TP-Link Powerline WiFi G.hn2440, WiFi 6 AX1800, up to 1428 Mbps via Powerline, Integrated Socket (Type F), Ideal for enjoying multi-TV service at home, Compatible with all boxes, PGW2440 KIT

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Works great - If this is all you need Bough this back in the Amazon spring sale, had a quick look figured it was what I needed to add internet capability to the garden room I'm getting built in the summer. Finally got round to setting it up yesterday. Couldn't be easier, plugged the appropriate bits in to my router and put the extender end in the garden shed - Brilliant I now have around 500 Mbps where previous I could barely pick up the house wifi and was getting about a hundredth of that. Next step - order another extender - The instructions clearly show how to connect multiple units to cover a large area. Part number fine PGW2440 is what I need. Type that into the amazon search box. Returns a huge selection of adapters, inclining this kit. However none of the others are what I need. After a few minutes I search else where. Increasing confusion ensues. Eventually I come across an Entry on the TP-Link bulletin board, where many others have found that same problem. One had an official response from TP-Link confirming that additional extenders are not available separately. The only way to obtain one is apparently to buy another kit and bin the adapter. WTF!!!!! Maybe something else will work with it who knows? The internet is unclear. I would probably send it back, but I'm past the 30 day return period, and what I DO have works great. Absolutely F---ing ridiculous policy.

So far working fine, stable connection between the two units. I'm updating this review two months later, and have still had zero issues with this - it's been powered on non-stop. The down side is that you seem to only be able to buy these as a pair. Which makes adding an additional WiFi access points both expensive and wasteful. Hopefully TP Link will rectify this soon (or more second hand ones will start becoming available!). I had another issue, which is not the fault of this unit, but worth considering as I've seen it before: My ~2yr Dell XPS laptop (with Intel WiFi - the same as used by many manufacturers) decided it liked WiFi 6 much better then my main router's WiFi 5. That meant that the laptop kept trying to connect to the WiFi 6 signal from this TP-Link unit even if I was only a couple of metres away from the router itself! I came up with two solutions to this problem: Firstly, using the "tp plc" app on my phone, I changed the signal strength of the PGW2440 WiFi access point down so the laptop couldn't pick it up from the room with the router in, and I persuaded my ISP to give me a free router upgrade to one that did WiFi 6 - so now I only have WiFi 6 everywhere. Frustrating that it wasn't possible to fix it with a setting on the laptop itself (it feels like the "prefer WiFi 6 at all costs" setting is baked into the Intel WiFi driver/hardware) but hopefully that'll be useful for somebody!

So I purchased these as I recently got a TP-Link router, which supports OpenMesh/EasyMesh. And I saw that the “Access Point” which came with this kit also supported Open/EasyMesh. Thought they would go hand in hand, single management pane, all part of the same eco system. Along with that, I like having an Ethernet port for my work and personal computers to connect to. Set up was easy, pretty much plug and play, and then enabling the OpenMesh setting from my routers management page. Initially I started by plugging the first power line adapter (the one that should really plug into your router) right next to my router. Short Cat6 cable, straight from the router, to the PowerLine adapter. I placed the larger unit (With the built in AP/Repeater/Mesh node) into the wall, up stairs in my office, by my work station. Using the TP-Link utility, I was able to see that the transfer rate was only showing up as 445Mbps. Which wasn’t actually any better than my previous Generation AV2 TP-Link PowerLine adapters - I’d say the same actually. Here’s where it gets interesting, and kind of fun (especially if you are a DIY home network ‘boff’ - like me.) I went round my home, trying all different plug combinations. And running internet speed tests along the way. I’ve had speeds vary from 80Mbps all the way up to 400Mbps. It actually did peak at about 580Mbps on one of the tests. Do keep in mind that during these tests I was merely testing the LAN speeds (Through only Ethernet) on the AP/Repeater part of the PowerLine Kit. My last kit only ever hit 150Mbps, in what I determined as the ideal setup. Now for the funny part. With the PowerLine adapter close to the router (1.5 metres) I was getting the slower speeds. I forgot to mention; my router is right next to the RCD. So I’d expect a lot less latency, faster speeds, and less power cable for the signal to be sent through. It should have been ideal. However, with the PowerLine adapter the other side of the house, the speeds were faster. So through even more power cable, more Ethernet cable, and likely a lot more interference, the speeds were faster. I know it’s not advised, but I recently plugged the bigger of the two PowerLine adapters into a non surge protected power strip. Speeds increased yet again. So 2 meters of Cat 6, and 10 meters of electric wire, is slower than 20 Meters of Cat 5e and I’d estimate 25 meters of power cable. Confusing, eh? I guess it just goes to show that these adapters are not all built equally. And even the smallest change can affect the speed. If you do purchase these for the PowerLine functionality, test them in every possible combination you can. Even if you have a two gang socket, try them in each socket. I gained 100Mbps just from going from the right socket to the left socket. Saying that it does worry me how that could be. Lastly the mesh set up… well it’s my first mesh set up, and I’ve found the speeds to cap out at 420Mbps over WiFi when connected to the mesh node. If I connect directly to my router through WiFi 6, I get the full speed I pay for. I’m not sure why this is or what I need to do to improve it, but I will be sure to update my review once I find out. All in all, fast power line adapters, a lot of trial and error involved to find out what setup works best for you. The WiFi speeds whilst set up in Mesh mode aren’t that great. Although the signal is stronger, the speeds are now slower. I do however recommend these especially if you are paying for speeds below 500Mbps.

The Power line kit works as it should. However, it is not possible to purchase an additional extender PGW2440 to extend the network individually. Hence, if you need 2x extenders you need to purchase 2x kits making it an extremely expensive option leaving you with an additional adapter that you do not need.