TP-LinkTL-PA8010PKIT 1-Port Gigabit Passthrough Powerline Adapter Starter Kit, Powerline Network Adapters Speed up to 1300 Mbps, HD Video Streaming and Online Gaming, No Configuration Required

I had originally wanted to purchase a WiFi Extender and Powerline adapters for my upstairs office and server lab. I had been using Powerline adapter for at least five years though these were the AV500. I clicked on the wrong link on Amazon and ended up with a single WiFI mesh extender using virtually the fastest Powerline adapter instead of a kit so ended up purchasing these to work in conjunction.They are very easy easy to set up and though I usually use my own security IDs to synch between adapters this time I used the default. There's nobody else in my property so this isn't an issue. I plugged both the WiFi Powerline adapter and one of these into the same power strip, let them power up, hit the button for the required period of time on this adapter and let it synchronise and that was it. I left one downstairs connected to my router via gbps ethernet cable, and the other, the WiFi one, plugged into one of my office/lab power socket connected to an ethernet switch. That was it I now had fast WiFi and ethernet between all devices. Now whether I am getting gbps (gigabit per second) between all devices is unlikely but it is certainly very fast. However this is dependant on your power cabling and what other devices you are running in your property that may cause interference and therefore slow things down. In my case There are no issues and I can even run off power strips that often cause issues with Powerline adapters and are not recommended.

We had Sky Q installed recently and the connection over 5G WiFi to the mini boxes was a bit stuttery so a solution was needed. I remember buying a TP Link homeplug a few years ago and I sent it back immediately because it didn't feel any faster than the WiFi connection I had at the time. Admittedly, I know a lot more about networking now than I did then, so maybe (probably) I didn't have my network set up right, and technology moves on, so even with my doubts, I decided to take the plunge on a homeplug for a second time.Installation was as simple as plugging them in to their respective wall sockets and plugging in the cables, one from the router into one homeplug, one from the other homeplug into a switch in my bedroom. I turned off the WiFi on my laptop and configured the ethernet port and was up and running within minutes. My first port of call was a broadband speed test site, which showed I was getting very close to the full 38Mb/s my connection is rated at. A good start.The next test was how well the homeplugs could handle all the non-internet traffic in the house alongside the internet traffic. In my bedroom I have a NAS and a PC which I had connected to my laptop via ethernet while the WiFi handled the internet to keep them separated. The ethernet network was on a different subnet (xxx.xxx.1.2) to the internet (xxx.xxx.1.1), so after some faffing changing everything to the same subnet I spent 10 minutes experimenting by transferring a few files back and forth between laptop, NAS and PC while browsing and downloading from t'internet, all while streaming a full Blu-Ray rip down the same pipe via Plex to the Roku plugged into the TV downstairs. Theoretically the plugs should have been able to handle all that with room to spare, but not everyone's house wiring or setups are the same, so you never know. I needn't have worried, though. They handled it with aplomb. From a good start, I was now thoroughly impressed.And so on to the final test, handling the above, plus the traffic from the Sky Q box downstairs to the two Q mini boxes upstairs (I had already bought a 3rd TL-PA8010P homeplug refurbished from eBay to use with the mini box in my brother's room). I simply plugged the mini's into their respective homeplugs, turned their WiFi off, rebooted them and that was that. The connection is now stable, no stuttering or dropouts so far. Nothing on the network seems to be negatively affected by anything else. Result.I am a happy camper. Time will tell how long the units last, but hopefully I won't have to come back and edit this review!

I bought this powerline adapter as I'm a content creator on twitch / youtube etc and was moving my office from the ground floor to 3rd floor bedroom space. It costs an absolute fortune to get an engineer to sort me an extension from main socket so this was an alternative , I've not streamed as yet but signal seems "decent" and I say this due to Sky giving us around 90mb connection if wired directly to main socket but with this I'm getting around about 40-45mb so it works but not as well as I imagined. Its easy to setup and I've had no dealings with their support. 4 Stars.