Trendnet has always offered great value with its wireless and powerline products, but often the company has avoided the higher specification devices. However, its latest hardware bucks that trend, combining the best in powerline and wireless technologies, yet still priced to remain competitive.
The Trendnet Wi-Fi Everywhere Powerline 1200 AV2 Wireless Kit (TPL-430APK) bundles two products to provide a simple and effective means to spread dual-channel Wi-Fi to the more remote parts of a home or business using powerline technology.
Is the kit a good way to save money, and can it deliver on all the claims made on the box?
The $119.99 (about £139.98) cost is higher than we were expecting, but it’s about the same price as the Asus PL-AC56 kit, but more than TP-Link’s AV1200 Gigabit Powerline ac Wi-Fi Kit (TL-WPA8730KIT).
At the time of writing you can buy the TPL-421E powerline adapter independently for $39.99 (£43.99), and Trendnet promises that the Powerline Wi-Fi access point (TPL-430AP) will also be available to buy for those with existing powerline gear. However, there is no separate price for the latter module at this time.
Overall, this solution is marginally cheaper than the market-leading Devolo 9392 kit, though that unit has through power on …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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