With good adjustments!  [Incl.  HOWTO: wifi Powerlan connecting / stability issues can be resolved]

With good adjustments! [Incl. HOWTO: wifi Powerlan connecting / stability issues can be resolved]

Devolo dLAN 500 WiFi Network Kit (500 Mbit / s, WLAN Repeater, Small Form Factor, Power Line) White (Accessories)

Customer Review

We live in a very densely built area in a major German city and be slain by Wifi networks almost. My laptop is alone in the 2.4GHz band over forty different WiFi networks. Accordingly, it is also difficult to realize a proper care in their own home. After much taste with antenna amplifiers, repeaters, routers modified firmwares for more transmit power, etc. I decided to test this product.

With all-round perfect results!

Installation:
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+ As we already dLAN have 500 AVplus in use, the installation was done very quickly: Plugged, AVplus the small button pressed when dLAN 500 for 1 second, then pressed briefly on the two dLAN 500 WiFi on the button with the home icon and you're done.
+ SSID (WLAN ID) and key can be adjusted via a convenient web interface very easy.

Operation:
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+ With an adapter, you can cover an area of ​​approximately 50m² in our worst-case scenario.
+ The radiation is approximately 140 ° forward and 30 ° up and down.
+ The devices have no discernible operating noise.
+ The plugs are only slightly warm.
+ The WLAN can optionally be timed to switch off and with two periods per week. We do not need a Wi-Fi when we work or sleep and like to save the power for it. A little less electromagnetic pollution in the bedroom is certainly not a mistake.

Tips & Tricks:
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+ Set to all available WLAN adapters (on the router) the same SSID and the same key. The channels should be different ideal is a distance of 3 channels to the next adapter. Thus you have a wireless network throughout the home.
Select + Definitely WPA2 encryption (default) - everything else is far too unsafe!

HOWTO wifi Powerlan connecting / stability issues can be resolved:
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The solution for all dLan connection problems of WiFi modules: the dLAN 500 AVplus not (or duo) use to feed the LAN signal, but the additional dLAN 500 buy AVtriple + Adapter and use it to feed. It is very clear. I use the 500 AVplus, losing the 500 WiFi a short time later their connection to the dLAN network. Changing to 500 AVtriple + and immediately goes all - and still works after three days and several GB of data transferred yet.

I give the kit again 4 star, a star deduction there, because at least I had to buy an additional Devolo dLAN 500 AVtriple + (network adapters) me to use the solution at all stable can.

UPDATES:
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06/17/2013:
Reducing the rating from 5 to 3 star:

Unfortunately, it has been shown that the two dLAN 500 Wifi always connect to the feeding dLan lose 500 AVplus adapter. The wireless LED is off, the front power LED blinks slowly. Removing and reinserting corrects the problem. But that to make several times a day, it may not be. The latest Firmwware is naturally recorded anywhere. I have found in the two forums notes, the problem was not on the dLAN 500 Wifi but the dLAN 500 AVplus. Tentatively I now have a dLAN 500 ordered AVtriple + adapter for feeding. I report on.

18/06/2013:
Today there was a new version of the management software dLAN Cockpit and a new firmware of the dLAN 500 Wifi: "Firmware Version: 2 (2013-06-12)". A change history did not exist unfortunately.
The update has significantly worsened the situation for me, the devices now lose at least 1x the hour to connect to Powerlan. Attention: the new cockpit software is suddenly no longer about the latest Google Chrome to use. IE10 goes smoothly.

Update 12/10/2013:
The latest version of the management software dLAN Cockpit is now running again on all browsers. For the dLAN 500 Wifi, there are now the firmware 2.0.2 from 20.09.2013. In particular, the wireless data throughput has improved by the update again noticeably. Official Update Notes there is unfortunately not (as always).

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February 5
My new fellow traveler! Rank: 4/5
February 3
Magnificent 1242 Rank: 5/5
January 4
A little disappointed. 246 Rank: 3/5
May 26

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