Yes, you can add a switch downstream of a PLC device. However do NOT use a plain desktop switch when IPTV is being used. You need a multicast-aware switch, or else the streaming traffic won't be...

Buy a WiFi set to get you a WiFi PLC and a plain single port adapter, plus an 8030P set for the 3-port powerline. Yes that leaves you with just one extra 3-port PLC, which may come handy at...

My guess is your Smart TV is running a streaming TV service that uses multicast, and the WPA4220 doesn't handle that correctly. If one thing in the infrastructure does not handle multicast traffic...

That happens all the time. Use that utility just once, to configure IP address. Then access the switch through its browser interface - this is much more reliable than that utility program.

I too would be interested in a firmware update to the 8030P V1. What I have is loss of connection when an attached Windows PC sleeps and wakes back up. [In my case, the 8030P does not enter powersave...

Point is, you are not "spreading the internet", you are simply extending your modem's single point of connection. To get multiple clients onto the same PPPoE login, you need to do what I said before:...