Powerline Adapters

George Hincapie · 12 Feb 2015 at 11:10

I bought a pair of Billion PLAs two years ago, but am fed up with them. They randomly drop their connection which is a real PITA, as I have to go under my desk to press the reset.

I am hopeful that the technology has improved in that time; can anyone recommend some decent ones?

Sparx · 12 Feb 2015 at 11:15

TP-Link PA411KIT are great and cheap too! I have 4 in my house and have them at half of my family's homes. Never had an issue with any of them.

I believe these are the Gigabit version: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=NW-125-TP

George Hincapie · 12 Feb 2015 at 11:40

Thank you! Sparx!

passey89 · 12 Feb 2015 at 11:57

think ive gone through about 5 pairs of powerline kits all eventualy die and wont connect to the network properly.

best solution was a huge drill for me and put ethernet outside.

kitch9 · 12 Feb 2015 at 13:49

George Hincapie said:
I bought a pair of Billion PLAs two years ago, but am fed up with them. They randomly drop their connection which is a real PITA, as I have to go under my desk to press the reset.

I am hopeful that the technology has improved in that time; can anyone recommend some decent ones?

Devolo 650s with range + solid as a rock for me. Devolos cockpit for updating and managing them is second to none.

Cadbury · 12 Feb 2015 at 16:14

I have 5 TP link nano adapters around the house and they're great. They aren't used for much data but I've never had an issue with them that wasn't my own doing.

sastusbulbas · 13 Feb 2015 at 21:34

I have a pair of TP Link AV500 Nano 500Mbps models I think, they are pretty slow, my wifi is quicker (when the kids are not hogging it), though I did read somewhere that their ports are 100Mbps and somewhere else someone stating it improves with Cat 6 cable.