ZYXELG.hn 2400 Powerline Ethernet Adapter Kit | Pass-Thru Power | Plug & Play | MIMO | Next-Gen G.hn | Gigabit Ethernet | for Smart TVs, On-Line Games, 8K Streaming | Brown Box [PLA6456BBKIT]

I waited a couple weeks after starting to use these before writing this review. They were simple to set up, had them going in less than 5 minutes.Ad caveats: Your experience may differ wildly depending on the quality and electrical noise on the wiring you are traversing. (fans, microwaves, other appliances, etc) This is about MY experience, which is all I can attest to.That being said, these are working absolutely flawlessly for me. I put them in between my router and my ISP handoff, so the only traffic going over them is internet traffic, never my internal network.My isp gives me 100 down, 100 up.Every single time I test connectivity to the internet from my internal network I get 100 down, 100 up.I can't say how fast it would go if it was bridging traffic inside my internal network, but these have made me stop worring about the hardwire (which runs under floors, beneath carpets and up walls) between my garage where the ISP handoff is to the room in my house where my networking is set up.I've tested it with all the usual suspects: microwave, vacuum cleaner, fans, a blender, evan a large UPS unit which backs up my main computers.100 down. 100 up.I couldn't possibly be happier.

Blown away. Seriously. I upgraded from Cisco Linksys Powerline units that have been working "ok" for a couple years. However, for my basement home theater, the speeds I've been getting with the Cisco unit (<7 Mpbs) just haven't been cutting it, resulting in buffering and pixelated video in my Netflix HD streams. I read a review of the ZyXEL units, and although I thought the hype was too good to be true, figured I'd give it a try. I should mention that the wireless signal I receive in my basement from my router (located on the 1st floor) is almost nil, so I really need an ethernet connection, but don't want to run a hundred feet of cable.Some test results...I apologize in advance -- I'm pretty good with tech, but don't consider myself an IT expert by any means, so some of the terminology might be off a bit.As a baseline, I have Comcast internet and get download speeds of about 180 Mbps. I had a Cisco Powerline unit located next to my main router (1st floor) and extension units on the other side of the 1st floor, and one in the basement. Download speeds on the 1st floor were ~25 Mbps. Basement test result was ~6.5 Mbps. I use speedtest for all my testing.I installed the ZyXEL units to replace all of the Cisco units. I didn't have to go further than the steps in the "quick start" guide. Setup was a breeze. FAR simpler than with the Cisco units.After installing the new units, I recorded the following new test speeds: 1st Floor: 128 Mbps. Basement 100 Mbps. The most surprising result was the basement--not only is it on the other side of the house, but it's on a different circuit than the router and the main ZyXEL unit.Some additional points:1) I cannot stress enough how easy the setup was. It "just worked." I've wasted countless hours messing around with the Cisco units since I first installed them a couple years ago.2) I like that the ZyXEL units are all the same model number, unlike my Cisco units. With Cisco I have one model as the base and different model numbers throughout the house. Maybe that's not necessary, but it's how my system was set up. I like one model number with ZyXEL because you just need to figure out how many locations you want to setup--then you buy that number of units +1 (the extra unit for the "base" near your router). Tip--try to buy the ZyXEL units in a 2-pack---it's cheaper. If you need an odd number of units, you can always buy that last one as a single. But try to buy them in pairs to save some $$.3) One drawback. The Cisco unit I had in my basement also had a wireless repeater built into it, so I used it as a wifi extender in my basement for our cell phones. One workaround solution for me would be to use one of my old wireless routers and set it up as a repeater and connect it to the ZyXEL unit with an ethernet cable (each ZyXEL unit has 2 ethernet ports).4) Did I mention how easy the setup was? For many, including me, setting home home networks can be a real challenge at times. So far, I'm really pleased that for probably the first time ever, I've truly only had to use the "quick start" guide for a home networking product.5) This comment isn't technical by any means, but when you feel the heft of the ZyXEL product compared to the Cisco unit, it really "feels" like a better product. Also, ZyXEL includes a plug outlet built into the unit, so no issues trying to get the unit plugged into the outlet where you also have other things plugged in--and often with awkward-shaped plugs.6) And finally, I consider the ZyXEL upgrade (from Cisco Powerline) a bit "future proof." I'm now streaming 4K content seamlessly with no buffering on netflix through my 1st floor 4K TV. When I eventually upgrade to a 4K set in my basement, I'm confident I will have the same result. With Cisco Powerline that never would have been possible.

I have an outbuilding (workshop) that has a subpanel about 60' from the main panel in the house.I've been using a 10+ year old TP-Link "500" powerline adapter that has always provided about 20-25 Mbps to the workshop. I thought perhaps I could improve on the speed by investing in newer powerline technology, hence my purchase of this product.The results with this new unit were dismal. The shop panel is connected to the main house panel with 2awg aluminum wire (90A service), and all outlets in the shop are the 2x2 quad style, with independent 20A circuits to each duplex receptacle. At every outlet location, there are both 120V phases present (they are on dual pole breakers), one for each duplex receptacle.Thus I could ensure the receiver in the shop was on the same phase as the sending unit (at the house), but it didn't seem to matter where I plugged it in at the shop. I got about 7-10 Mbps no matter where I plugged it in. That's less than half the speed of my 10+ year old powerline adapter. The LED that pertained to signal quality was always red. I even tried non-GFCI outlets; no change.If I plugged the receiving unit in the house, nearby to the sending unit, I got a green LED which supposedly means 100mbps+, which I didn't test.So my assumptions (based on my experience) about this product are: A) signal doesn't travel well across heavy gauge wires to a subpanel and/or B) they are useless over 50'+ distance.Subpanels are not unusual in older houses that have been updated / renovated, and I don't think the distance between my main panel and workshop panel is excessive. The fact that my 10+ year old powerline adapter gives nearly 3X the speed as this one speaks volumes. Not a good product for what I need it for, but someone who needs to send data from one bedroom to the next one over will probably have much better luck with this.