TP-Link TL-WPA4220 AV600 Add-On Powerline Adapter, 2-Port Single N300 WiFi Extender Booster, Speeds up to 600Mbps, 2x Ethernet Ports, One-Touch Wi-Fi Configuration, Easy App Management

After upgrading to the latest BT Superfast Fibre Broadband in my home (Single Story Bungalow), I still could not get acceptable coverage in the most important room in the house. My Games Room/Office. It's 19 metres from the main building with about 1.5 metre gap between it and the house and several solid brick walls. Total 25 metres from the main router which is located as far away as possible. The technician that installed it insisted that it was so fantastic that if there was a weak spot that he would leave me three repeaters to boost it. I'm no computer expert but if you try and install the repeaters in a link (3) number 3 ends up with barely more than you have without it. I absolutely did not want to run anymore wires! I phoned BT for technical advice luckily spoke to 'The Guy' that clearly knows what he's talking about. He said that BT doesn't sell anything like that but Amazon does. So, I researched the customer reviews and the only couple of problems (not for me) that customers might have with this setup is that you can't by an an additional extender without buying the full kit which could make this setup very pricey. However, my setup works far better than I imagined. I can't speak for how it might work in a multi story building but in my house (the two units are separated by 25 metres and a lot of masonry and there is ZERO degredation at the farthest end. Super Fast & Reliable. I highly recommend this setup!

If you have WIFI black spots in your home, buy this product it is the best WIFI extender I have used and that is after having numerous other failed attempts using other expensive products which promised the same but did not deliver. This product is so easy to install you will not believe it, other products I have tried you needed a degree in quantum physics to install them and at the end of the failed attempts you felt you had gone 12 rounds with Mike Tyson and your head was about to explode. This product is an extension to my already existing TP link, therfore you would need to buy the TP-Link 500MBPS twin WIFI extender Powerline set first. The twin set allows you to connect the TP link system to your home modem/router, once this link is established you can then add the reviewed product to your already established TP link network. It is as simple as plugging the extender in to an existing socket in the room where there is no WIFI coverage, the extender will then automatically clone your SSID (Modem/Router name) and password and provide full WIFI coverage in your WIFI black spot area. If you are a fan of online gaming then this WiFi Extender Powerline is perfect, it has an impressive high-speed transfer rate of 500Mbps and is ideal for watching SMART TV in HD or 3D and for lag free gaming. It is not a cheap product but believe me in this case you get what you pay for.

Due to very dense brickwork I have one of these so I can get a signal in the other half of the house . TPLink has IMO the best software for these mains ethernet adapters with a utility that allows you to see which units are connected, what speed they are running and even reset them from the PC, this is handy because I have cronky old wiring and they occasionally freeze up. You do have to enter the password for each device to allow this so make a note of these before you plug them in the other end of the house. The passwords are only maintained on your PC so if you want to do it from anothe rdevice then you have to enter them all over again or be clever and work out where they are stored on the PC. The utility crashes every time it closes but does no harm so it's just an irritation. The unit is easy to pair with other units just by pushing a button at each end and the link is then encrypted but as far as I can tell if you set them up like that you can't reset them from the utility so I follow the instructions to remove them from any network and then just plug them in with the default network name set and they all seem to pick each other up, this also allows me to mix them with othe manufacturer's adapters. The wifi is not noticeably faster than the AV200 mpbs TPLink version I had before, but then Wireless N only goes up to 300 mbps anyway. The utility shows it running at about 175 even though one end is on an extension. The two wired connections are useful for TV and media box where you do notice a faster speed. There's a separate utility specific to this device to find it on the network and an on-board website so you can set the IP address , Wifi encryption channel etc. from your browser. I use a different name (SSID) from the main router's network because I like to know which one I am connected to, especially because windows is too stupid to connect to the best signal. A good tip is to make sure that the signal channel band on this and your main router are as far apart as possible e.g. set your router channel to 1 and this unit to 11 or 13 if you can, otherwise the signals interfere and you get lesser performance. If you are really keen get a copy of inSSIDer home and check that you are not clashing with a neighbour's wifi as well

I have a Virginmedia Superhub. Fantastic speeds when hard-wired but the wireless could be better ( for my house anyway). My sons room is at the opposite side of the house and the wifi reception was very poor. About a year ago we set up a powerline network which kept my gaming son very happy. Wifi reception upstairs was poor (my wife complaining about her ipad dropping connectivity) As the powerline setup was using s TP-Link adapter I decided to purchase this to improve the wifi around the house. I ran the software provided straight from the disc then plugged the booster into a power socket next to the PC. I pressed the pair button on the bottom for a second then ran the scan feature on the software. It picked up the booster instantly. Pressed the connect button onscreen (username & password is admin for both fields). Renamed the wireless network and gave it the same passkey as the virgin wifi but added _wifi to the end for identification purposes. I was then instructed to reboot the adapter ( via the screen button). After a few seconds it was up and running. I then unplugged the booster and took it to the other end of the house and plugged it in. Worked perfectly. Full wifi strength all over the house now. Superb. Whole process took 5 mins. Half the time it took me to type this!! lol

Easy to set up. I needed a way to get an internet connection to my garden office. WIFI was not strong enough based on the location of the router and the long ethernet cables I ran through the garden was continually getting damaged. This system works well. Admittedly, the electric circuit being extended to the garage through a fuse board and the 30m of armoured cables running to the office have decreased the speed compared to the speeds achieved inside the house. I was concerned that the fuse board in the garage might stop the system working, but in my case it just halved the speed. The 190mbs in the office (from a 500mbs) at the router is more than enough. I have matched it with a travel router (already owned) to give wifi in the office. I was achieving 400mbs on the internal house circuit using the system. So this would make a good solution for a house where wifi is not consistent. Just consider impact if running through extended circuits.

To be clear, this is an add-on for an existing powerline set-up. You must already have a powerline adaptor wired into your internet router and plugged into a mains electrical socket. For me, this replaced an existing TP-Link powerline adaptor without Wi-Fi that seems to have stopped working properly after 3 years. This unit plugs in near our TV and I use an ethernet wire to the TV for best connection, just like the old one. This one additionally boosts the home Wi-Fi signal. There are two pairing steps, one with the other powerline unit to get signal in, and the other to copy the Wi-Fi name and password so that this unit broadcasts the same Wi-fi signal seamlessly with the current router. It took about 15 minutes for both. I measured the internet speeds using a laptop and the TalkTalk speed checker and there is very little difference between plugging in to the router and plugging into this unit, in our case about 39-41Mb/s. So it gives the TV a decent signal. The Wi-Fi is also much improved with a similar speed near the router and near this unit. The set-up is miles better than my c. 8-year-old TP-Link non-powerline wi-fi booster that must be given a different network name, otherwise it somehow clashes with the router signal (presumably which it has to both receive and broadcast) and confuses everything. This means manually switching on a phone or tablet to get the best wi-fi signal as you move around. I would definitely buy this unit again.

Edit: 3 years later... Of the two that worked, one died almost completely after a couple of years (it transmits a wi-fi signal, but without data, and I can't get it connect, no matter what I try) and the other one appeared to do much the same a year or so later - although I did eventually get that one to work, but only with its original ID and password. So, somewhat reluctantly, I bought another one (I really wanted something more reliable, but was unable to find out if different manufacturer's ones would work with the original base unit that plugs into the router and transmits the signal over the mains - that, at least, is still working! I could NOT get this one to work. I tried everything but could not get it to pair - so it was returned. I gave them one last chance and asked for a replacement - and, to my surprise (and relief!) this one worked! Although it didn't pair itself automatically, but then I guess you can't have everything... The intructions for changing the ID and password have changed completely over the years, but are, if anything, even more confusing (the new app is an absolute nightmare - and even worse on a PC). And I failed completely to get them to work (the previous instructions were bad, but I did at least - after many days - finally suss them out). So, now I have a working internet/wi-fi network, covering both house and garden (with an old router in the garden shed running off one of the extenders). The routers and extenders/repeaters all have different addresses and passwords (!!!), but, once you've got them working, this doesn't matter too much - the transfer between transmitters as you move around the house and garden is hardly seamless, but then it wasn't much better when they all had the same name and password. So, you pays your money and you takes your choice. These thing DO work (mostly) and some of them keep working. The installation varies between impossible and fairly easy (just hope you're lucky!), and, even if you can't get it set up properly, it's still workable (although possibly not very easy to explain to your wife!). It's up to you - other products might work better. If I were starting from scratch, I wouldn't use this brand again, but at least I DO now have a working network - at least for now... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Original review (written 3 years ago): This does two things: it extends your internet connection over your house mains wiring (which it does very well and is dead easy to set up), and it extends your wi-fi (which it does in two different ways - one very easy to set up, but of limited use, and one much more useful, but a bugger to set up). As an internet extender, it's a wondeful product - mine works perfectly in the shed at the bottom of a 50m garden, with God knows how many connections/sockets/plugs inbetween the two ends. So, if you want to take the laptop down to the shed (or upstairs to the back bedroom) and plug it in to the extender with a bit of ethernet cable, it's a superb solution. However, if you want to use your laptop over wi-fi, the picture is more complicated. You can configure these adaptors as wi-fi repeaters, which is very simple (just press a button on you router and another on the extender). But this only gives you a decent signal if your extender plug is close enough to the router to pick up decent signal itself. So, great for the next room, but not so good for the back bedroom - and my shed remains wi-fi free. To get wi-fi from the extender plug itself, you have to configure it as a mini-router, and this is complicated (don't bother with the - very confusing - instructions, there is an excellent video on Youtube - the url of which Amazon won't let me give you!!). But it works - and wi-fi in your shed 70m away is yours for the having. So far, so good (except for the rubbish instructions). But then you have to deal with the quality of the product itself. And here the picture is far from rosy. I was so impressed with the original extender (which came with the base plug), that I ordered a second one. However, this wouldn't work, so was sent back. Its replacement worked OK, so for a few weeks I had wifi in my shed, whilst my daughter could do her homework in her bedroom. (It very cleverly uses the same address and password as your router, so devices can switch from one to the other fairly seamlessly.) But then both (BOTH!) units started playing up - providing intermitent wi-fi, or none at all. I reset both and followed the wonderful Youtube video once again - one came back to life, the other was fine with paired internet, but refused to do wi-fi. So now it's the daughter's homework or me listening to Radio Caroline in the garden. You can guess who won that one... It's taken me a while to get round to sorting this out, so I'm beyond a reasonable time limit for returning the faulty unit (without a lot of fuss), and I don't know if it's worth trying a fourth one. Or maybe I should get a cheap router and plug it in the shed? (edit - this is what I did in the end) Such a pity these are so unreliable, because, with better quality control (and much better instructions!) this would be a really ecellent product. But as things stand, all I can say is try it and see - but be ready to send it back if it doesn't work (and don't expect too much from the replacement). Good luck.

This is an excellent product, although the set-up certainly wasn't easy plug-and-play for me. In fact, I wasn't expecting it to be straightforward because I had previous experience of installing TP-Link 211 and 281 systems. The 4220 set-up process turned out to be another hit-and-miss affair - it took several hours and repeated attempts until it eventually started working, for no apparent reason. I don't know whether these difficulties can be blamed on the wiring in my house (1970s detached) or my inability to make sense of the totally inadequate and confusing instructions - possibly both. The cloning feature, which is a huge step forward when working, actually makes the installation more complicated if it doesn't work first time. Since the instructions are very vague on the proper sequence to be followed and they do not acknowledge the possibility that either the cloning or the pairing may not work first time around, users like me have to keep trying with little guidance on how to deal with unexpected scenarios. For this reason I can't provide a simple step-by-step guide like some other reviewers, but I can highlight a few questions which arose during the set-up process, together with my observations. This may be helpful to new customers. 1. WHERE IS THE CLONING BUTTON ON THE EXTENDER UNIT? (It's an almost invisible recessed switch on the LED strip). 2. HOW DO YOU KNOW IF CLONING HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL? (The flickering array of LEDs is not at all helpful. The main indicator of success is that the TP-Link network ID no longer appears on your iPad or other tablet. However, you still don't know for sure that the extender is now transmitting a cloned version of your main broadband. The only way to check is to move the extender and iPad out of range of the router network). 3. WHAT ABOUT ENCRYPTION? (Despite the reference on the box to "One Button Encryption" there is no encryption button on the devices, or guidance notes. More knowledgable users will realise that encryption is accomplished through the WPS cloning process. However, some may assume from the list of MAC numbers and passwords in tiny print on the devices that some sort of password-protected set-up is required). 4. DO YOU NEED TO USE THE RESOURCE CD OR THE PASSWORDS FOR NORMAL SET-UP? (Not if you have a WPS button on your router. You can set up the adapter base unit and two extenders without getting into unnecessary complications). The good news is that when the 4220 kit is up and working it is first-class. BBC iPlayer or Skygo can be streamed to multiple devices from a seamless network. The system is also much less prone to random loss of Internet connection, as experienced with the previous 281 model. A pity about the instructions.

attention prises anglaises

Not as powerfull as expected for the price and is bulky

fonctionne, mais je n'arrive pas a "étendre " le WIFI existant. Il y a donc un deuxieme réseau avec ses propres caractéristiques

Die Installation ist sehr einfach. 1. Möglichkeit:Wenn schon ein Powerline Adapter in der Steckdose steckt und mit dem Router verbunden ist, braucht man nur dieses Gerät in eine andere Steckdose im der Wohnung oder dem Haus zu stecken und nach knapp einer Minute hat man eine neues WLAN-Signal. Der WLAN-Schlüssel für dieses Signal ist auf dem Gerät notiert. 2. Möglichkeit: Man steckt den Extender im Raum mit dem Router in eine Steckdose, drückt am Router die WPS-Taste und innerhalb von 2 Minuten am Extender die kleine unter den Lichtern befindliche Taste, übernimmt der Extender den WLAN-Schlüssel des Routers. Jetzt kann man wie zuvor den Extender in irgendeine Steckdose im Haus oder der Wohnung stecken und man hat ein neues WLAN-Signal mit demselben Schlüssel wie der Router. Den auf dem Extender notierten Schlüssel braucht man nicht. Beides sehr gut und einfach und bisher, seit ein paar Wochen, funktioniert es zuverlässig.

Lo tengo conectado con un alargador a cincuenta metros de mi casa. Funciona como dios. Además, tiene su propia contraseña, independiente de la que trae el propio router, con lo que da mas posibilidades para compartir Wi-Fi. Yo ya tenía un conjunto de emisor receptor y ahora añadí otro receptor. Tenía miedo de que no fuera compatible, pero no hubo problema.