MERCUSYS AV1000 MP510 KIT Gigabit Powerline Adapter Starter Kit, WiFi Extener Speed up to 1000 Mbps, Eliminate WiFi Dead Zones, Add More Powerline Anytime, 4K Streaming, No Configuration Required

It’s truly made the difference. I’ve been using Wi-fi for a long time on both my Xbox One and PS4, and it has worked fine for the most part. But as time went on, I felt the connection stability couldn’t keep up with the decent quality (which is not bad for residential area Sky Broadband!). So I stumbled across the term ‘PowerLine’ and became immediately intrigued. After reviewing the available information, it was an immediate purchase for me. And it’s worked flawlessly.The pairing set-up took a few seconds, and it was already ready to go, right out of the box. Luckily it comes with 2 lengthy Ethernet cables, which was perfect for connecting them to my consoles (which are slightly far from the nearest mains wall outlet). The difference, while not leaps and bounds above wi-fi, was considerable. It reduced my latency by half, and improved the stability in general. No more jumpy ping, relatively better download speeds too.Games like COD Infinite Warfare played better on my Xbox with very few connection health indications (whereas it used to flash red constantly), and Titanfall 2 performed well too. On PS4, Tekken 7 feels very smooth online, though it has amazing netcode anyway, so it’s hard to tell a clear distinction. However, the upload speed of my PS4 game saves was slightly better, so there was some indication. Regardless, I have seen the improved effects up-close.Ultimately, a PowerLine can’t be a 100% replacement for a direct LAN cable, but it’s a fantastic alternative for convenience. If you can spare the cash, this will be very valuable for your gaming and/or PC set-ups if they currently run on Wi-fi. Easy to set-up, and reliable.

I have a pair of homeplug thingies set up already from another brand but I wanted to get the wifi to reach into the garden. I found out that the powerline could still connect through the plugs in my outbuilding (even though it goes through another fusebox!) so this was the perfect kit. Setup was easy as far as getting it connected to the existing powerline adapters goes, but getting wifi set up was not so easy. So my existing setup was:1x av1000 from another brand plugged into router1x av1000 from another brand plugged in upstairsTo this I added:1x Mercusys MP510 (the unit with the aerials) in my outbuilding. Hit the WPS button on my router and when I connected an ethernet cable from the MP510 to my laptop it just worked straight away, plug and play.Getting wifi set up was harder. No matter what I pressed on the router or the MP510 it just wasn't cloning the wifi. In the end I logged in to the MP510 via ethernet and manually configured a new wifi network from there. The way I did that was to link up to ethernet, find the IP address of the MP510, hit that in a web browser and then you're into the config screens for the MP510. I found the IP address by logging into my router and seeing what IPs were connected to it. A circuitous route but it worked.End result is I get full speed wifi from anywhere in the garden, right up to the shed which is 15-20 meters from the MP510.

Doesn't provide super quick speeds, but that can be dependent on many factors. Speed and connection is consistent which is more important in my case

I had originally wanted to purchase a WiFi Extender and Powerline adapter set for my upstairs office and server lab. I had been using Powerline adapter for at least five years though these were the AV500 and needed updating. Being a dodo 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 a pair of TP-Link AV1300 Powerline adapters to work with it.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. (From what I can see the default security ID is different for each single/set of Powerline Adapters supplied.) There's nobody else in my property so this isn't an issue. I plugged both the WiFi Powerline adapter and one of the AV1300s 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. All I had to was to enter the adapter's WiFi password and now I had fast WiFi and ethernet between all devices. The WiFi has a very good reach. Now whether I am getting gbps (gigabit per second) between all Powerline 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. (Note that Powerline adapters only run at the speed of the slowest adapter on your system so don't run in conjunction with say other AV500 adapters, and if your switch/router only runs at 100 mbps then that will affect your speed.)

WORKS WELL AND FITS IN DISCREATLY - HAPPY WITH THE PRODUCT