*More stable connection - whenever I would turn on a high-power use device (like my dryer), the older devices would go into fits of resetting, and the connection would suffer. With all four devices spread throughout the home, I'm comfortable getting Fast Ethernet speed all the time. Connection speeds to the AV1 devices (which themselves have an advertised theoretical rating of 500Mbit) usually settles around Fast Ethernet speeds (though in the same room I could get around 330-380Mbit, which also isn't too shabby). When they are in the same room, they get very close to their advertised limit of 600Mbit (maxed out at 440Mbit). *Higher average throughput - Easily get better than Fast Ethernet speeds between the two AV2 devices while they are spread throughout my home (average 180-220Mbit). They even show up in the others' management software, and you can potentially change the security and QoS settings on all four at once (haven't tried it because I don't have faith in the software being interoperable, but that's just a personal feeling). If you would like to add another powerline adapter to this private network, please repeat Step 2 to Step 5.Pros: Interoperable with older devices from different manufacturers - I have a set of Netgear XAVB5101's from last year, and once I set the security key on all 4 devices the same, they could all talk with no trouble. At this time, your power line network is secured and the other powerline adapters with different Private Network Name won’t detect your devices any more.

Step 6 Once the device is added to the private network successfully, the utility will pop up a Information window as below. Step 5 Click OK on the tip window to continue the configuration. Step 4 Click System tab, set a new Network Name to create your own private network, and then click Set Network Name to add the device with password entered to this network.

(The password can be found on the bottom of the device or packaging). Step 3 Enter the device’s password and click Save. Click and select the Powerline Ethernet Adapter you wish to change from the list, then click on the Modify tab. Step 2 The Utility will detect and list the other powerline adapters in the same power line network in a few seconds. If you don’t have the CD, or CD rom, please download the utility from the download center.

Step 1 Install the powerline adapter hardware, then connect your PC to one of the powerline adapters and run the CD came with Powerline adapter, select your model and click the Management Utility. We take TL-PA2010 for example in this article. Both TL-PA2010 and TL-PA4010 support encryption, and you can add all your powerline adapters to a private network to protect your powerline network against unauthorized access. To secure your data and get better network performance, please follow the procedures described below to configure powerline adapters by using utility.

Zyxel powerline adapter utility