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DLink PWRLINE 200M HPLUGAV START KIT PUSH BUTTON CONFIG POWERSAVE IN DHP307AVB Networks Powerline Networking
| 43 of 43 people found the following review helpful By This review is from: D-Link DHP-307AV/B 200 MBPS PowerLine Homeplug AV Network Starter Kit (Electronics) I spent quite a lot of time researching the web to find the best powerline ethernet adapters about (Oct 2010), and I'm glad I got this one. Easy install, looks good aesthetically and performs very well. Each adapter is on a different power ring and it's got a connection of at least 80Mbps for sure. It comes with 2 ethernet cables also which is useful.4 stars because none of these powerline ethernet adapter products should be marketting up to 200Mbps etc. when they'll never achieve it. 28 of 28 people found the following review helpful This review is from: D-Link DHP-307AV/B 200 MBPS PowerLine Homeplug AV Network Starter Kit (Electronics) I bought the cheapo MaxValue Homeplug AV 200 MBPS on Amazon two years or so ago. Homeplugs are great and a huge improvement over wireless - the next best thing to having a proper ethernet cable connection.After two years of faithful service, my MaxValues fried on me a few days ago. I have looked on Amazon to check for a replacement and instead of ordering the same models, decided to splash an extra �9 for the D-Link DHP-307AV/B 200 MBPS (which cost �67 for a pair instead of �58 or so for the MaxValue). BOY, WHAT AN IMPROVEMENT! The maximum speed I could achieve with the Max Value homeplugs on file transfers between the internal hard drive of my Popcorn Hour streaming device and my Windows PC under the Samba networking protocol was around 2.8 - 3.0 MBPS / second. With the D-Link, I get 4.5 - 4.8 MBPS / Sec (the maximum which the Popcorn Hour can cope with I believe). The Max Value are OK homeplugs but do yourselves a favour and buy the D-Link. For an extra... Read more 116 of 119 people found the following review helpful By This review is from: D-Link DHP-307AV/B 200 MBPS PowerLine Homeplug AV Network Starter Kit (Electronics) Customer review from the Amazon Vine™ Programme ( What's this?) Here's the situation; You have a router in your study feeding your PC with the internet. You've also got a Blu-ray Player/TV/Playstation 3 etc in the lounge or upstairs and the wireless signal is a bit hit or miss or your equipment just doesn't do wireless. What can you do? Well, you could by miles of Ethernet cable and run it across the walls or floor, or you could just use this 200 Mbps Powerline adaptor kit.The D-Link DHP 307AV is a simple solution to providing fact broadband around the house. The steps are as simple as you can get: 1) Plug one powerline into the mains near your router. 2) Plug an ethernet cable from the router to the powerline adaptor. 3) Plug the other adaptor into a wall socket near your other equipment, anywhere in the house. 4) Plug an ethernet adaptor from this to your equipment. 5) Turn on. That's it, no set up required and everything works straight out of the box. It took me 10 minutes from opening the... Read more |