devolo 8289 Magic 1-1200 LAN Add-on Powerline Adapter,Stable Home Working, High Performance(Up to 1200 Mbps for Your Home Network, Internet from Any Wall Socket,Plug and Play, Easy Config),White

Perfect service . Item as advertised , well packaged and it arrived promptly .

These are the best powerline adaptors you can get, but very Frustrating setup, things you should be aware of:-1. Don't use the pairing button on the side, during pairing, the adaptors 'share' a bonding/encryption passwordbetween them, this can cause automatic bonding issues between multiple devices and when expanding yournetwork.2. Do NOT use the phone/tablet app, download the PC/Mac desktop application.3. Individually, one by one plug in the adaptors and network wire connect Directly to your router. From the desktopapp you will see the 'single' device', select the device side top menu to open it own web configuration page. Ensureyou update to the latest Firmware. From this you go to the Management page and 'name' the device <your_name>.Then turn OFF BOTH power saving options - then save, these cause no end of problems, disappearingdevices/connection loss. Then select the 'Powerline' menu, add your own 'password' <my_password>, this is thecommon 'bonding/pairing' password (NOT the web login).Note it’s an idea to add a login/browser access password for each device, it’s possible for hackers to access yourdevices via the powerline.3. Repeat for each 'device'.4. Then plug in all devices into the required location.5. Check in the Desktop application you can see all devices.

This thing is absolutely amazing. I am concerned about the Wifi signal so I don't want it all over the house. I bought 8 of this devices because it works seamlessly. I started with 2 and ended plugging all possible device in a 4 floor house. My TVs, my computers and my son's Xbox and Playstation are now wired and everything works perfectly anywhere in the house. So I don't need dangerous Wifi devices all over. Pay good attention to the configuration though: plug the main one, click on the button on the main one, it starts blinking, then you plug the others in a close plug to configure them one after the other. Finally, move them to the final destination. The colour of the lights and the blinking might seem tricky but it is easy. Just read the instructions. I hope you enjoy it and your family is safer!!!!

Upgraded from develo 1200 and they are literally twice as fast. Setting them up is more of a pain there is no longer a manual add facility using the code off the back of them you have to press the button on one then on the others.If you buy the WIFI ones TURN OFF YOUR MAIN WIFI, it conflicts with the MESH , the 1200's did exactly the same thing and it degrades the WIFI massively. Our conservatory which is a mega long cable run used to get 30MB and now gets 60-80MB which is plugged into our sky box films now download twice as fast.If you DONT use the wifi version anywhere IE are LAN only > the app doesn't work on IOS or Anroid > Only deverlop Cockpit desktop for PC or MAC> its been waiting for a firmware update from develo since September > appears it needs at least 1 wifi point for the management app to function on mobile device> seems they didn't expect anyone to not want there "crappy" wifi > and it is crappy.I initially bought the wifi version but the "mesh" wasn't very good, lots of signal loss , bad handover, no WIFI 6 / AX > so sent them back and bought the LAN version (which is brilliant) and then replaced my router with a Netgear RAX200 WIFI 6 router and hung another RAX200 Netgear WIFI 6 router (set in AP access point mode) off a LAN MAGIC 2 the other end of my house - Net result is rock solid Ethernet Everywhere I need it in the house and mad fast WIFI 6 AX covering the whole house.What I'd like to see for Magic 31- is a 1/2.5GB port on the ethernet LAN port and on the triple - as although the LAN triple can do 2400MB's it can only do 1GB per port > with routers / Access points now supporting 2.5GB this would save me having run a cat 7 cable in my house to the secondary Access point - which defeats the object that Magic 2 is supposed to avoid2 - On the WIFI version Wifi 6 / AX with ideally triple band and 6 or 12 streams and work on the "mesh" handover between wifi points and automation around channels3 - more speed you can never have enough speed :)4 - A less flakey cockpit 5.1.3 it crashes lots on windows 10 , 5.1.2 runs fine > no idea why or the differenceSummary is LAN MAGIC 2 ones are brilliant , WIFI ones are "OK". You'd probably be better of buying the 1200's if you just want wifi as I couldn't see any difference between magic and 1200's but if you want rock solid LAN performance then Magic 2 is the way to go use your existing wifi and hang a "matching Access point / AP or router in running in AP mode" off the other end and you'll get amazing matched mesh wifi (assuming your router and AP are decent)