TP-Link Powerline WiFi Extender TL-WPA7617 - AC1200 Dual Band Powerline Network Extender, Gigabit Port, Passthrough, OneMesh, Ethernet Over Power, 𝐀𝐝𝐝-𝐨𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭

Worked really great,put it in my shop witch is 70 feet away from my house and got really good Internet connection and easy to install.

This was easy to install and it increased the speed and range of my wifi. Great value for money. Great quality and the cable length was perfect but could be a bit longer

Tried everything to get it to improve our WiFi signal. Utilized the same circuit breaker, tpPLC app, internet searches, etc. but failed to improve our WiFi until . . . . . What they could let you know is that you need to connect to its SSID (WiFi name) which is not apparent, even in the app. After looking at the list of WiFi network SSID’s to connect to, I noticed a TP-Link connection. I tried it and it worked. So your device has to connect to another network name. After all, it’s not an extender of your current WiGi, but a powerline network adapter. Using an online internet speed check, it’s not faster than my original home WiFi, but the signal is stronger, which is what was needed.

I have an Archer AX11000 router. I previously had added a OneMesh node using a TP-Link range extender (has to be One of their OneMesh compatible RE Models). I wanted to add another node to my detached garage in order to add some home automation out there. I was concerned that a OneMesh range extended would not work well because of the distance and the structure. This Powerline Wifi extender was the answer. My garage uses the same power circuit as my house, so I was able to set up the base next to my router and put the receiver/wifi in my garage. I got a strong signal and the Wifi setup was simple. Once it was set up and working normally I wanted to turn it into a OneMesh node. All I had to do was open my main router in the Tether app, go to Tools > OneMesh. The new Powerline adapter appeared in the list of OneMesh devices on the network. I clicked it, turned on the OneMesh slider, and 30 seconds later I had a OneMesh node in my garage.

Our cable internet provider says our signal should be at least 500 Mbps down, and currently a wired connection measures in the low 600’s. Wi-Fi on the other side of the house drops to about 330 Mbps. Powerline Wi-Fi extenders have been recommended by folks who should know on online forums to which we belong, so we hoped this extender would provide a good signal throughout the house, including some places where we don’t have one. However, with the adapter plugged into a port on the router, the extender barely produced 30 Mbps when plugged into an outlet on the same electrical circuit. This is good enough to stream 4K video, but no useable signal was present when we plugged into an outlet where we needed it, so we returned the device for a refund. My husband fiddled with it for a week or so, but it just didn’t work in our house. Perhaps the poor performance is due to the way our house is wired. It was built in 1989 when houses were wired room by room, with outlets and lighting fixtures on the same circuit. Or maybe there is some other reason. As a sidebar I can report that powerline Wi-Fi is compatible with X-10 home automation, as all our X-10 devices continued to work. X-10 is an older home automation protocol which wouldn’t be installed today, but since our system works just fine there is no need to replace it. Or maybe the reason there was no interference between the two systems is because the Wi-Fi signal was so weak. Strange that our house wiring supports an old automation protocol but not a new Wi-Fi system.

I wanted Internet access in my workshop - it's two floors below my WiFi access point and between the flooring, ductwork and so forth, I've had little luck getting a reliable signal there. I don't need massive speed, so my first thought was powerline networking. I've had good luck with TP-Link powerline products in the past, so I figured I'd try it. The biggest problem I had was that the product I received was obviously returned by a previous owner. I can say this definitively because instead of using the default SSID and password on the label, it was configured to the SSID "DavesGarage" with an unknown password...clearly, someone had deployed this product and returned it to Amazon, but nothing in the product description told me I was paying for a used product. I was also surprised at the performance limitations of this device. I have an older TP-Link powerline adapter that works well, but lacks WiFi (it's just two wired gigabit ethernet ports). I get about 700 megabits to this device and that's more than enough for my needs. I was expecting this newer WPA7617 to be as fast or faster, but that's not the case. On the wired ports of the WPA7617, I'm getting about 100 megabits - maybe 10% of the advertised speed. Connected to WiFi, I get about 30 megabits on the 2.4 GHz band, and about 50 megabits on the 5.0 GHz band. I thought perhaps the issue was the location where I have the device, so I moved the WPA6717 to the same location where I have my other powerline adapter and unplugged the older one. No change - still roughly 10% of the promised throughput. I also tried moving my older TP-Link receiver to my workshop, and it did fine there - about 700 megabits. Thinking it might be a problem to have two separate powerline networks going, I also tried pairing the receiver in the WPA7617 kit with my existing powerline network...again, no chancg in performance. I was impressed that this configuration worked (that is, one sender connecting to two receivers), but it didn't seem to make a difference from a performance perspective. Other negatives I'll mention are that the device runs a bit hot, it's big enough to block both outlets in a normal junction box, and it doesn't support any of the recent WiFi standards. There's no 802.11AC, AX, etc...the latest you get is 802.11n - a 15-year old standard that emerged in 2008. On the positive side, it is fairly inexpensive and once I understood how to reset the device back to factory defaults to clear the configuration that the previous owner had set, the setup process went smoothly. I had it up and running in just a few minutes, and the connection seemed to be solid (albeit slow). In summary, I suppose the fact that I was shipped a used product masquerading as new isn't TP-Link's fault...I'll blame Amazon for that one. But dramatically slower performance than advertised is troubling, and even though that's not necessarily a show-stopper for me,I just can't recommend this product. I'd definitely recommend trying other brands instead.

If you have an outbuilding like a workshop that is metal you know it does not let wifi signal in. We tried everything but this was the only cheap solution! It carries the wifi signal through your electric wiring! So if your outbuilding is on the same electric as your house this will work! If you are trying to use a TV, make sure it has the jack for this or you will have to get a cheap 2nd router to use the 2nd box with it instead. TP Link has a $30 router if you need one. Setup was simple!

This unit was easy to setup. I first put the adapter in a wall socket next to my router, then in another room plugged in the extender. On a laptop I downloaded the TpPLC app and used that to identify the unit. I let it connect and altered the password. I then moved the extender into a wall socket in my remote office that is 100ft from my house and serviced by one GFCI line. I know some say the power line extenders might not work through a GFCI but I got lucky. I'm glad this worked because I tried for over a year to get a pair of Nano Station transmitter/antennae to work but due to too many trees in line of site, it failed. I liked that in the office I didn't need an extender or ethernet cable to my laptop. The extender does not need ethernet connector, but it also "broadcasts" into the room. In my house, without the extender, the speeds were 280Mbps down, 160Mbps up. With the extender on a nearby outlet in the house the speed dropped to 12.6Mbps down and 22.3Mbps up. When I moved to the remote office the speeds were 19.6Mbps down, 7.7Mbps up. The remote office is on a circuit with a GFCI, but comparing the above speeds in the house and office I don't think the GFCI is making a difference. The proof will be when my daughter does here zoom calls.\ Also, whether it was paired or cloned did not make any difference in speed. The above numbers are for cloned SSID. I used this so I can access our network printer while in the remote office.