Buy Devolo dLAN 500 AVmini (IEEE 1901/ Hplug AV) Network Kit - (3x plugs)Devolo dLAN 500 AVmini (IEEE 1901/ Hplug AV) Network Kit - (3x plugs) Product Description:
- Connectivity technology: Wired
- Host interface: PowerPlug
- Interface: Ethernet
- Internal: N
- Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports quantity: 1
Product Description
The fastest high-speed home network - digital HD entertainment and 3D transmission throughout the home.
- High transfer rate of up to 500 Mbps.
- For all types of bandwidth-intensive transmission.
- Transmits multiple HDTV streams and even 3D movies reliably throughout the home.
- Full compatibility with all 200AV HomePlug AV adapters.
- Best energy saving mode: consumption is only 0. 5 watts in standby mode.
- 3 year manufacturers warranty; as unit is designed; tested and certified in Germany.
HD entertainment and fast home network in one: with speeds of 500 Mbps; the devolo dLAN® 500 AV mini is powerful enough to transmit even 3D movies to every room of your home. Without routing cables or WLAN picture stutter - simply over the electrical wiring. Connect computers; laptops; game consoles as well as Internet TVs and hard drive recorders to each other and to the Internet. The first powerline adapter of the latest generation is fully compatible with all 200 AV adapters; is extremely energy saving and; thanks to its flat; inconspicuous design; can be positioned anywhere.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
Plug & play, ..literally!
By J. Spennewyn
Used for 3 years to date without problems, now we have 5 of these spread over the house... so easy, plug & unplug then reconnect elsewhere, takes just a few seconds to get going again!Not cheap & shonky chinese copies, we went for the german original which is a well specced product thats left in 24-7 you NEED confidence in.Customer service is easily obtained, the onscreen layout / set up is simple (if you do get confused. potentially you can hook a few of these up in 2 minutes flat.Not recommended for flats where there is any doubt as to shared power mains, or else someone could plug in & use your network "potentially"These aren't recommended to be used on a chain of sockets (ie an extension lead, WE DO & don't find any problems).We Also run a big mains house "smoothing" transformer which should theoretically interfere with the workings of these ..it doesn't, these work without pause, perfectly.Stick one on your digital PVR & access the latest BBC i-player on your tv, or tv's ..work really well even with the "higher quality" streaming option (recommended) ..fine with the new ITV red button i-player also, streaming speed is good & opens an extras dimension (or option) to a full pvr memory.Sad as we are, it enables us to web surf in the bedroom without problem (hate wi-fi) & offers more peace of mind wher security is concerned.Ok so you will need to connect your item to a cable, but that's easy compared to running a bunch of cables to various rooms which is expensive & prone to being cut or chewed by rodents or building work.Easy & reliable, pricey yes, worth it? most definitely!3 leds t show state of connectivity, when they say plug & play they mean it!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.Fantastic piece of kit
By Mr. T. F. Norton
I bought this triple pack because I live in a house with three floors. Wireless reception was patchy on the top floor and, what's more, owing to a strategically placed boiler it was non-existent in one room on the first floor too. My goal was to position a wireless router in a central location in the house. The problem is: how do I connect it to the main router downstairs (with its broadband connection)? I'm not a fan of wireless repeaters. Every repeater you add basically halves the bandwidth of your network (half of it is consumed by relaying signals). That was a non-starter.The answer is this product. Develo have dubbed it 'dLAN', so I shall continue with that nickname. They are, quite literally, plug and play. I plugged one into the router downstairs, one into the wireless router upstairs, and that was it. (Of course, on a separate issue, I had to disable the DHCP in the second router - only one per network, disabled uPnP and disable QoS/firewall. All I want the second router to do is to provide a wireless access point.) You can do some tweaking if necessary: after installing the software provided you may enter a password for the network. I haven't bothered, but I guess if you live in a flat it might be something you need to address.The third plug goes straight into my computer. Since I have a gigabit Ethernet adapter in my computer, these plugs take advantage of that and utilise the extra bandwidth gigabit Ethernet offers over the standard 100mbps Ethernet. My computer is on the same floor (1st) as one of the plugs, and it reports a sync speed of 310mbps. With the plug on the ground floor, the reported sync speed is 240mbps. It's also interesting to note that in my house, the ground floor is on a separate ring to the first/second floors, so despite having a bit more distance to travel, the network speed doesn't diminish all that much.In this setup, I'm able to copy from a hard wired iMac to my dLAN PC at 91mbps. At this point, it is actually the hard-wired iMac that is the bottle neck on transfer speeds. I need to purchase a couple more of these, but when both computers are using dLAN (and both have gigabit Ethernet cards), I'm able to achieve transfer speeds of >100mbps. So this option supersedes standard 100mbps Ethernet. In my book, that is a stunning result. (I should add, though, that I live in a new build, so the wiring is as good as could possibly be.) Of course, if you want the fastest network around, you'd use gigabit routers and wire up your house with CAT6 cabling, however in many situations this is a complete pain to do. So as a balance of ease to install, neatness and decent transfer rates, the dLAN gets my vote for sure.Compared to a wireless connection, dLAN destroys it. Latency is basically at the same level as a standard wired network. (Ping times are typically 2ms for me.) This makes dLAN a much better choice than wireless for gamers. The connection is rock solid, won't cut out randomly, doesn't need the occasional reboot and is faster than wifi in all but the most ideal of circumstances (top-dollar wireless router sitting next to the computer). I only have wireless available for smart phone connection and the odd laptop that comes into the house.I plan on buying more of these to dLAN up as much of my house as possible. The more of my computers, consoles and media streamers that are hooked together (thus avoiding the bottleneck of my router), the better.One final note: these plugs can't run a network in isolation. By this, I mean that you will still need to retain your router for your broadband connection and use one plug to connect this to the rest of your dLAN network. The reason is that these plugs don't replace the network structure (they don't do DHCP and dish out IP addresses, for example). As far as the computers on your network can tell, they don't exist - they may as well be in a hard wired network. (Technically speaking, they operate on the data link layer of the network.) So you need to use these to augment your current network, not replace it. However, given I'm sure most people would like to retain some sort of wireless network (phones/ tablets/ laptops), this shouldn't be an issue.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.Forget the cables and the unreliable wireless networks
By Colin
These products have saved me hours of drilling, crimping cables and setting up unreliable wireless networks. I have had the Devolo 75mbps versions, the Devolo 200 and now the 500 and the speed of these things is great! I tried other makes such as Belkin but none of them have been as reliable and fast as the Devolo range.These have never failed yet (and hopefully never will!).These come with network cables included, just check your PC's have network sockets on the back.For anyone who is limited for plug sockets, you can get these with a power socket (passthrough) on the back. Have a look on Amazon for these (about 30 quid more).The only downside I can find with these is the size of them, if you are running these on an extension lead you might not be able to squeeze your other plugs in either side to these.One word of warning, you cannot use these to interconnect houses/flats unless they are using the same power meter.
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