Question 1

Do you have 220V AC?

Accepted Answer

No, it just hooks up to 120v.

Question 2

How much the range of these two adaptor?

Accepted Answer

The adapters communicate between each other through your house wiring.  Basically all your house wiring is connected to the incoming power feed at your fuse or circuit breaker panel.  AC power bascially only has three wires a hot wire, a neutral wire, and ground.

I don't think there is any restriction on range.  These adapters have no wireless capabilities.  You need to connect your devices to the adapter with four ports via a network cable (CAT5).

I hope this helps.

Question 3

Can you plug this into a surge protector? I'm assuming not, but eating-up an outlet near my TV in the living room may displace some other devices.

Accepted Answer

I believe they recommend plugging directly into the wall outlet.  The electrical components in the surge protector may interfere with the network signal being transmitted between the two unit thru the house wiring.

I have another set of adaptors (different brand) plugged into the wall with extension cords which I use for my smart tvs.  They use the same   signals that are being transmitted from my LINKSYS adapter.

I hope this helps.

Question 4

can you use this to connect 4 devices in different areas of the house? Or do you have to buy other adaptors?  If so do they talk to the one connected to the router if they are all Lynksis?

Accepted Answer

The usual config is the single-ethernet powerline is plugged into the wall and the ethernet cable is connected to your main router or main switch.

The 4-port device would be in another part of the house. You then can connect 4 regular ethernet devices (desktop, gaming console, printer, NAS). And the powerline interface is plugged into the wall  and connect back to the other Linksys unit near your router.

Question 5

It will works with any kind of router because my base router is Netgear?

Accepted Answer

I have not used this specific model of powerline adapter, even though I bought one.  I have used others, and they work with any brand router.  You can think of these as being ethernet cables through power lines, and they  should work with any brand of router.

Question 6

What would I need to purchase in order to operate three computers in in three different rooms? (I don't want to use the computers wirelessly)  Can I purchase an additional "extension" unit? And if so, how much would an extension unit cost?
Thanks

Accepted Answer

you will need the base hooked to the router. then 3 extension units. the extra units are usually half the cost of the starter kits

Question 7

I couldn't get mine to work where the units were plugged into outlets on different circuit breakers....worked ok on the same breaker. Where I needed to use the remote unit, it was on a different breaker and didn't work. Anyone get this to work on different breakers because the odds are against the house all being on the same breaker?

Accepted Answer

It depends on which circuit the breakers are connected to.  Typically, a home has a 220V connection where one side of the 220V level is below neutral and the other above neutral (think -110 and +110).  Usually homes are wired with one side of the 110 for lights and the other side for power sockets.  However, if two power sockets are on opposite sides of the 110 split, then the adapters may not work.

If the circuit breakers are on different sides of the breaker panel, they may be on different 110 splits.

Question 8

For the single port, how wide is it when plugged in? My closest outlet is next to a wall so I am limited on space to one side.

Accepted Answer

The User Guide tips say...If possible, connect each Powerline adapter directly to a wall power outlet, and not to an extension cord, power strip, or surge protector.

Question 9

i'm racking my brain trying to find the difference between Linksys PLSK400 and PLSK400-NP: i'm clearly overlooking something obvious. It can't simply be a newer version.
Whats the difference?

Accepted Answer

Not sure, but hope this helps. I only used this set up for two weeks as I was constantly having to reset the connection. I purchased a tp link av1200. It has more thru put, faster speed, mimo, and is about the same price. I bought a second set and used both boxes to add two more sights. You cant do that with the linksys. I run about 30 devices all the time and my system runs great.

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