Magic 2 WiFi next Whole Home Powerline Kit | Mesh Wi-Fi AC | 2000 Mbps | G.hn Wave 2 | Multi-User MIMO | 3 Passthrough Adapters | 5x Gb LAN Ports [2+2+1] | Best for large homes

This is a hybrid whole-house wifi solution that blends wifi with powerline ethernet.You begin the process by plugging the base LAN adapter into a wall outlet near your wifi router (the LAN adapter and the two wifi adapters that come with it are all pass-through, so you don't lose your outlet capacity). After plugging the LAN unit into a power main, you attach it to your router with a (provided) ethernet cable.After setting up the base LAN unit, both remote wifi units are plugged in at locations where your home router's wifi doesn't reach. This enables your LAN unit to run a wired backhaul connection over your power lines to your wifi units which then transmit your ethernet communication either over wifi or by wired ethernet via two ethernet ports in each of the remote wifi connectors. The entire system operates as a mesh network and if you use the same network SSID as your base wifi router, you can have it operate as a seamless network where you can move from place to place and have your phone/tablet/computer automatically attach to the best available signal.Why not just buy a mesh wifi system and run a wired backhaul to the remote units? The use rationale for this system is where running a wired backhaul isn't practical/feasible and wireless backhaul is blocked by a masonry wall, the distance is too great to run wifi backhaul, etc.This isn't a system for normal situations. It's a great little system, but it's made to get wifi to areas inaccessible via means other than powerline ethernet.This system differs from powerline adapters you might have used years ago in that it uses uses second generation G.hn Powerline chips (Gigabit Home Networking), which claim data rates up to 2.4Gbps (gigabits per second). Most Powerline adapters are based on the HomePlug AV2 standard with a maximum data rate of 1.2Gbps. In real life tests, these do provide over double the speed of the previous AV2 standard adapters.Running over powerline to ethernet, not through wifi, but from a wired NAS to a wired computer, transfer speeds were 35MB/s and a folder with 10 GB of files transferred in just over two minutesConnection between the base and remote units is easy. With the base unit installed and connected, plug in a remote unit and press the connect button. Then, within three minutes, press the connect button on the base unit and you're connected. Further connection parameters can be set via the Devolo app.The value of this set depends on your specific situation. Yet in the right circumstances, this is the perfect solution to networking difficulties. And with the new powerline standard, this system is runs much closer to wifi speed than previous powerline adapters.

When these work, they work pretty well, but I've had all kinds of inconsistent issues with them.For example, we have one hotspot connected to an outlet on one side of our bedroom. It was working pretty well. One night, I realized that if my wife plugged her macbook into an outlet on the opposite side of the room, the Devolo adapter on the other stopped working entirely. Plenty of similar scenarios have played out in our house. It's not like we're working with some ancient wiring either, the house is about 15 years old.Additionally, one of the two adapters we purchased stopped working entirely about 3 months in.It's a cool idea, but just hasn't been worth it for us with all the tinkering required to find a stable set up.

This is a network extension kit that provides both Wifi and wired connections. In the kit, you get a LAN adapter and 2 Wifi/wired extensions that work over your existing powerlines. You also get a 6.5’ length of ethernet cable and a paper instruction guide. To use this system, you plug the ethernet cable into your router. Then you plug the other end into the LAN adapter and plug the LAN adapter into a nearby electric socket. The adapter has a pass-through electric socket on the front. Then you can plug the other 2 units where you need network service, anywhere on your electrical system. The internet signal flows over the electrical system. From the adapters, you can either take a Wifi or wired connection (2 wired Ethernet ports are provided on each adapter). The kit uses Mesh technology to simplify network connections. It relies on G.hn technology.I am very pleased with how easy it was to set up this system. I had it up and running in minutes. I am also impressed with the speed boost, especially when using wired connections to the adapters. The included app makes it easy to set up guest Wifi connections. I am thinking of getting another adapter for our garage to improve wifi service there. Overall, this is an easy way to improve reliability and connection speed for whole house networking.