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Very easy to use.plugged it in and my dish network receiver picked it up right away. It may just have been a problem with my DVR. The only thing I have had a problem with was when I was downloading something from Dish online, my receiver locked up and reset. When it came back on, the program was on my DVR, but I didn't like the fact that it all reset. I haven't trie to download anything else, so maybe it was a one time thing. I really don't think it is an issue with the adapter though.
the extender will save me 5.00 a month in fees from dishpaying for itself in just 10 months. purchased to help extend the network. so that my dish receiver could be on the network as i don't have a landline telephone. easy to install, easy to work with. i have had this item now almost 2 months and haven't had any problems at all with it.
We tested connection by using a netbook / laptop to check the wired connection at different outlets in these rooms. We tried one last outlet that only had a lamp plugged into it and ran a long cable along the baseboards to a network hub and it has worked fine ever since.
I brought them to a friends house who was considering buying them and ran into the first and only problem encountered with this product. I recently ordered a pair of Actiontec HLE08500-01 and they worked without a problem at my house.
So we tried another outlet in the living room near the TV and equipment with the same poor results. The outlets at my house where I was using the Actiontec adapters didn't have a lot of other devices plugged into the powerstrip that shared the outlet I was using.
At my friends house however we first tried it from the computer room/den out to the living room where all his stereo / video / TV equipment was plugged into a powerstrip and we used the other open outlet on a two outlet plug on the wall and got either spotty connection or no signal at all. He has since purchased 4 of his own and had the same issue in his bedroom when he tried using the outlet that the TV/DVD/Media player were all plugged into, then he tried a different outlet farther away and again it worked without any issues.
I don't have as much equipment as he does, and as I stated these worked fine for me in an outlet shared with a powerstrip that is used by my computer, monitor, printer and network router.
this product is very easy to use just plug and play and I don't need to dig any hole to run the wire all over the hourse and it's very convenienced. I would suggested that if the wireless signal is weak at your house please use this one instead of running the long wire.
I wrote a similar review for the Actiontec MegaPlug 4 Port, but I realize most people are probably purchaseing the single port units to start. I started out with two units, and have since added seven more. I've got everything connected on MegaPlug that's not within Ethernet distance of my routher (about 6 -10 feet).Devices connected: 3 PCs, 1 HR21 DirecTV DVR, Slingbox, Network Printer, 3 IP cameras.Overall satisfaction: Couldn't be betterEase of installation: Like pluggin in a lamp. very quick, easy
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