Expanding Your Wi-Fi Network With Powerline Extenders: Setup And Testing.

[@WiFiGuy]

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[@wrw5331]

Of all the instructions and videos I've watched on this, yours was the ONLY one that explained it properly without confusion. It was excellent to see the diagrams to show the relationship with what you were talking about. All the other hacks sped through too fast with back and forth repetition, only showing one device at a time and NEVER differentiating between the adapter and the extender. Excellent job, Thank you.

[@jeuxzz8663]

this man saved my life, i had no idea how to boost my speed of my wifi because it was so far from my console. Thanks a lot 👍

[@NP-th1mo]

I will be resetting my devices and following your much simpler instructions for setting up on the same network. Thank you.

[@socialmarketinguru]

If you want to have a faster internet/transmission rate between the adapters, you need to pair your adapter with your modem via WPS button, in order to clone the WiFi name + the password. It works 10x faster since I have done that.

[@sh1529]

How do you do that?

[@vinhennessy3885]

I like how you get real-world as compared to other gurus telling us how to speed your internet with one click.

[@TurboSpeedWiFi]

Powerline networking is greatly underappreciated. In many cases it preforms better than Wi-Fi 6.

[@WiFiGuy]

Absolutely! Thanks for the comment Turbo!

[@Tech-geeky]

It does ? there is no 'magic' . Technically it IS Wi-fi, transmitting, which is why you have interference.. just not through the walls like traditional WI-Fi blocking we are used to. Powerlines uses existing power infrastructure in building, but the interference level still is allot more than traditional Ethernet/physical cable,, which has tiny to zero interference, Its interesting how marketing changes, just because you encalastale it through a 'wire'

[@TurboSpeedWiFi]

@@Tech-geeky Powerline is absolutely not WiFi. WiFi is specifically referencing the IEEE 802.11 standard. Yes interference can be an issue with powerline, however in many cases it is much more stable than with WiFi. Yes in many cases marketing will make claims that are unsubstantiated. I am not sure this is one of the. I have deployed powerline networks for clients with a very high level of success even in very crowded RF environments.

[@globalhikingcr]

Thank you for this very enlightening video. We are at the moment having our whole house rewired to modern standards (uk) - so I’m hoping this will be the answer to some wifi dead zones in our house 🌻

[@mikebe2090]

If you are rewiring your house you would be better running ethernet cables around the house & add a couple of wi-fi broadband boxes. Power line extenders are for people who do not want to redecorate.

[@Tech-geeky]

@@mikebe2090 lol... awesome. Ideally usual no one wants to drill holes neither,. Plus the overall cost of powerlines adapters are cheap, compared to needing an electrition. i bet the price would be on Powerlines. .

[@enfieldlover8145]

the. best. video. on this topic... hat down, sir, thank you

[@davidbell7094]

Cheers Jerry wifi-guy 🍻

[@jordibosch9421]

Hi guys, with these TPLINK powerline kits i was suffering random disconnections. Disabling power safe feature gives to me a clear improvement. Hope this helps someone, i have a TL-WPA4220 KIT version v4

[@LenTheKiwi]

You made that very clear. Thanks.

[@markbinnis9777]

I have had exactly this Extender for a while now and it keeps going off line which is extremely annoying - we constantly have to reset it - it then works fine for a couple of days, then glitches again.

[@adwood3]

This happened me, I had to change power socket it was plugged in to. For example my tp link was plugged into a 2 socket outlet, where the other outlet was being used to power the tv, games console and charge my phone. It seems that the power being drawn for those devices syphones away power to the tp link. As a result I moved the tp link to its own dedicated outlet with no other devices plugged in beside it. Seems to have improved the download speed and stability greatly. Hope it helps

[@whitewolf6730]

Thanks! Great feature!

[@WiFiGuy]

You're welcome!

[@ajebelli1035]

I am trying to move my router away from my fiber box. Can I plug the adapter to the fiber box and plug the router into the extender with a Ethernet cable?

[@WiFiGuy]

You can try it but that would immediately downgrade the speed to your router from fiber to whatever is in your walls which is probably considerably less than fiber optic. Your provider will probably not be able to identify your router through your walls. If you want to move your router run some cable.

[@oydeyll4793]

May i ask what are the procedure of pairing the extra adapter? example is i have 1 pair of powerline which is the TPlink AV600 300Mbps(2 adapters) then i'll be adding an extra 1 powerline adapter so it makes it 3. what should i do to pair the extra one to the 2 adapters that are alreadt connected .

[@WiFiGuy]

Good question Oydeyll www.tp-link.com/ae/support/faq/319/#

[@lindsaycleveland2992]

tHANK YOU SO MUTCH FOR THE INFO. :)

[@SARCORACING]

Very informative... thank you ❤

[@paoloaldi1030]

Great video! If I close my existing SSID with the extender and I use it in conjunction with the adapter, will a device connected to my router and a device connected to my extended see each other as part of the same network?

[@WiFiGuy]

Depends on whether you synced the extender or cloned it. If you cloned it the router and extender are on the same network and everything contacted to it should be see whatever is connected to the router.

[@gigasquared566]

Grazie. Molto esauriente Grazie mille.

[@aaaabc7535]

don't know if this is the right place, but i have the following question: I do have an old router(tplink vr400 ac1200 non voip though) and perfectly working powerline. Can i connect the old router to the powerline and use it as a wifi extender using as input the internet signal from the powerline ? Thank you in advance.

[@WiFiGuy]

Technically yes but you will have to turn DHCP and NAT off on the TP-Link. Otherwise, you'll end up with double NAT and IP conflicts. This wont work if the new router does not allow you to forward DHCP packets. You'll also have to give the old router a different IP than the new router and configure the new router's internal IP as the WAN IP on the old router. I say "technically" because I don't know how well it will work. A router that has an "access point mode" would make the whole process easier.

[@WiFiGuy]

I forgot to mention your Powerline will need to be cloned to the first router and not paired.

[@TheBeautybound]

Thanks for the video. We have a bedroom over our garage that is connected to the house. We have wifi right now that seems to stop in the middle of that bedroom and is a bit slow- works fine in the rest of the house. We were looking at a mesh network and then I came across this video. The wiring is old in the house and not great in the garage bedroom. Would you suggest a mesh network or a powerline adapter for something like this? Do we just need some kind of extender instead? My head is turned around. We want to be able to have a better connection in that room but don't want to overdo it. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[@WiFiGuy]

I don't know enough about the layout of your home, the materials it's made of or the location of your router to make a recommendation. A mesh node upstairs near the bedroom will probably do wonders though.

[@TheBeautybound]

@@WiFiGuy Thanks for such a quick reply. Do I need to purchase a whole mesh system for that?

[@WiFiGuy]

Maybe not. The only way to know for sure is to test. Mesh would certainly do the trick if you don't want to spend a week going back and forth to the store with receipts. There are some pretty affordable mesh systems out there even without Black Friday. wifi-guy.net/tp-link-deco-mesh/ Then again if the walls above the garage are made of concrete you want Powerline. Then again if the wiring in your home is old maybe not. Then you will need to drill holes and run cable. Depending on the location of your router you may be able to get away with a cheap extender. The only way for me to answer your question would be to personally show up at your home, do a site survey, and test different solutions which will probably cost you several times more than a mesh system.

[@TheBeautybound]

@@WiFiGuy Thanks for the input. I know there are a lot of factors, was just looking for some educated speculation. It is far better than mine as this is all new. I'll head back to the mesh drawing board where I started. Thanks again.

[@WiFiGuy]

@@TheBeautybound If you can get your router closer to the bedroom or maybe in a central location in your home, maybe even upstairs you may be able to get by with a cheap extender.

[@tylerbalazic4592]

Very helpful thank you

[@And-War]

what about linking a 2nd new ethernet extender?

[@WiFiGuy]

Extenders tend to slow things down. Fine if your just trying to connect 1 or 2 devices.

[@AR-sf6nj]

anyone have a clue how much it costs to rewire a house in the UK because i get the same results as the WiFi guy using the same powerline. Need a solution for getting internet access in shed at the back of my garden (approximately 30m from main router)

[@libbylocker9491]

How come the link for the AV1000 you give is $180 but searching for that same extender directly on Amazon turns up the same thing for $70?

[@WiFiGuy]

There are several different models of the "AV1000." It can be confusing. Sometimes sellers will jack up the price of an item they are running out of to prevent orders while they restock.

[@PMantle]

How does one connect a Chromecast to these?

[@gergemall]

Thx

[@Tech-geeky]

1522ad and talking about how to expand network coverage ? talk about playing from two sides. :P I don't think medieval would be that intelligent honestly. I think this powerlines extending is just 'marketing ploy' now, because you can only get extend (1) iF they are NOT gigabit. 500, 600 Mpbs network, Why??? i'll never know... Surly people would think if you have gigabit, the same rules apply. Everywhere i look there are Gigabit plugin style ones.. but they always come in pairs.. I can justify the $149 price tag for two, I cannot justify it just to leave one unused because i wish to just extend network... (i.e there is no need for another 'base' because your already using it) So, trying to decide before i *waste * money Also, cannot justify the need for the "single" just to cripple the entire network in speed neither,