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D-LINK DHP-P308AV PowerLine Passthrough Network Adaptor (OEM Pack) $33.98 (Save $35.02) @ MobileCiti

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D-LINK DHP-P308AV PowerLine Passthrough Network Adaptor
$33.98 (WAS $69.00)

Extend your home network
The Powerline AV 500 Passthrough Mini Adapter uses your home’s existing electrical wiring to extend your Internet connection. It turns every power outlet into a high speed network connection. Compliant with the HomePlug AV standard, it provides network access to your computers, game consoles, televisions, and any other Internet-enabled devices throughout your home. The built-in Passthrough design enables you to continue using your electrical socket by plugging another device into the integrated electrical outlet. The Passthrough socket features noise filtering which helps prevent the electrical device plugged into the socket from affecting your Powerline connection and performance.

Ideal for bandwidth-intensive applications
This Powerline AV 500 Passthrough Mini Adapter Starter Kit is compliant with the HomePlug AV standard and capable of delivering data transfer rates at speeds of up to 500 Mbps, faster than regular Powerline AV products. This rapid transmission speed makes it ideal for bandwidth-intensive applications, guaranteeing smooth HD video streaming, VoIP phone calls, and lag-free online gaming experiences. This device provides ample network bandwidth, enabling you to tap into existing electrical wiring for high-quality multimedia streaming. Additional Quality of Service (QoS) support prioritises multimedia traffic over other types of traffic on your network connection, ensuring faster transmission.

Convenient setup and secure operation
Plugs directly into a power outlet, and does not require any additional cables. Extend your home network by connecting multiple devices in the farthest corners of your home, or attach a switch or wireless access point to the adapter to connect even more devices. The adapter implements 128-bit AES data encryption at the push of a button to protect your network from any intruders. With hassle-free plug and play installation, it’s an ideal solution to create a wall-to-wall home network.

Power-saving
During periods of inactivity, the Mini Adapters will go into sleep mode to save power, reducing power usage by more than 70%, allowing you to save energy automatically without sacrificing on performance.

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  • kronicmacstigator on 29/12/2019 - 22:45
    +1

    Mine just died. The sheer amount of abuse on both sides it took and kept chugging along was incredible! Temperature, sheer amps being ploughed through it, equipment failures, spikes etc.

    Reliable as hell! At this price you won't regret it.

    • Punkboy on 29/12/2019 - 22:57
      -1

      Sorry why did it die then?

      • kronicmacstigator on 29/12/2019 - 23:04
        +3

        Old age, but more specifically a fire. Had a voltage spike come down the line during a storm. Fire started on an extension cable (the one it was powering off). If the unit didn't sacrifice itself and kept chugging along it could of ended up a little bit worse (would of been scraping melted plastic off concrete).

        So damn glad it died!

  • CC123 on 29/12/2019 - 22:45
    +1

    In my opinion it's not worth getting an AV500 powerline kit if the ethernet port is only 10/100

    • Bigboomboom on 29/12/2019 - 23:00
      +4

      I guarantee you 10/100 is aplenty as it will struggle to get 90Mbps in reality. The fastest advertised 2000Mbps powerline does around 450Mbps in the same room (i.e almost no distance and same line).

      • CC123 on 29/12/2019 - 23:22

        I tested my AV200 kit, got like 50mbps (it is a few years old though) but plugged my Av2000's in and got 110down (115 is my max speed).
        For the normal user, this kit would be fine but if you are like me and require lots of bandwidth, something higher is generally better especially if you have multiple devices connected to it.

        • Bigboomboom on 29/12/2019 - 23:25

          So your AV200 kit got 1Gbps port? If not how would it get 110 down when matching with the AV2000? If you are saying your AV2000 gets 110 down, well duh. AV500 will at best gets around 80Mbps, unless you're very lucky and on same circuit.

          • CC123 on 29/12/2019 - 23:26

            @Bigboomboom: My AV200 has a 100mbps port & my AV2000 has gigabit ports.

            • Bigboomboom on 29/12/2019 - 23:30

              @CC123: Then how are you getting 110Mbps on your AV200 with 100Mbps port? As I said, if you're referring to AV2000 getting 110Mbps well that's actually on the low side.

              https://www.cnet.com/reviews/d-link-powerline-av2-2000-gigab…
              Under almost perfect condition the AV2000 gets 400Mbps. Now the AV500 has 1/4 of that specs, so 100Mbps port is perfectly fine. You're not going to get even 100Mbps in near perfect condition anyway.

              • CC123 on 29/12/2019 - 23:32

                @Bigboomboom:

                my AV200 kit, got like 50mbps

                my Av2000's in and got 110down

                110mbps down on a speedtest, not a transferring a file on the LAN

                • Bigboomboom on 29/12/2019 - 23:34
                  +1

                  @CC123: Just go read any review, LAN speed is not going to be any major difference. Almost every kits get tested in near perfect condition and still their speed is approx 1/4 of their advertised speed.

                  • AlexF on 30/12/2019 - 03:52

                    @Bigboomboom:

                    speed is approx 1/4 of their advertised speed.

                    same for wireless… PoE is an option when UTP cable isn't.

                    • Bigboomboom on 30/12/2019 - 07:41

                      @AlexF: Yes, that's however besides the point whether having a 100Mbps port on the AV500 is a waste or not. Arguably, it's not a waste since that's about you would expect, or lower, anyway.

                      Also Wifi is a bit more complicated. My RT-AX88U can not exceed Gigabit Wifi speed on 5.0Ghz due to the Gigabit port, despite the fact it can maintain total 1.3Gbps Wifi speed on multiple devices using Wifi 6. Likewise, it uses WAN aggregation but having single Gigabit LAN port means Ethernet is also limited to gigabit to single device despite total bandwidth is higher spreading over 2 or more devices.

                      • AlexF on 30/12/2019 - 11:32

                        @Bigboomboom:

                        maintain total 1.3Gbps Wifi speed on multiple devices using Wifi 6.

                        would love to see proof of this using iPerf.

                        The other advantage of EoP is that it’s a Layer 2 bridge. In other words you can connect a L2 switch on at each peer, with attached devices still on same subnet. You can’t do that with WiFi STA which is an end-point. WiFi WDS is defunct.

                        • Bigboomboom on 30/12/2019 - 21:01

                          @AlexF: https://dongknows.com/asus-rt-ax88u-review/

                          Unfortunately I don't have Wifi 6 devices to test this for you. My Pixel 2 however at full strength 5Ghz band does comfortably 700Mbps and I think that might be the phone limit, which pretty much smoked any fastest Powerline Adapter in perfect condition. Moving to the next room, so approx 6m away from router and through 1 plasterboard wall with router, I still do 650Mbps. Test done using Wifi speed app.

    • RtN on 30/12/2019 - 02:36

      actually sounds great for throttling kid's bandwidth.

  • cpho on 29/12/2019 - 23:37
    +1

    Ive got this same model. Super reliable when on. Just waking it up from sleep is annoying. I have to manually force it awake 9/10 times

    • AustriaBargain on 30/12/2019 - 03:41

      Why does it even go to sleep? My Xbox downloads iPad ages in the background.

      • AlexF on 30/12/2019 - 03:55

        To save power.

    • akula on 30/12/2019 - 10:12

      Is there an option to turn off the adapter in going sleep mode ?

    • Gaz1 on 30/12/2019 - 17:01

      Double check its not your network switch powering off instead - this happened to me with a NAS.

  • dcep on 29/12/2019 - 23:39

    single unit right ? not a pair kit ?

    • Magpye on 29/12/2019 - 23:50

      Their eBay store has it listed as BOGOF for the same price.

      • ThemDealsThough on 30/12/2019 - 00:08

        Tried to add 2 but shows up as the same price instead of buy1 get1 free.

  • Maxdax on 29/12/2019 - 23:45

    Sorry noob question - do you need 2 of these - one next to router and one say at the furthest point in the house OR wherever your device is ?

    • Magpye on 29/12/2019 - 23:52

      Correct, though for best data throughput, you'd want to have both devices on the same phase circuit (kitchen, bedrooms, etc)

      • freewhere on 30/12/2019 - 00:30

        Thank you for mentioning phases. What happens if they aren't same phase and what about security, can your neighbor (theoretically) capture your traffic?

        • EarlyBird on 30/12/2019 - 18:01

          You get the best speed when they are connected to the same circuit ring.
          Otherwise, they will still work by bridging across the circuit breakers and the speed will be reduced.

          Depending on the level of circuit isolation between the two properties, your neighbour could potentially connect to your network if the two devices share the same passcode.

        • Magpye on 30/12/2019 - 21:13

          Potentially, yes they could, though some models have passcode functionality on them. I can't say if this model has or not.

  • JVO on 30/12/2019 - 00:32

    I got av2000 it works good but sometimes i have to resync both devices. Anyone know why?

    • albert0pia on 30/12/2019 - 08:37

      Perhaps a firmware update or a reset is what you need.
      I used to have that happen at my old place a couple of years ago.
      YMMV

    • Magpye on 30/12/2019 - 21:53
      +1

      Could be a noisy circuit.
      Quick and rough way to test is to have both adaptors plugged into different plugs in the same room (not through multiboards or extensions cords please), and see what the throughput is like, on average.
      Can use normal file transfer or Passmark for more consistent test results.
      Then put one of the adaptors in the room you need it in, and run the same test. If it's significantly lower, it could boil down to two main things: crappy wiring or there is a device that is causing signal interference (A/C, old fridge, etc), or if you're really lucky, a combination of both.

      For the former issue, my condolences and look at WiFi instead; and to identify the latter, try switching the device(s) off, run your test for a few minutes and see what the results are. If you identify a device that is ruining an otherwise decent throughput, you could consider getting a power line filter installed to reduce the RFI/EMI. Not sure if a small UPS would do the same job, so not going to claim it will. But it might.

      Note:The information in this comment and the links provided are for general information only and should not be taken as constituting professional advice from the comment owner, known hereforth as Magpye.
      Magpye is not an electrician (this is an unsung blessing). You should consider seeking independent electrical advice to check how this comment relates to your unique circumstances.
      Magpye is not responsible, competent (or even coherent most of the time) for any loss caused, whether due to negligence or otherwise arising from the use of, or reliance on, the information provided directly or indirectly, by use of this verbose comment.
      This includes, but is not limited to: the homeplug bursting into flames, you bursting into flames, the house bursting into flames, or your entire neighbourhood sliding into the sea.

  • trollee on 18/01/2020 - 10:18

    Do I need anything else to get this to work?
    I would've thought you need an adapter to connect to the router and then another one to connect to my PC on the other end.
    Or can I just buy 1 of these and I'll be good to go?

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