Original poster: I can only vouch for the 8030P - for that one I can confirm the 3-port switch keeps working even if the powerline connection is lost - or if it hasn't ever been there to begin with....

Multicast-unaware network setups don't break the multicast stream - what happens is everything else becomes unusably slow while there is streaming activity. Then in secondary consequence, the...

It does where traffic egresses from the PLC segment, and that's the point. If the ingress PLC (at the router) converts all the multicast traffic into broadcast, then every single thing on the far end...

I know what multicast is, and not having it is a massive issue when your IPTV provider requires multicast streaming. "Entertain TV" in Germany is the market leader by a huge margin. Their streams are...

You need to pair your added adapter(s) into the existing PLC network. I recommend you use the pushbutton method.

For all the wireless functionality, you use the browser interface of those TL-WPA products. Just point your browser URL to the IP address of the TL-WPA.