- Plug-and-play for easy installation
- Data transfer rates of up to 500 Mbps for video streaming and gaming
- Gigabit Ethernet port provides faster wired connection
- QoS enhances media streaming quality
500Mbps is somewhat misleading
03/09/2012
This review is from: ZyXEL PLA4205KIT 500 Mbps Gigabit Powerline Wall-Plug Adapter Starter Kit
Pros:
Provides solid 100Mbps connection in reasonable environment. Good wireless replacement where signals are weak or spectrum is shared by large amount of users.
Cons:
It's 500Mbps "capacity". It's no more than doped up 200Mbps standard. It's a full duplex capacity, so it tops at 250Mbps one way. They should have advertised as 250, not 500. I have to say I was disappointed when I found this out.
Manual was somewhat inaccurate. It seems that I have to tap button twice instead of holding it for 2 sec to enable encrypt.
Overall Review:
While my 130Mbps wireless is better in peak performance, I prefer hard wire over wireless as I live in highrise and wifi spectrum is very busy in most of the channels.
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- Keiji S.
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