TP-Link - 3-Port Gigabit Pass-Through Powerline Kit - White

It's been awhile since I've used power line. Depending on your building wiring (phases) these can work or not. In my situation with split electrical panels and the extensive wiring they did not work for our particular situation, however we did test in other parts of the building with good results. When it works (again depends on how your electrical wiring is) it did provide a gigabit connection. The multiple ports (switch) is also nice so you don't have to put a separate switch when you only have a few devices needing a hardwire connection. Overall a good product and improvement in the power line ecosystem providing gigabit speeds now.

When reading up on power line products, everyone says to go with Netgear. So I did. Then the main signal booster died. So I did some research and seen this product with 3 Gigabit plugs. This is great when you have a separate office near the corner of your house. Plugged this in and synced right up and off I went! No problems here!! It even synced up with my netgear receiver via the WPS button. Highly highly recommend this product!!

THese devices work great. Get high speed internet from one end of your house to the other. Very much plug and play.

I purchased the TP-LINK TL-PA8030P KIT. The only reason I gave this product 1 star is because the product page missed a significant requirement and none of the reviews I read noted it. I expect it works brilliantly in the correct environment. No where on the Best Buy web page/specs nor in the reviews I read indicated both adapters must be connected to the same electrical circuit. It very clearly states that on the box "Note: The Powerline Adapters need to be connected to the same electrical circuit." The instructions note the same. I have a data networking background, so this seems logical, but that very important requirement is not listed on the product page or I could not find it. Most of the reviews talk about installing one adapter in a basement and the other on the second floor. I wonder if these reviews are actually for this product. It seems I will need a combo WiFi extender and powerline adapter kit.

This adapter is huge and must be plugged in the bottom wall socket for any sort of access to the top socket. The passthru power was great for me as my surge protectors have a plug that can only plug into the bottom socket as well. It has worked like a charm and glad I bought this one.

It worked fine on the basement circuit which is the reason I bought. However just for fun I took it to a bedroom on the second floor and the light kept switching between green and red which means "powerline network is in poor condition - we recommend trying another socket". In all fairness the two adapters talking to each other have to go thru the basement sub-panel and the main panel in the garage to get to bedroom on the second floor.

If you are looking for reliable connections in multiple rooms/floors/locations in your home, this is what you need for sure if you don't plan to hard wire all the rooms. Simple and fast network with easy setups.

This was a great fix to my low bandwidth problem I was having at home. Easy fix with this product, I did a lot of research to figure which product could help me and this was the one!