TRENDnet 500 Mbps Powerline AV Ethernet Adapter Kit TPL-401E2K (White)
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- Includes two TPL-401E adapters
- 500 Mbps** networking speeds from any electrical outlet
- High performance Gigabit Ethernet port
- Seamlessly stream HD videos, play games online, and download media files
- Use one to transmit and up to 15* TPL-401Es to receive a networked signal
Powerline
The 500Mbps Powerline AV Adapter Kit, model TPL-401E2K, uses any electrical outlet to create a secure building-wide high speed network. Connect one of the included adapters to your network, and plug the other in to any outlet on your electrical system for instant high speed network access. Connect the included adapters quickly using the convenient one-touch Sync button. Use up to 16* adapters to network devices in different rooms without running new cabling. A Gigabit Ethernet port on each adapt
TRENDnet 500 Mbps Powerline AV Ethernet Adapter Kit TPL-401E2K (White)
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I am tremendously happy with the Trendnet Powerline AV 500. I’ve used it in two houses, a century old converted schoolhouse in Masschusetts and a decade old California house with far newer wiring.
In the Massachusetts location, even with the top Netgear wireless N routers on the 2.4GhZ band, I couldn’t get a consistent signal from the top corner to the bottom corner of the place. The signal strength would report “3 bars” but the connection was spotty at best and would cut out constantly.
With the Trendnet, I can stream video consistently and the setup was as easy as plugging in both adapters into a standard wall outlet. Pushing the “connect” button seems optional. There’s at least fifty feet of wiring between the two locations and the Trendnet handled it amazingly well with Skype video displaying consistently and beautifully.
In the California location, I have about the same fifty feet of wiring although the wiring is far newer and I can stream 1080p video from my PC to my PS3. I’ve never encountered a hiccup and once again the connection was amazingly easy to set up.
I’ve never done a stress test but while streaming video, the stream has gone to ~8MB/sec without stuttering.
The downside is that there’s no power passthrough port. Some reviews complain about the powersaving sleep mode taking too long to respond but I’ve never encountered that.
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I got this kit plus one additional adapter to test along with a new Linksys WRT-400n router and a pair of Airlink AWLL6075 Wireless N mini adapters to do comparison testing. I was amazed when I first plugged the two adapters that come with the kit. They were registering a 279Mbs connection between them. I am able to max out my 24Mbs comcast connection consistently on speedtest.net. I am also able to do the same wirelessly, though the connection Tx rate is only 65Mbs and the Rx rate is 117Mbs. However, test results are not consistent using the Airlink AWLL6075′s connected to a Mac Pro tower and PC located less than 30 feet from the router. I have more testing to do with actual video streams but so far the TrendNet adapters are looking very promising. Will update later. Did not do any actual file transfers to measure real world throughput but will get to that next.
—-Update (7/20/11)——
I finally got around to doing a bit of real world testing. I have so many projects going on I have not yet actually put these into production use yet. However, once I finish building my NAS box for I will need them for streaming full time. I did a file copy test of a 3GB disk image from a Mac Pro to a MacBook Pro and measured actual throughput at 68Mbps. Though nowwhere near 500Mbps it is good enough for HD streaming. This was with standard Apple file sharing. The NAS will be sharing NFS mounts so my hope is that the throughput will increase with NFS. We’ll see. Also there is a firmware update available that I have not done. Hopefully that boosts performance also. I’ll add another update when the NAS is online. So far still satisfied with them.
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