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MSY - D-Link DHP-1320 Powerline AV (200Mbps) Wi-Fi Router $25 Pickup / ~$35 Delivered

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MSY - D-Link DHP-1320 Powerline AV (200Mbps) Wi-Fi Router $25 Pickup / ~$35 Delivered
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grab_ur_freebies on 03/04/2014 - 18:55 msy.com.au (437 clicks)
Last edited 03/04/2014 - 19:21

I'll save the small talk. Its a repeat of this deal.

Already have wired gigabit so I won't be buying any, but thought I'd share for someone who might require wifi at each end of the house to expand their wifi footprint (eg. from modem/router location to pool or garage).

Approx $65 for 2 units delivered. Ends midnight tonight.

Given its 200Mbps standard, the throughput should be around 5-7MB/s which is more than enough for ppl on ADSL2 & NBN plan lower than 50/20Mbps without bottlenecking (in terms of DL speed). High bitrate 720p & avg bitrate 1080p video streaming should also be fine.

If you need better performance w/ at least 10MB/s+ I'd recommend you go with TP-LINK TL-PA411KIT AV500 @$60 pickup/free delivery which works out cheaper if you don't need the USB sharing & AP functionality. (NB. Speed will still be limited to 10MB/s due to the model only utilising a 10/100 eth. port. regardless of the quality of of your internal powerlines.)

Cheers guys! As always, good (bargain) huntin'!

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  • mady123 on 03/04/2014 - 18:59

    i bought two of them from last deal and i second that line "wifi at each end of the house". Great performance so far.

  • Bargain-er on 03/04/2014 - 19:12

    Do we need a separate transmitter with this unit?

    • grab_ur_freebies on 03/04/2014 - 19:15

      No, these units work as both transmitter [Tx] & receiver [Rx].

    • mycosys on 03/04/2014 - 19:16

      no - it is a transmitter and receiver for wireless n (300Mbit 2I2O), 100Mbit ethernet (4 ports) and 200Mbit powerline networking (Dlink Powerline AV standard)

      all you need is some content to share (like a modem or server)

      • grab_ur_freebies on 03/04/2014 - 19:18

        wireless n (300Mbit 2I2O)

        Oh, so its dual stream WiFi-N?

        • mycosys on 03/04/2014 - 19:25

          Hence the 2 aerials……… Unless i am SERIOUSLY wrong (which has been known to happen with some regularity lol)
          Thanks for the headsup on the bargain too, uncle has been after a powerline set - called like days after we sold the last one we had roflmao (im either n450/600, ac or gigabit myself)

        • grab_ur_freebies on 03/04/2014 - 19:36

          Some older models [routers & such] have 2 ant. each one dedicated to a use (1x Tx, 1 Rx).

          Newer routers [N, AC] have 2-6x ant. (MIMO) w/ each antenna doing TX+RX. These streams can be combined to reach a further range & have faster throughput (known as beamforming).

        • mycosys on 03/04/2014 - 19:46

          802.11 requires 2 spatial streams AND 40MHz channels to achieve 300MBps theoretical. so yeah, pretty sure. (also a mechatronic eng student and electronic technician so have an idea what beamforming is :) )

        • grab_ur_freebies on 03/04/2014 - 19:57

          Thanks for adding to my info! You'd definitely seem more knowledgeable in networking than me. I concede…haha :P

          Anyway it's good share info around. You learn something everyday! Wikipedia is my/everybody's friend.

  • mycosys on 03/04/2014 - 19:19

    @grab_ur_freebies a 200mbit powerline AV should be just fine for 100Mbit internet connections too, unless you have some MASSIVE internal bandwidth stuff happening too (like streaming 4 HD movies from your server at the same time as torrenting flat out!)

    • grab_ur_freebies on 03/04/2014 - 19:28

      Yeah I know, you just won't be maxing out DL'ing at 12.5MB/s. You'd be limited to the 5-7MB this unit is capable of (optimal/best case). I already mentioned above in the post.
      Also there are network packet overheads too.

      • mycosys on 03/04/2014 - 19:52

        Where are you getting the 7-5MBps from?

        • grab_ur_freebies on 03/04/2014 - 20:00

          Just from reading the countless comments in EoP posts on OzB, review sites, YT vids etc. (sorry too much to remember where…)

        • mycosys on 03/04/2014 - 20:02

          cnet reports 45.8Mbps throughbit on powerline, which as you say is about 6MB/s, tho do not specify what was on the other end. Wireless was about 66Mbit.
          Tho a 100Mbit net connection will never reach 12.5MB/s you are right in that it is well short of what it will - will lokk for further, more specific info

        • mycosys on 03/04/2014 - 20:11

          This guy got 66Mbit with dual streams (rather than one file transfer) which is interesting and much closer to the BW of your 100M connection, would be quite good for 100mbit (which in my experience normally peaks around 80) if some Machines were on the wireless as well
          http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-reviews/315…

    • leetec on 03/04/2014 - 19:33

      when ppls will learn that the speed in marketing (tech world) always is maximum speed which in reality is much slower

      • grab_ur_freebies on 03/04/2014 - 19:42
        +2

        I think the word you are looking for is 'theoretical'.

        So for a 100Mbps connection:
        -Theoretical: 100Mbps/12.5MBps
        -Practical/Real world: ~10MBps upto 12-12.5Mbps (fluctuactions & other variable factors).

        • leetec on 03/04/2014 - 22:38

          this going be a joke… and +2 jokes

      • mycosys on 03/04/2014 - 19:51

        The same goes for the internet connection. It is likely going to be the weakest link geven the amount of variables in data delivery to the premises. The 200Mbps should keep up with the 100Mbps ethernet, which should keep up with the 100Mbps Internet too, unless you have some freaking amazing backhaul, zero contention and are actually syncing and bursting at over 100Mbps (which would be weird, because then most companies would market it at the burst rate because it sounds better)

  • ddhytz on 03/04/2014 - 20:10

    Does this router have features like bandwidth control and QoS if I want to keep some machine with the highest priority?

    • mycosys on 03/04/2014 - 20:12

      http://www.dlink.com.au/products/?pid=877 manual is under resources - will go look at the WP database for you too

      edit - sorry - one of the worst BC hardware database entries i hae seen, if you find out, please please fix it :)
      http://bc.whirlpool.net.au/bc/hardware/?action=h_view&model_…

      • ddhytz on 03/04/2014 - 20:25

        Thanks. Had a quick look. No bandwidth control. Its QoS seams very basic……

        • [Deactivated] on 03/04/2014 - 22:51

          Why not bridge it with your existing QoS modem / router?

          The idea of this thing is to add WiFi in another part of the house without using cables and without using WDS.

          At least that's what I found the most useful.

          WDS was woeful and I wanted WiFi in that part of the unit but nothing seemed to give it a strong enough connection.

  • jd4free on 03/04/2014 - 21:54

    Be nice if I could run this to my brothers house 10km away !
    But It wont, just wishful thinking.
    I have no phone line and STILL Waiting on NBN to complete the install, its been 5 months since they installed the fibre outside my door. in Blacktown opposite the hospital.
    I mean how long does it take to connect the other end ?

    • grab_ur_freebies on 03/04/2014 - 22:24
      +1

      Be nice if I could run this to my brothers house 10km away !
      But It wont, just wishful thinking.

      Just LAN your PCs together w/ hamachi if you both have fibre soon. Upload should be sufficient due to the low latency of fibre.

      I have no phone line and STILL Waiting on NBN to complete the install, its been 5 months since they installed the fibre outside my door. in Blacktown opposite the hospital.
      I mean how long does it take to connect the other end ?

      I'm close to your location (Flushcombe Rd). Had a new conduit lay & fibre rolled out within 1.5mths from ordering, but I put in my order & had the process started before the Libs got into office & stalled the project for 2mths. Finished my install in Oct. It was a long arduous & painful wait for me! Can't imagine 5mths or waiting would feel like!? (frustration much?)

      Have they already put in the NTD in your house?

  • [Deactivated] on 03/04/2014 - 22:49

    I bought this together with a DHP346AV 4 port switch.

    Works well - I needed WiFi in a completely different part of the house.

    Ended up getting the lot for $60 delivered.

    They apparently can't be used with the latest D-Link Powerline gear from memory when I read about it.

    I don't think 2 of them would link to each other?

    • grab_ur_freebies on 03/04/2014 - 22:58

      If all your devices you currently own adhere to the Homeplug AV standard then they should be cross compatible & be able to link with each other.

  • Snoop on 03/04/2014 - 23:33

    Kind of new to EOP, but may be forced to go this route in the new house. I would've naturally thought that each unit would have to be on the same circuit, but have read that EOP is possible across different circuits in the same premises. Is this true? And is this possible for this model?
    I haven't tested the circuits yet, but based on the amount of RCDs in the fuse box, the size of the house, and multi story, I'm guessing there's more than a couple!

    • Kenb0 on 04/04/2014 - 04:29

      EOP is possible across different circuits but you'll get slower performance. Only way to see how much it decreases is to buy a couple of adapters and benchmark it

      • ddhytz on 04/04/2014 - 07:35

        but you'll get slower performance.

        True. in my place there is about 25% speed loss between 2nd floor and g/floor.

  • jd4free on 04/04/2014 - 01:02

    REPLY TO: grab_ur_freebies
    I'm close to your location (Flushcombe Rd). Had a new conduit lay & fibre rolled out within 1.5mths from ordering, but I put in my order & had the process started before the Libs got into office & stalled the project for 2mths. Finished my install in Oct. It was a long arduous & painful wait for me! Can't imagine 5mths or waiting would feel like!? (frustration much?)
    Have they already put in the NTD in your house?

    No NTD yet just a lonely fibre cable outside my unit - Frustrating ..Yeah ! , not sure how you got away with ordering early. Not one Provider will let us start the install process until I become "available" on the NBN website.

    Been having to do all my work on 3G and 4G networks and its not very forgiving for Video conferences. So embarrassing, and what's worse is all the retired grannies in the houses down the street have working Fibre for 6 months+, us working lot in the units have to wait a year for an extra 2m of fibre to be patched in. Thanks NBN.
    I was so desperate at one stage I was trying to steal the free Wifi from the BLC with a 5w directional antenna. Gave up on that project. Also got bored and managed to hack my own Wireless router ( with a very secure password) but that's as far as I went with it

    • grab_ur_freebies on 04/04/2014 - 13:52

      got away with ordering early

      It was activated in my area in Aug so I got my order in before the election (same week infact).

      Been having to do all my work on 3G and 4G networks

      4G is a little bit better for latency, but 3G…no way you'd be able to get vid conf. done on that; connection too patchy & intermittent.

      all the retired grannies in the houses down the street have working Fibre for 6 months+, us working lot in the units have to wait a year for an extra 2m of fibre to be patched in.

      Guess you're stuck in one of the 'deadzones', a property smack bang in the middle of an fully activated/serviced area. Guess all you can do is wait it out. Believe me its worth it! Then you get over it after you get used to the speed…for me anyway

      /rant
      For the record everyone: Vote Labor next election so Aus can keep up with advancements of other countries. Libs are way too conservative IMHO. You gotta spend money to make money…
      /end rant

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