From Newegg customer reviews, performance of even the latest powerline equipment is far inferior to ethernet or even wifi. Plus the units have massive quality control issues. Not interested.
i don't trust alot of newegg reviews especially when they claim to be 'expert' users and are building their first pc or their problem is easily identified and cured in a google search. most of the reviewers are extremely lazy and expect their ddr2 ram to fit in ddr4 ram slots and whine and complain how something didn't work because their expertness forgot to program manual settings listed right in the freakin manuals of their products.
most of these phony 'expert' reviewers are easy to spot, none of their system specs or settings are listed.
"DADE L.
3/13/2015 6:10:12 AM
Tech Level: High
Ownership: more than 1 year
Verified Owner
3 out of 5 eggsWorks really well while it works
This review is from: LINKSYS PLSK400-NP Powerline AV200 4-Port Network Adapter Kit, Up to 200Mbps
Pros: I was able to get a LAN connection upstairs in my house which was super awesome. Things run really well and are a breeze to set up.
Cons: Sometimes disconnects for me. Probably once every hour or so. It really hurts my experience playing games as the outage normally kicks me off of whatever game I'm playing. I often end up just going back to WiFi.
Other Thoughts: Mine probably just had something wrong with them - they were still super helpful and I do really like them otherwise." <=====3 most likely he plugged it in on the same circuit as his chest freezer or refrigerator or window air conditioning unit, note his lack of specs and no mention of large appliances on his circuit? not even a mention of a 5-5-5-15 ram clock timing or anything experts KNOW to include.
i bought this same kit for my brother an my parents, my brother used to have an issue with it until i saw it was plugged into his circuit with his chest freezer when i line tested the circuit (i thought the instructions were clear and simple, he never bothered to read them) i've personally used these for a few years as well in places i couldn't run cat5e due to steel beams in the walls and subflooring and i added another with built in wifi extension, no software was required and worked great, but to enable the security to the wifi you need to download the software and use the software to set the security every time that adapter loses power or it loses it's settings. the whole system kicks butt over the modem & routers G/N wifi from both netgear and linksys and actiontec.
there is limited bandwidth tho as it can run 1080p on netflix and youtube an ipad and iphone at the same time, mmo gaming is acceptable with about 20 in ping added on (w/o using the wireless) but you simply can not online game and run netflix at the same time with out lag spikes.
i've analyzed the network several times when my brother has a party and 16 cellphones connected to its wifi isn't a problem unless you're trying to online game at the same time even via a direct cat5e connection to the modem with ple400 a plsk400 and a plwk 400 wifi. and people using more than 1 wireless devices so don't plan on gaming if more than one person is using the wifi, the lag will infuriate you.
these are the homeplug av standard, i will look into finding him a replacement homeplug av2 standard set up as soon as i find one with wifi i can gift him for x-mas or his birthday which ever comes first. ( i use family like lab rats to test lots of things heh heh heh SSSHHHHHHhhhhhh!!!)
over all good article, i'm not an expert, just a jack of trades but more dangerous than the average user as many of my cisco network admin friends have trained me like a minion/apprentice to help them for lots of projects and enough to build, program and maintain my own networking nightmares. basement and house to house gaming was glorious FU STEAM & Origin!