listen to the Redditors who completely write this off - if you have no other options and can't use ethernet, give this a try and see if it works. Super simple to setup and a true plug and play. If I could give it 6 stars I would. Seriously, I'm so shocked at how well it works, and I'm glad I decided just to give it a try. A true job well done by this company.

Works great to get fast ethernet to my room. It gets a little hot sometimes but besides that its very stable and has no issues.

Pros: Worked right out of the box with no real setup; connection speed is as fast as my internet connection can keep up with Cons: Form factor eats both plugs Description: I had heard mixed rumors about networking over outlets, which led me to keep trying at improving my wireless connection. I wasted an incredible amount of time, money, and sanity points on this problem, and I should've just gone for this years ago. To step back--I have a constrained apartment setup with limited options for placing the cable box with respect to the items that rely on internet. My cable plug at the wall is in one room, while the TV/roku/consoles are in a different room. they're only separated by about 30 feet, but the signal bounces through a lot of walls and fights neighbors' networks. I tried different signal strengths, dual band, 5ghz ac... I really spent a stupid amount of money on routers. Really, I was fighting the wrong battle. After installing these, I've had zero problems with dropouts and gotten downloads around 25 Mb/s regularly. (I have no real need to transfer between computers, and given that the bandwidth I use is typically limited by the provider, this speed is as high as I reasonably need. I don't know if I'm saturating the connection or content server, but that speed has not caused me any problems.) The very minor quibble I have is that the design of these units is such that they will cover over both jacks of an outlet. This can be an issue, as the sort of setup that has you routing network cables will typically eat more than a couple power outlets as well. I had to get a slightly nicer power strip. Totally worth the tradeoff. Unequivocal recommendation.

I bought this powerline adapter specifically to connect a xbox one console to the internet. We had experienced wireless connection issues with cell phone, laptop and tablet ever since the xbox went online, so the wired connection with a powerline adapter seemed a good alternative to separate xbox from the wireless network. Installation was super easy, you plug it in, connect the ethernet cables, done, works. I wanted to check the connection speed first and just hooked up a laptop and transferred a ~500MB file back an forth to a shared folder on my desktop PC. I used both, my routers (10 years old) wifi signal and the powerline adapter and simply measured the time to calculate the MBPS. I got 20-35 MBPS through wifi when in the same room with the router (not great, but its old) and 12-20 MBPS when upstairs in the room where the xbox is. After connecting the power adapter in a room next to the router I got 35-67 MBPS, which is great. However, I didn't buy it to connect close by but farther away. Once I moved it to the room with the xbox, the powerline transfer rates dropped to 6-13MBPS. I was somewhat disappointed - that is about half the wifi speed with a super old router and the room is just one floor up across the hallway. However, the cables might run back and forth to the fuse box at the opposite end of the house, extending the distance. According to Google search 6-13 MBPS should be good enough to play online on an xbox - I guess we'll see. I was hoping for more speed but maybe it works "good enough" for now. I would have given a star more (at the end I only paid 45$), but I also installed the utility program that comes with the adapter on my computer and got some conflicting information. It informs about the status, connection quality and speed of the devices. Where I measured a 35MBPS, the program indicated 160-170 MBPS. When I measured 6-12 MBPS, the program measured 13-38MBPS (indicating weak quality). I thought these numbers were somewhat deceiving and therefore chose the lower rating. Once I connected the Xbox the online gaming seemed to work fine despite the low speed. The xbox measured the transfer rate at 11 MBPS - very much in line with my simple file transfer rates. Maybe, if you have no wireless signal and get connected with the TRENDnet you'll be impressed. I thought it was just good enough, and will add a second router (at a much higher cost) to improve overall connectivity in my house

The only star I gave because I got it with 3 days... on a free shipping method. (as it says it may take 5 to 8 business days) I was totally disappointed with this product. Not sure if it something about my house or the product itself. Anyway, when I got this product. I plug both in the wall outlets. As per instruction, plug and play. It worked and it didn't work and it worked and didnt worked. There are three light, first one- power, second one-network, and the third one is Data (home icon). First one shows solid green when in use, second one is flashing or blink green constantly when in use. Third one..... that is the problem it has green, yellow and red lights changing it all the time. When it is on yellow or red light, that means, there is no network communication or very slow network communication. I tried few sets of wall outlet, same thing. I had like 30 secs working and not fast either, then it stopped.. Then it went back up again. I can't use internet connection like this! And I only have one circuit box, and I am not sure if it my house or this unit is bad? Anyway, there is another bad thing about this unit... It's way too bad, it is bigger than the video shown. That means, if you have a wall outlet that normally has two. You would normally plug in the bottom one. When you do, this big unit blocks some area on top causing it hard to plug other thing. Although it has pass through outlet, that means 2 will become one only because of the size. So, I decided to return this unit right away. Perhaps I will try another model later on to see if it is indeed my house electrical wire or this unit itself.

I have to admit that I was a little hesitant to trust powerline networking kits. Back when powerline networking was first introduced, I bought one of the first-generation sets and it did not work very well at all. Based on the positive reviews on this set, and a great lighting deal price, I decided to take a shot. And boy am I glad I did! I purchased this unit because our wireless router is in the basement and my kids were struggling to get a reliable wireless signal on their Wii on the second floor of our house. As other reviewers recommended, I checked my breaker box before purchasing to ensure that the power outlets I intended to use are both on the same "side" of my breaker box. As luck would have it, they are. Installation could not have been easier ... plug one unit into the wall and run an ethernet cable to my nearby router. I plugged the other unit into another outlet and connected my kids' Wii. The Wii immediately "found" the internet and Netflix works very well. I plugged my laptop into the adapter as well and am able to max out our 15Mbps cable internet. Further, I can transfer files from another machine in the house as quickly as I can connected directly to our 300Mbps wifi. Overall, I am VERY pleased with the performance of this unit. I would absolutely recommend this kit to others.

I waited to write this review until we'd used the adapter thoroughly. When I had my house built, I was living hundreds of miles away; when I went to use the network wiring I found that the wiring had been damaged sometime after the dry wall went in. My choice was go with this product or have the dry wall reinstalled and repainted. The wife wasn't going to go along with this. I have four adapters installed now and they're rock solid from a reliability perspective. I need to do webex video demonstrations for work and the performance of this network has been flawless. This network has been vastly superior to wireless in every way.. I was a bit fearful of this product due to other reviews that said they didn't work with more than 2 adapters. I haven't had that experience, I'm using 4 without a single fault. I did run through the TrendNet checklist where they raised concerns over performance - I have all new copper wiring, I don't live in a McMansion, I don't have a house surge protector, etc. Regarding the performance of the network, in my configuration, the internet bandwidth I buy (25mbs) is still the bottleneck. I have all the bandwidth I need from the internet, (I can buy more than if I want to); the capacity of these adapters are more than 10x faster than my internet connection. While it might be cool to have the house at 1GB, it would be for naught. (I do have a 1GB switch in my network between a development server and a laptop, where increased bandwidth can be used). For general home or most business level networking, these adapters are more than fast enough for a long time.

Excelente calidad

Have so much on WIFi needed something direcct to connest to the router. what a good solution. hidden wires and plugs into wall the u can plug your T.V. on top .. excellent

I was not expecting much, just slightly better than what I have been using. I live in an older building with solid concrete wall and a single phone jack on the complete opposite side of the unit. I have struggled to get a decent WiFi signal to pass through 4 solid concrete walls. I have run bridges, run through various routers, even at one point set up a commercial grade APs. I have multiple VLANS giving priority to my workstation. No matter what I have done, my internet speed always seemed to cap out at 15M, which is almost unusable for streaming / gaming. Purchased this on a whim to see if it could help, and Huzzuh. Network speeds have been a solid 40M all morning, which isn't too bad considering I only have a 50M connection and multiple connected devices. I am not sure how this would hold up to a higher speed connection, however I have to say, for my application, I am quite pleasantly surprised.

kleine technische Raffinesse , einfach mal den Fest-PC über das Stromnetz mit LAN versorgt . Sicherheitsbedenken ... ja wie überall (WLAN usw.) nichts ist wirklich 100% sicher , liegt eher am kriminellen Potenzial was wohl nie wirklich zu vermeiden sein wird. Etwas weniger Strahlung (WLAN) kann ja nicht schaden , zumal das Signal durch bauliche Gegebenheiten nicht immer das gewünschte Ergebnis bringt. Top Artikel , Verarbeitung sehr gut und einfachste Installation .

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