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TP-LINK 300Mbps AV500 WiFi Powerline Extender Starter Kit Review

Others/Networking Gear by stefan @ 2013-12-19

The TL-WPA4220KIT comes pretty cheap and also provides wireless connectivity for maximizing the wireless range of the current network. Despite the fact that we get an advertised speed of 500Mbps, the LAN ports are capped at 100Mbps. We must also take in account that the speed may vary depending on the quality of the wiring and other factors.

A Closer Look Contd.

The AV500 Nano Powerline Adapter goes hand-in-hand with the 300Mbps AV500 WiFi Powerline Extender, which also gets a Quick Guide of its own:

Let’s go back to the AV500 Nano Powerline adapter; this product needs to be plugged into a power socket and can establish network infrastructure in just a few moments when connected via the LAN cable to our router:

AV500 Nano Powerline comes with three LEDs: Power, Powerline and Ethernet. The Power LED will light up when the device is connected to the wall socket, Powerline will light up when a network will be established on the electrical wiring and Ethernet will light up when we have the device connected to our router. The Pair button will be pressed for one second in order to perform the actual pairing procedure:

On both sides of the adapter we will find ventilation holes:

Despite the fact that the technology mentions speeds up to 500Mbps, we are limited by the 10/100 Ethernet Port interface:

The back side of the adapter lets us know of its MAC address, the encryption password, but also the product serial number:

Next we have the 300Mbps AV500WiFi Powerline Extender which also features a Wi-Fi Clone button which can automatically copy the SSID and Password of our router and this way simplifies the Wi-Fi configuration while extending the current wireless network:

This device features four LEDs (Power, Powerline, Ethernet but also Wi-Fi/Wi-Fi Clone). The Wi-Fi LED will blink quickly when we have connected to it with a device (laptop, smartphone and so on) and slowly during Wi-Fi Clone operation:

Besides wireless, we can also connect to it via LAN, thanks to the two included 10/100Mbit ports. On the same side we will get to see a Pair button for establishing a Powerline network, but also a Reset button:

The sides of the product have ventilation grills to prevent overheating:

On the back side of the product we will find information regarding the WiFi MAC address, Powerline MAC and password, but also the Wi-Fi network preset password:

The LEDs are not overly bright when the adapter is operating:

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