AV2 1200 powerline products

[clint]

Besides the TrendNet TPL-420E2K and TPL-421E2K that are supposed to be released in September, does anyone know of any other AV2 1200 products?

I did stumble across GigaFast but I couldn't find out much about them or even where to buy them.

http://www.gigafast.com/?projects=psg959-eb6-bcm60500

http://www.gigafast.com/?projects=psg959-eb50-qca7500

 

[sm00thpapa]

Damn I just purchased the TP-Link 6010Kit now this is coming out. You can never keep up with technology. Thanks for the info.

 

[paranoised]

It seems like there are many of these obscure manufacturers (obscure to me at least) churning out products with the latest chipsets. I'd speculate that they don't do much independent Q&A, testing, customization or documentation.

Gigafast has models based on the new Broadcom and Qualcomm mimo chips.
Then there's Tenda which sells a P1000 model based off some unspecified Broadcom chip (http://www.tenda.cn/tendacn/product/show.aspx?productid=487).


FRITZ!Powerline has a 1000 model which seems to be out now. The company is pretty well known in Europe. There's a review in German of that new model (http://www.teltarif.de/avm-fritz-powerline-1000e-adapter-test-preis-mimo/news/56405.html). It seems like it is already available for purchase on Amazon (http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00M8XPA7U/).

Good luck, and do share if you actually find something that's actually on sale!

 

[sm00thpapa]

Nice find dude.

 

[JoesRevenge]

For our European friends, Devolo now has their AV2 MIMO product on their web-page:

http://www.devolo.com/en/Products/dLAN-1200+

Devolo isn't known here in the US, but they are very prominent in Europe.

Joe

 

[fistv]

For our European friends, Devolo now has their AV2 MIMO product on their web-page:

http://www.devolo.com/en/Products/dLAN-1200+

Devolo isn't known here in the US, but they are very prominent in Europe.

Joe

Kinda cool, like the power pass though but I gotta say, those are flat out ugly looking wall outlets and why do they put them halfway up the wall..

 

[profd]

For our European friends, Devolo now has their AV2 MIMO product on their web-page:

http://www.devolo.com/en/Products/dLAN-1200+

Devolo isn't known here in the US, but they are very prominent in Europe.

Joe

Out of interest i called Devolo and they said these units wont be hitting shops until around October.

 

[politby]

Kinda cool, like the power pass though but I gotta say, those are flat out ugly looking wall outlets and why do they put them halfway up the wall..

At least whatever you plug into them will stay put, unlike the US style outlets which can't even support the weight of a lamp cord...

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[themishk]

and dun forget this new comer

http://www.sineoji.com/products/products-details/pl1800e

homeplug AV2 MIMO with 1800M

 

[thiggins]

and dun forget this new comer

http://www.sineoji.com/products/products-details/pl1800e

homeplug AV2 MIMO with 1800M

Before you ask... it gets that rate by using the 2 to 86 MHz bandwidth and MIMO vs. 2 to 68 MHz for the 1.2 Mbps AV2 MIMO adapters.

 

[themishk]

Before you ask... it gets that rate by using the 2 to 86 MHz bandwidth and MIMO vs. 2 to 68 MHz for the 1.2 Mbps AV2 MIMO adapters.

Would the wider bandwidth make the connection easier to get interfered by other electronic appliances? and thus a less stable connection /reduction in connection range?

if there are no obvious disadvantages, why not all manufacturers adopt the wider bandwidth?

 

[penboy]

Before you ask... it gets that rate by using the 2 to 86 MHz bandwidth and MIMO vs. 2 to 68 MHz for the 1.2 Mbps AV2 MIMO adapters.

There's a video on youtube showing the performance of sineoji pl1800e. Looks pretty impressive in terms of speedtest. Anyone has any idea how stable will it be?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4ZLjC-6T-g

 

[thiggins]

Would the wider bandwidth make the connection easier to get interfered by other electronic appliances? and thus a less stable connection /reduction in connection range?

if there are no obvious disadvantages, why not all manufacturers adopt the wider bandwidth?

The wider band means more possible carriers to interfere with. But it also means more carriers to work around interference sources.

The wider bandwidth chipsets are just becoming available. And, like any other networking products, you will see multiple price / performance points.

 

[smagro]

Devolo DLAN 1200+ reviews have been popping up on Amazon.de over the past week or so. Mixed bag so far.

Pcwelt reviewed them in July and found them to be a bit faster than the 650s but not even close to 2x faster.

http://www.pcwelt.de/produkte/Schneller_Strom__MIMO-Powerline_im_Test-Powerline-Adapter-8813592.html

 

[jmantn]

Any ETA's on this? Looking to possibly do a wired bridge utilizing the TPL-421E2K Powerline

 

[urgru]

Am I missing any of the announced MIMO products for the US market?

Netgear PL1200 -- Q1 Availability, $79.99 MSRP
Netgear PLP1200 -- Q1 Availability, $89.99 MSRP, passthrough outlet
TP Link TL-PA8030 -- Q3 Availability, no pricing information
TP Link TL-PA8030P -- Q3 Availability, no pricing information, 3 ports, passthrough outlet
TRENDNet TPL-420E2K -- Shipping in February, $99.99 MSRP
TRENDNet TPL-421E2K -- Shipping in March, $109.99 MSRP, passthrough outlet
ZyXEL PLA5405 -- Launched as a NewEgg exclusive @ $149 MSRP

I figure the ZyXEL will come down in price to match the others once the NewEgg exclusivity ends. Any idea whether they're all going to be using the same chipset? Or will there be both Broadcom and Qualcomm solutions?

 

[shock]

In the UK the ZyXel ones have been already reduced to £66 by ebuyer.com and Amazon.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00O4FS5DG/?tag=smallncom-21

I believe they all use the QA7500 chip-set.

I do want to see how much the Netgear PL1200 sells for before I buy either the Netgear or ZyXel

 

[SansB]

Getting closer

I've been monitoring Newegg for US availability of the new adapters.

The Netgear PLP1200 has had a page created on Newegg for about 2 weeks, but the product is listed as out of stock. It also can't be located by browsing the product listings; you have to search for it.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122673&cm_re=PLP1200-_-33-122-673-_-Product

Just this morning, I saw that the Trendnet TPL-420E2K has a product page and is listed in the main product listings under the powerline network adapater category. It has "Release date: 02/24/2015" prominently displayed.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833156493

Also, not listed in the products above, D-link announced they will be coming out with an AV2 "2000Mbps" MIMO adapter, and an AV2 1000Mbps SISO adapter later this year.
Information from CNET
D-Link's official page for the MIMO adapter
D-Link's official page for the SISO adapter

D-Link DHP-701AV -- Q1 Availability, $129.99 MSRP
D-Link DHP-601AV -- Q1 Availability, $79.00 MSRP

 

[bleomycin]

Also, not listed in the products above, D-link announced they will be coming out with an AV2 "2000Mbps" MIMO adapter, and an AV2 1000Mbps SISO adapter later this year.
Information from CNET
D-Link's official page for the MIMO adapter
D-Link's official page for the SISO adapter

D-Link DHP-701AV -- Q1 Availability, $129.99 MSRP
D-Link DHP-601AV -- Q1 Availability, $79.00 MSRP

I'm very interested in the "2000 Mbps" model. Does anyone have any additional information on them? Are they considerably different than the already released zyxel 1200?

 

[paranoised]

I'm very interested in the "2000 Mbps" model. Does anyone have any additional information on them? Are they considerably different than the already released zyxel 1200?

The Zyxel's are based on Qualcomm Atheros chips capable of a maximum PHY rate of 1000 mbps. The D-Link is based on a Broadcom chip, that has not yet appeared in any widely available shipping product, capable of a maximum PHY rate by utilizing a wider frequency band.

At this point, there's no reviews I've seen on any products based on the newer Broadcom chip so there's no guarantees that it will actually be any faster in real world scenarios.