it must be on the same powerline to use homeplugs.
your house is using the same powerline wth ur office?

I'm not too sure, i stay at condo, and i rent another unit opposite as my office, does it count as same powerline?

I think that will be not the same power line.
Same power line means on the same meter.

Thanks

Guys, I got question. Does home plug usually come in pair? Or have to buy 2? Very new this home plug thing.

Hi, I bought TP-Link TL-PA211KIT (pair) several days ago, to connect STB at ground floor to TP-Link TD-W8960N ADSL/AP/Router at 1st floor. Yes, I am using the TD-W8960N as the stock DIR615 replacement. I configured it to channel IPTV (Vlan 600) to port 4 of the router, and connects it to the HomePlug.

Unifi --> RG -> TD-W8960N --> HP1 *****> HPg --> STB --> TV

HP1 : First floor HomePlug
HPg : Ground floor HomePlug

It works great, but, sometime got frame freeze. Previously I tried using 2 WiFi N APs in Repeater Bridge mode, but it is worse.. It is due to Multicast UDP stream which carries the video stream. It is a well know problem for WiFi to stream Multicast , eventhough the stream is just at 5Mb/s (Megabit/s).

At least with HomePlug, YouTube stream is working flawless, where it use standard HTTP/TCP.

BTW, my house is using 3 phase electrical wiring I read somewhere that HomePlug may not working properly, but, it just works. I tried using it at several places, and the worst case senaria is it works at least, at 2Mbps (HP1@1st floor living room and HPg@kitchen). without ANY packet loss. Not try to put STB at kitchen yet, but, I may try it someday..

Ping responds are betewen 3-10 ms based on the location or distance. But, the most important thing is, NO packet loss, compared to WiFi N, which may get a very good ping respond around 1-2 ms, but, lots of packets loss, and this is the main problem for realtime streaming or gaming.

Oya, 1 more thing, I also read that HomePlug cannot be use on extensions + multiplier, but guess what, the HP1 is on 2 chained 10+2+2 m extension and multipliers!.

Wall plug --> 2m, 6 ports multiplier -> 10m 2 ports extentions --> 2m, 4 ports multiplier <-- HP1

Yeah, that is bad... but, it works... I plan to simplify the connections, if I have time, and hoping to get better performance....

Typically I got average working speed rate at 36 Mbps with the current setups.

Conclusion : I am qute happy with the TP-Link TL-PA211KIT (MYR155) even though there is a time to time frame freeze problem with multcast streaming TV channels. but, it works on multipliers, extension and 3 phases wiring! But, I am not saying that HomePlug will works at your place/setup.

Thank you.

This post has been edited by bahathir: Aug 30 2012, 05:26 AM

Hi guys

I am new to this homeplug. Tried it yesterday, however the powerlink led was glowing red on the default setting. Both of them were plugged into the wall socket directly.



Seems that my LED downlight causing the power link to glow red. Any one has the same experience?

This post has been edited by Quanta: Dec 12 2012, 10:41 PM

Hello everyone, really need your help.

I am using 3 tp-link homeplugs.

1. 1st homeplug located upstairs room with the modem & phone.
2. 2nd homeplug located downstairs room with D-Link DIr-615 router. My desktop & laptop is located here.
3. 3rd homeplug is at living room with iptv-box.

My iptv keeps showing error 9820, I read at another thread that the box must be connected to the router at LAN 4(red socket). But with my setup I am unable to do so, is there any other solutions?

Thank you very much.

Me got same poblem...
Btw is it possibe to use Ethernet splitter? Combine port 4&3, so we can get both internet and iptv?

This post has been edited by console: Apr 14 2013, 11:54 AM

@ post #68 & #69

i think you'll need 2 pairs of home plug

1 pair between modem - router (WAN)
1 pair from router (IPTV port) - iptv box

This post has been edited by safwanuar: Dec 13 2013, 05:14 PM

This is my setup:

BTU ---> HP 1 ---> HP 2 ---> WR1043ND (Internet Access)

HP 1 ---> HP 3 ---> DIR-615 ---> STB (IPTV)

In short:
1. I used 3 Aztech Homeplugs
2. From BTU split into two directions (First Homeplug paired to TWO Homeplugs)
3. First direction is to WR1043ND
4. Second direction is to DIR-615 which is connected to STB to provide IPTV

* Both routers (TP-Link WR1043ND AND Dir-615) are dialing the same Unifi account (same username and password) SIMULTANEOUSLY.

This post has been edited by Nashraf: Dec 13 2013, 07:15 PM

hi Nashraf,
i'm thinking of doing something like your setting.
questions do you run 2 dhcp servers, ie the WR1043ND is on a different network? and the DIR-615 is on another network? cuz i plan to use DIR-615 to extend my wifi as well.

thanks

I'm still confused with homeplug.
Let say i'm using two sets (or pairs) of homeplug, each with the same exact model, one pair for iptv and another for data. how these two pairs know that they are in the different internet network since they are all connected in one electrical network? Do they need to be configured?
So far from my understanding homeplug is just plug and play and it works just like network switches. Please enlighten me.