ZyXEL PLA-450 200 Mbps Powerline HomePlug AV 802.11g Wireless Access Point

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What Customers Say About ZyXEL PLA-450 200 Mbps Powerline HomePlug AV 802.11g Wireless Access Point:

This powerline duo smokes. Accessing the PLA-450 device via a browser is a little tricky the first time. We recently built out our basement and before I spent the time and money to cat5 my whole house or possibly add a second cable modem, I decided to give the PLA-450 + 1 PLA-401 a try. So the PLA-450 acts as my second wireless router (called an access point) allowing me to plug it into any wall outlet in the house. I am thrilled that I can get near cat5 performance without having to hard-wire my house. My cable modem is on the second floor and my primary DLink wireless router is connected to it. The PLA-450 is a good wireless device permeating interior walls with ease and maintaining reasonably strong reception with my laptop - even with a floor in between.

I called support and they were easy to get ahold of and nice and friendly. To my amazement, I saw no degradation of speed when connected to the PLA-450 wirelessly at a reasonable range than I did when connected directly to my cable modem. You have to temporarily change you IP address on your network connection. Needless to say, getting great coverage from the second floor to my basement was not possible on the DLink. You do have to have at least 1 PLA-401 (connected to the primary router) and then your powerline link is complete. The instructions do tell you what is needed so a call is probably not necessary for most users. A great product that suits my need perfectly.