TP-Link AV600 Passthrough Power line adaptor Review

[@lmannn]

This guy is a legend. Great job Phil, your review was great. Thanks for helping me out.

[@philstraintravels9281]

Thank you I'm glad you found it helpful :)

[@jn69uk]

I know this video is a couple of years old, but I wanted to confirm that you get two ethernet cables in the box, so thank you for showing the box contents.

[@slicedpage]

thank you for a very helpful review,I hope they are still working well today.

[@philstraintravels9281]

slicedpage Cool, I'm glad it helped. As it happens I haven't used them in about 2 months since I moved house but I plan to reinstall them when I sort out my spare bedroom / gaming room.

[@majesticmixturewhitty]

Awesome video keep them coming and keep up the good work on your videos and channel 👍🏻

[@HektorBandimar]

I just bought the same product today in my local Tesco £30.00 ..........so far so good, it works pretty well.

[@anthonyponce2739]

MrUniman69 does it work exactly like connecting a Ethernet cable or is it slower

[@HektorBandimar]

@@anthonyponce2739 It is about the same as a straight forward Router Ethernet connection, but if you are a gamer, you might notice some latency, but I'm pleased with my speeds.

[@Epic9onyt]

Thanks Man

[@scottdavidson21]

useful review the speed test comparison was a nice thing to put in on this..

[@eileencardonalopez52]

You da best man

[@vanguardsr368]

I've got the exact same dovet. from tescos too 😅 Great Vid BTW. I'm buying one of these soon for my pc

[@philstraintravels9281]

Cool :D I'm pretty sure we still have it somewhere as well. I hope the adaptors work for you as well as they did for me.

[@wilhelminawalder3315]

Thank you really helpful👍🏾

[@philstraintravels9281]

Thank you, I'm glad it helped. Though I haven't used them in a couple of years since moving I will be digging them out again to help with the poor wi-fi in my study.

[@jayden461]

Great vid Phil, really useful

[@reddredd1179]

I used to have that tv table in my living room aha

[@ASuwan22]

Are you Tyson Fury? 🤔

[@Quazzi]

Dosser

[@s__________mim1333]

Hey Phill, I have a question, does this Power Line work at long distances? I'm asking because my router is in the living room and I wanted to put the powerline in my room which is two floors above, I would like to know if you can help me!

[@patricklewis7746]

Would these work ok if my router is downstairs with one adapter and my pc is upstairs with the other adapter

[@philstraintravels9281]

That's how I had it set up and it worked perfectly. The router was downstairs on one side of the house and my laptop was upstairs on the other, using wi-fi it dropped out constantly, using this is was like being directly connected. Though you should be aware this review is 3 years old so some things may be different on newer models.

[@mcook1210]

check ur plugs we had some new wall plugs for a new room it killed the speed dead I only found out by using old plugs.mybe the wires not on the same board dont know but it worked super good .TRY a pair of old plugs FIX

[@steveothehulk]

2nd question can you add more plugs for different rooms? I mean more than the one you get in the box so say I wanted to add another 1 or 2 plugs in other rooms can you do this?

[@philstraintravels9281]

I believe you can though I don't currently use this at the moment as my new home has much better wifi reception.

[@ajaime541]

Does this connect wirelessly to devices like phones? Because it seems like it doesn’t on mine

[@philstraintravels9281]

No, this model is ethernet connection only between the router and adapter, then adapter to computer. Though it is an old model so the newer ones may have that feature.

[@gatiskancs4321]

Hi Stomp i brought AV600 Powerline pair 4010 im trying to use it for tv program decoder mag-254 because my router is in other room.First day using but unfortunetly got some interferences aproxemetly twice in hour signal get lost for my tv decoder nearly a minute but then cuming bk and working again,maybe you got some ideas whats wrong?

[@philstraintravels9281]

Hiya, I can't say I've come across that problem in the three months I've been using this product. The only time I've had an issue was when we had a new router delivered and it took a few attempts to pair my Powerline Adapter next to my PC to the one connected to the router. I hate to say it but after several attempts to reconnect I simply repaired the plugs by pressing the small switch underneath and the running upstairs to the other one and pressing and holding the other.

[@Sam-mc8zv]

I use them for my Xbox and the middle light for the WiFi light turns off and it doesn’t let me play , the WiFi works for everything else but my Xbox do u know why ?

[@philstraintravels9281]

Sorry, I don't know. This is an old model that doesn't have built in wifi it's wired at every stage between the router, power line and other computer or console.

[@jamesdhanraj3048]

Mine doesn’t seem to make a difference to my WiFi speed, is there any reason why?

[@fabe61]

Because your WiFi speed is the speed of your WiFi, not the speed of your (internal) Ethernet connection. Do you mean download speed?

[@chelsea7094]

What cat are the Ethernet cables supplied with the product please?

[@philstraintravels9281]

Sorry for the delay. The ones supplied in my box are Cat 5.

[@UKJaiO]

Are your adapters on separate ring final circuits?

[@philstraintravels9281]

I honestly don't know the answer to that one, sorry.

[@ashokakb6907]

Missing study is bandwidth limit of Modem/Router, distance form router to client & bandwidth of ISP. Also missing Network speed at modem via Ethernet.

[@voidfreak7957]

Is it better than netgear powerline 1000mbps?

[@philstraintravels9281]

This is the first powerline adaptor I've used so I honestly can't say, sorry. Though after 3 months of use the connection has so far dropped out only a few times and I suspect that was due to the crappy BT Internet and the poor router we have.

[@Leo4sox]

What speed package was you paying for? The 71mb line?

[@philstraintravels9281]

I believe it was 'up to' 78 Mbps and we averaged around 68 - 70. Using this adapter I got the full 68 - 70 Mbps and using wifi from that location around 50 Mbps to unusable due to constant drop outs.

[@Leo4sox]

@@philstraintravels9281 nice thanks mate hardly any loss then pretty impressive. You could... if you wanted to try a cat 6 cable it could give you a few more mbps from the router to 1st powerline

[@8BitRetroMonkey]

Hi Phil are the Powerline speeds consistent or do they fluctuate?

[@philstraintravels9281]

Hi, on this particular model I found the speeds to be as consistent as a standard wired connection. But you should be aware this review is almost 3 years old and the models will probably have changed by now. I can say my connection improved dramatically from the wi-fi dropping out or running at a crawl to fast speeds so they were worth the purchase, though I now live elsewhere and the wi-fi reception is reliable so I don't use them.

[@8BitRetroMonkey]

@@philstraintravels9281 Thanks for the reply. Great video

[@catalinim4227]

dude, your video is misleading ! internet connection is one thing, internal network is something else. of course wi-fi is slower than direct cable (in this case)

[@jimoflh5773]

He’s just showing us that this beats a wireless connection. Obviously nothing beats an actual Ethernet cable.

[@steveothehulk]

Does it boost your WiFi also?

[@philstraintravels9281]

No, this is just a powerline adaptor and doesn't boost WiFi, other models do boost the Wifi but not this one. Though I was amazed at how much speed difference using this makes compared to WiFi. Even though I say I currently use WiFi as my reception is better the speed difference in other rooms is noticeable.

[@stevefo1524]

Do both have to be connected with Ethernet? Thanks

[@philstraintravels9281]

Yes, you have to connect both ends to your computers Ethernet sockets. The first part goes from your router to the powerline adapter which plugs into the wall and the other end connects from the powerline adapter to your computer. I think the cable supplied is about 1m but you can buy your own quite cheaply. It takes about 2 minutes to set up and even allowing for silly mistakes like I did doesn't take much longer.... I forgot to turn off the wi-fi connection on my laptop!

[@Laptopdog78]

Steve Fowler Not if you buy a model where the second plug has wireless capability.

[@thew4rrior5code]

Do they randomly drop connection because when I bought to link few years back they went into sleep mode every so often which was terrible for online gaming obviously. Have they fixed that with these ones because it was a TP link one before not a passthrough one though.

[@philstraintravels9281]

I can't say I ever noticed it happen to me. I used mine for streaming Netflix and the only connection drop outs were because of router problems which was eventually replaced.

[@thew4rrior5code]

Oh the forums people just say download their utility tool and disable power saver mode which is stupid it shouldn't cut out when you're on the net lol but maybe they've fixed it now yours seem good

[@ajaime541]

THE W4RRIOR5 CODE what is the utility tool called ?

[@ReelKing71]

Can you help me

[@ReelKing71]

I need help I’ve connected my TP links but keeps disconnecting can someone help me

[@NicholasKulasKinman]

You sound like the youtube-gamer jack frags

[@philstraintravels9281]

No, that's not me sorry.

[@PatrickSwayzeOnDbol]

No

[@v.m2282]

is this wifi

[@philstraintravels9281]

No, it connects to your router and then plugs into the wall power socket and sends the internet along your home wiring. It's actually a great replacement for wifi if there are areas of your house that don't get a wifi signal.