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.

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The Software GUI Part I

After synchronizing the two components together and creating a network, we can go forward to download the utility from the support page in order to access the Web GUI interface of the TL-WPA4220. Speaking of the GUI, it looks about the same as the one we have seen on their routers, with the upper title on a green background, the menu structure on the left, the contents in the middle and help on the right:

 

 

 

We can set a different LAN IP for the device by navigating to the Network section:

 

 

 

Next we can alter the default Wireless Settings, by customizing the SSID name, region, transmission channel, operating mode, but also the channel width:

 

 

 

 

In order to set up the encryption key, we will go to the Wireless Security page:

 

 

We also have available MAC Filtering straight from the device itself:

 

 

Some advanced WiFi options can be also altered:

 

 

Inside the Wireless Statistics menu, we will be able to see the currently connected devices, along with their MAC, status, but also the number of received and sent packets:

 

 

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