Sling Media Slinglink Turbo W1 Ethernet Over Power Adapter

I never thought I would switch from wireless to a wired connection again but my wireless setup was causing me more and more problems. At first I thought it was my ISP but when I connect my laptop directly to the modem with a ethernet cable i get close to what the speed the ISP claim (15Mbps I get ~14Mbps). I even bought a Wireless N router from a G setup. Even with the N router set to run only on N @ 5Ghz my connection was still chopping. There would be times (especially in the evening) when the kids and family are home that the internet just hangs and finally times out. I even restricted all other MAC addresses and put the network on invisible mode but with no luck.I came across the SlingLink turbo because when i switched to Dish Network, it provided one for the DVR and it was the cheapest alternative to testing this so called "powerline ethernet" since i only had to purchase one other adapter instead of buying a set of them to test it out. It would of costed me about seventy bucks to try something that I don't know how well it will work.Installation was easy just plug it in and within seconds my laptop acquired a connection. Good, but i was very disappointed at first. Regular browser internet was snappy but when I went on Youtube (which was initially why I wanted a better connection) videos would not load right. It would just hang after loading a few seconds. Even when videos did load, it would by at 240i resolution. Which is worse than my N wireless connection since I was able to watch 480p and 720p (very slow loading) videos on that. Netflix would not load right too. After 2 days I was reading to return this product and just go back to wireless N. But somehow on day 3 everything just seemed to gel together. I went on Youtube and 480p videos just loaded until my laptop can no longer buffer. 720p loaded as i chose just a few secs to get the buffer going and then it was streaming with no problem. Netflix videos loads too and in HD if available. I also have a couple tabs open of Youtube videos while I watch a video with no hiccups.Now I am solely running the powerline for my Mac and can confirm that Airplay works even when the Macbook is on ethernet. I would never go back to wireless now. My advice is to give the powerline adapter to somehow adapt and find the best connection to the other adapters in your house like what happened in my case. Previously when I had wireless N my speed was about 7Mbps (testmy.net) and now with my SlingLink i am always getting greater than 10Mbps. Def a great investment but can get expensive for every laptop in the house. I think I might get another one for my AppleTV so I can Airplay HD files to my TV.

This device works great and is truly plug-and-play. Speeds are pretty but good but they're obviously slower than when connected to the modem/router directly. For whatever reason I cannot get WiFi signals to travel through the walls in my house and maintain any kind of decent connection speed. I started looking for alternatives and decided to try this out. I have a modem/router combo at one end of the house then I connected a 2nd wireless router at the other end of the house using two of these Slinglink devices. I have a 40/5 DSL service and when I'm connected through the Slinglink I am getting about 9 download and 4 upload which is actually pretty decent, fast enough for most everyday uses (streaming, etc.).I expected slower speeds since this has to send the signal through multiple electrical circuits in the house and through power outlets which other devices are drawing from. I tried this in a couple of different outlets and found one had a better connection speed than another since it is "upstream" on that electrical circuit. If you don't need extremely fast speeds and just need to connect devices around the house without running cable this is a great option.

It did not work regardlessly where I setup the sling link it did not work. All lights were on, but I could not get connected to my sling box. It was a waste of money.

The device worked great in one of my outlets, I tried another in 2 other outlets but it did not work. I did verify by putting it in the outlet the first one worked in and it worked fine so I know the device was not defective. I have not had time to figure out why it only works in one outlet so far. my TV is with Dish and it uses the same product to provide internet to the Joey's and it seems to work fine. One of the plugs I was using was one the Joey worked on so go figure.