General
BrandZyXel
Product Specifications
Product Features
- Perfect for bandwidth hungry applications like HDTV streaming and gaming
- No power leads - integrated plug enables you to connect straight into your plug socket
- Create a hassle free home network through your plug sockets with no need for additional wiring
- Alternative to wireless, no dead spots, no interference, no performance issues
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Product Description
Manufacturer's Description
The ZyXEL PLA401 PowerLine HomePlug AV 200Mbps creates a simple high performance home network ideal for streaming high definition video content, audio streaming, gaming and Internet connectivity. It allows your home to be completely networked using your existing plug sockets with setup consisting of 2 easy steps:
1) Connect your PLA400 to any existing plug socket and router
2) Connect another PLA400 to any networked device and then plug in
Additional ZyXEL PLA401 PowerLine HomePlug AV 200Mbps units can be added where required to extend the coverage of your home network.
The PLA401 is the right product for you if:
- You need to connect an Ethernet device requiring a high bandwidth connection such as a HDTV media adapter, games console or more, to your home network
- No power leads - integrated plug enables you to connect straight into your plug socket
- You want to reach locations that your wireless does not cover or where wireless does
not give the required performance - You want to relocate your PC somewhere else in your home
Easy to Install
- Simple to install with integrated plug design, simple to use, up and running in less than a minute!
- Extend your Internet access to any location around your home by simple connection to a plug socket
- The PLA401 runs on your home electrical mains circuit, it therefore does not suffer the similar interference, dead spots, or performance issues associated with wireless
- 3x the distance of standard Ethernet - up to 300 metres coverage between PLA401's
Security
- Automatically create a secure network
- The network only extends as far as your electricity meter and uses 128-bit AES encryption for peace of mind
- Your network is contained within your mains circuit and is not visible to your neighbours!
Speed
- Up to 200Mbps performance - perfect for streaming high definition video, music, email, web browsing and making broadband telephone calls at the same time!
- Media Traffic Control to ensure time sensitive applications like voice and video are given priority over standard email and Internet traffic
Advanced Features
- Advanced software is available on the CD. This is not essential to get your PLA401 network up and running
Product Description
ZyXELs Powerline Series is an access extension solution to completely network your house with existing power lines. Thanks to the advanced HomePlug AV technology, the PLA-401 is capable of transmitting data at up to 200 Mbps. It allows you to share network resources and enjoy Internet access through secure high-speed data connections over the house power lines you already have. The inherent advanced QoS features of HomePlug AV Series are ideal for service provider to deliver Triple play multimedia services...
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
I bought this product (thought not from this source) to replace an irritatingly slow wireless card in a desktop at home, and I've got to say I'm totally happy with it.
It's just as simple as it claims. I unboxed the adaptors, plugged one in by the desktop and attached a LAN cable, did the same at the other end of the line to connect to the router, powered up, and off it went. Nothing else to do.
It's miles quicker than wireless. My wife, the primary user of the desktop in question, was being driven slowly bonkers by the painfully slow printing operations to a shared printer on the network (not surprising it was slow to be fair). Now she's happy: it just prints like it was directly attached.
I could make a good case for forgetting about wireless connectivity on my laptop now: simply take one of these around the house with it and plug it in to a convenient socket.
Note that the device at the router end is plugged into a six gang extension, and it still works just fine. I guess it might be quicker directly into a socket, but it seems fine to me.
Excellent product, highly recommended.
Postscript- 16 months later:
One of these items recently died hopelessly and horribly, outside of warranty of course. No network. Therefore I now question reliability.
It's just as simple as it claims. I unboxed the adaptors, plugged one in by the desktop and attached a LAN cable, did the same at the other end of the line to connect to the router, powered up, and off it went. Nothing else to do.
It's miles quicker than wireless. My wife, the primary user of the desktop in question, was being driven slowly bonkers by the painfully slow printing operations to a shared printer on the network (not surprising it was slow to be fair). Now she's happy: it just prints like it was directly attached.
I could make a good case for forgetting about wireless connectivity on my laptop now: simply take one of these around the house with it and plug it in to a convenient socket.
Note that the device at the router end is plugged into a six gang extension, and it still works just fine. I guess it might be quicker directly into a socket, but it seems fine to me.
Excellent product, highly recommended.
Postscript- 16 months later:
One of these items recently died hopelessly and horribly, outside of warranty of course. No network. Therefore I now question reliability.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
I have been looking for access to my router in my old cotswold stone house with thick walls for a long time, but did not want to spend a fortune on wiring a router
This product is the perfect answer - could not be easier to set up and use - literally takes less than a minute and I am not very computer literate !!!
Cannot recommend highly enough
This product is the perfect answer - could not be easier to set up and use - literally takes less than a minute and I am not very computer literate !!!
Cannot recommend highly enough
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
I wish I had seen this product before. It was a waste of time and money tinkering about with wireless and pulling my hair out. Wireless works for some environments but its similar to your mobile phone,losing its signal! Just plug in to mains power sockets and plug in ethernet and it works! no set up disasters plug and play, I was up and running in less than 30 seconds, The ZyXEL PLA-401 is top notch at 200Mbps, I have a laptop a desktop PC, they are 35 mts apart, the benefit of Homeplug is you can use your computer anywhere in the house so long as there is a mains socket. I put my Broadband router at my BT main incoming phone jack that is in a cuboard, The other thing is plug in Homeplug to mains and ethernet cable suppiled to PC, and similae to Laptop.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Why so expensive?
I bought 4 of these (2 twin packs) in 2008 and love them. That gave me one to plug into my router and three for various PC's / XBox etc around the house. Read more
Published on 5 Jan 2010 by Lesley Anderson
Solid and Stable
I've had these since late last year and can say that they have been very solid and stable in use since then. Read more
Published on 25 Feb 2009 by mccstuff
Does what it says on the tin!
Most excellent, plug in, switch on and it works - no hassle, no fuss, no reading!
Published on 17 Feb 2009 by Russell C. Martin
Does what it says on the box
This is a great device I was having problems with my WiFi and this just solved all that just pluged them in and was ready to go. Read more
Published on 15 Feb 2009 by Mr. S. J. Renshaw
Home plug Adapters
These are fine but will only allow you to connect one computer to the net work I made a mistake and bought 4 mistaken in the belief I could run two computers and a printer on the... Read more
Published on 10 Feb 2009 by David J. Wilson
Very happy
I am very happy with this product. I wasn't expecting miracles but I was surprised to get about 80% of the maximum speed. That is with one being upstairs and the other down stairs.
Published on 30 Jan 2009 by Aider L
Simple Replacement to Weak Wireless Connections
Great product. Was up and running in 1 minute. Network connection running at 100mbps even on different floors and through extension cables. Read more
Published on 10 Jan 2009 by Suresh Naik
Good but not perfect
I was expecting a 30 second install but was left scratching my head, then I tied one of my old ethernet cables and they jumped into life. Read more
Published on 9 Jan 2009 by Mr. L. A. Branch
wish i'd found these years ago!!!
I wish that i'd found these little gems a couple of years ago, as they are excellent products!!!
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Published on 3 Jan 2009 by M. Hari
Does what it says!
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