TP-Link Power Line Question mix n match speeds

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Hi Guys

I currently have 2 x 200mb power lines in my bungalow, they are relatively old but do the job fine, I'm looking to add 3 x 1gb to the mix, with a 1gb at the main router and a mix and match around the other room, I'm assuming they will all be compatible and work nicely together?

It's just a network passthrough device after all, or am I missing anything?

Thanks!
 
Found this so think they are

A: TP-LINK AV200,AV500,AV600 powerlineadapters adopte HomePlug AV Standard, so they are compatible with each other,AV1200 adopt HomePlug AV2,that is also backward compatible with HomePlug AV standard,which means TP-LINKAV200,AV500,AV600,AV1200 are all compatible with each other.However, the powerline rate will drop ...31 Jul 2018
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As long as it's the same make TP-Link and of same models they should. Using say a devolo with a tp link wont work. They just do not pair and ive tried. Even the BT ones wont find anything other than the BT powerlines. So id just keep that in mind.
I had tplink ones intentionally and then because we switched to a TV package that required a TV HUB and internet they supplied the BT powerline kits. I tried to set it up so the BT one would sync with the TPlink but nope no matter what i tried. Had it where both tplinks synced with each other and both BT ones synced together at the same time in the end.

However the TP link kept loosing sync. Probably interference from a different powerline. So i tried the Devolo 1Gbit kit as they was well recommended at the time. Also tried these to sync with the BT kit and swapped the BT ones for the TPlink ones and tried to sync all up but nope. Once again only the tplink would sync to each other and the Devolo to each other.

So id also be careful of different models from the same manufacturer also.
 
A blanket statement that you can’t mix manufacturers isn’t correct.

The HomePlug AV and HomePlug AV2 adapters should all be able to talk to each other. As with anything like this I’m sure they’ll be specific exceptions.

In this case I’m sure the OP would be better of junking the existing adapters and buying a matched set. The technology has moved on quite a bit since the 200Mbps days.
 
bremen1874 said:
A blanket statement that you can’t mix manufacturers isn’t correct.

The HomePlug AV and HomePlug AV2 adapters should all be able to talk to each other. As with anything like this I’m sure they’ll be specific exceptions.

In this case I’m sure the OP would be better of junking the existing adapters and buying a matched set. The technology has moved on quite a bit since the 200Mbps days.
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It’s more about the budget constraints at the moment :) 200Mbps is ample at the moment ..

Thanks chaps
 
That 200Mbps (or whatever fraction of that you’re actually getting) is shared bandwidth.

If you add more adapters and they’re in use at the same time you may find that there isn’t enough bandwidth to go around.

No possibly of using cables? Cheaper, faster, and more reliable, but not as convenient.
 
bremen1874 said:
That 200Mbps (or whatever fraction of that you’re actually getting) is shared bandwidth.

If you add more adapters and they’re in use at the same time you may find that there isn’t enough bandwidth to go around.

No possibly of using cables? Cheaper, faster, and more reliable, but not as convenient.
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Unfortunately not no :(
 
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