Ready, Steady, Go! 1

Once was not saved in the construction of our house in reinforced concrete in the walls and ceilings, our wireless network limited the last 2 years on half of the 1st and 2nd floor. Having been a TP-Link router (TP-Link TL-WR1043ND 300Mbps Ultimate Wireless Network Gigabit Router [Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging]) was purchased to expand to the other half of the two floors over a year ago and since then performs very well, was it is now high time, and the ground floor (or the basement, since it is a slope house) to integrate with the new office's network.

Here also the TP-Link TL-WPA4220KIT Wireless N Powerline Network Adapter (500Mbps over power line, 300Mbps on Wi-Fi, 2 Fast Ethernet ports, WiFi Clone) Set of 2 comes into play. After it was offered at the Blitz offers for about 50, we ordered it to the test and it will also keep.

As usual with TP-Link is the packaging of a green box with a white box in it. When unpacking I thought first in the first moment that the adapter be much smaller than I would have suspected it. No comparison to the early days of home powerline networks. Included are in addition to the adapters themselves two LAN cable with 2 meters, the corresponding quick-start guides and a mini-CD with the configuration tools and detailed manuals. This is not normally required.

The installation and configuration of the adapter ran out quickly and without major problems. Although we needed 3 attempts before the wifi Cloning worked on WPS, but now it works without problems. The wireless channels are also automatically adjusted and the distance between the channels (1, 6, 11) fits. The clients will automatically switch between the 3 networks with the same SSID and passwords, the central address allocation is still going through the DHCP server in the Fritz box.

The rate on the powerline network is reasonable and moves according display usually somewhere between 100/130 and 150/170 Send / Receive. This ranges from simple currently, since only a printer and iMac are connected over the network (and the speed compared to earlier or slower by a factor of 15 was non-existent). In addition, the two LAN ports Fast Ethernet, thus providing a maximum of 100 Mbit / s.

Another point I want to mention, is the use in conjunction with an AVM Fritz box. Somewhat surprised, I realized that not only the devices appear in the Administration menu of 7390 (although they actually even get no IP addresses) but also displays more information, such as the data rate of the powerline network and to which adapter is. In addition, approximately so in a dark room, you can also turn off the LEDs of the adapter, the flash does not interfere. Furthermore shows the box in the network overview and to which network devices are connected to the Powerline network. This is especially useful if you want to find about whether a wireless device is connected to the router or the TP-adapter. (See also the uploaded images)

All in all, I would buy the set again and also recommend it. The configuration is simple, but can also be customized for specific application scenarios and adjusted manually. The speed is sufficient for our purposes from far and also has a certain buffer for the expansion with an additional adapter.