TP-Link 200Mbps 3-port Powerline Adapter Twin Pack - TL-PA2030KIT

I have been using the older black TP281 AV200 power line network adapters for the last couple of years, with 3 installed in various places about the house, and they have been brilliant.They just work, never requiring a restart (unlike the majority of Internet routers sold today ;-). I bought this 3 port updated version to replace an existing single port unit installed behind our bedroom TV; this one allows me to provide wired Ethernet to the Sky Hd and Western Digital video player boxes we have. The PA2030 unit is perfect, supporting up to 3 devices and seamlessly connecting to the existing AV200 adapters I have in the house, one of which is connected to our main Internet router. I regularly stream HD video across these devices either from on demand services (Sky on demand, iplayer, 4OD etc) or from my media NAS (Synology) and they never miss a beat.Btw, I can't understand why you would buy the single pack of these (at £19.99) when the two pack of the same units is only £3 more! You're bound to need another one of these boxes at some stage, so having another in the cupboard for an extra 3 quid makes total sense to me. Having 3 ports probably saves a switch or another router behind areas like TVs or office desks where you need more than 1 wired device connected.

Recently bought some of these to add to our existing home plugs of various makes. One of them connected problem free but the other didn't, and I then made things worse as I somehow manged to then connect the 2 together as a separate network from our other home plugs.So as others have said its best to try plugging them in and don't press anything. They should work out of the box. If that doesn't work then next tip is to press the pairing button for about 3 seconds. But if none of that works then here's how I got my 2 new home plugs to join my existing network.1 plug in offending homeplug(s) to mains2 connect offending home plug to laptop with supplied LAN cable3 install supplied software on laptop/PC4 in power line utility go to system menu and reset local device5 make sure the home plug has the same network name as the others - I needed to set the default name "HomePlugAV" simply by checking a tick box in the system menu on the 2 new devices, as this was what was on the existing ones. If you have 2 starters that won't pair then make sure they have the same name. Once set the home plugs then connected to my existing network. Not sure if it matters but this last step was done on a laptop not connected via wifi etc so it could only see and reset the directly connected homeplugLastly I have seen in other reviews that these don't work over different RCD's. Mine connect over different circuits for upstairs and downstairs ie router on 1 circuit, device on a different circuit, so my experience is that they do work over different RCD's.

Purchased these to run on an existing TP-Link network. Had significant problems, ie they did not connect. Eventually I worked out the following procedure. uninstall my existing pa management utililities, install the 2030 management utility. Name the network and device . The 2 2030 worked together and I could access the internet. I then connected my existing adapters one by one to the lan port on my computer and entered the same network name as on the 2030. Everything works fine now. I think the problem was that I had not named the network on my original adapters and left them on default and the 2030 adapters dont accept this , so cannot see them. Tps - link do not make the solutions to this problem clear.

bought these to replace a switch in one bedroom, as I only need 3 ports for pc, bluray player and xbox.works ok, but think its the wiring in the house rather than the powerline device. I'm glad I didn't splash out on the more expensive faster ones, as I don't think my wiring is adequate fro faster speeds.I already have 3 single tp-link PA211 200mps powerline units, these add to the network ok, can't always see the other devices when using the powerline utility, and sometimes get dropped connection. Difficult to say if its the router/network or the powerline devices.Not overly pleased with the speeds, when I connect my laptop it showm a 10mbp connection, but utility shows varying connection speeds from 35-85 upstairs, over 100mb downstairs, but when I check the performance monitor its shows a max of about 60mbps .It seems fast enough for what I use it for so far. time will tell if upstairs is ok, or if i need anther solution

These are the second such devices I've bought from TP-Link and the multiple ports are just what I needed.One issue that seems to affect mine is a tendency to disconnect. The connection between devices will drop, and it can take either several minutes to re-establish or might occasionally need a reset by switching one of them off and then on again. Oddly enough this seems to happen at arround the same time every day.That would possibly point to these being sensitive to voltage. At certain times the voltage of the supply can change as the generators adjust for load and switch capacity. The time of the disconnects was usually after 11pm towards midnight.Odd. Anyway, for light usage these are adequate. If you have a bandwidth hungry application then go for the bigger 500Mbps ones and suitable cables. Otheriwse these are a bit cranky but do the job for what I use them for most of the time.