Why can't I buy a single powerline adapter (AV1000 or equivalent)?
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I have had a powerline 'starter kit' for a while.
https://www.tp-link.com/es/home-networking/powerline/tl-pa7010-kit/
Now I want to add a second gigabit adapter to extend the network.
However, only the kits, with two units, seem to be available.
https://www.tp-link.com/es/home-networking/powerline/
(Not just on this website, but everywhere I look).
Can I buy a single powerline adapter/extender? If not, I don't understand why not?
Thanks.
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Hello @TP-Neb
Most powerline kit sold as a kit not singly, probably because kit is comparably cheaper and sells better.
Also it is recommend to use powerline kit of the same speed for best performance: How can I select the powerline device?
You could have both units in the new kit as extenders, rather than discard the old unit that connected to the router.
Take TL-WPA7510 kit as an example :
TL-WPA7510：wireless powerline unit can work as wireless powerline extender
TL-PA7010：wired powerline unit also work as wired extender unit.
Hope this helps.
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Bump!
The name 'Starter Pack' implies that once you have this, you can then add single adapters to expand the network.
But it seems like you have to buy another full-priced starter pack instead, and simply discard the unit which plugs into the router?
Can anyone clarify?
Thanks.
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Hello @TP-Neb
Most powerline kit sold as a kit not singly, probably because kit is comparably cheaper and sells better.
Also it is recommend to use powerline kit of the same speed for best performance: How can I select the powerline device?
You could have both units in the new kit as extenders, rather than discard the old unit that connected to the router.
Take TL-WPA7510 kit as an example :
TL-WPA7510：wireless powerline unit can work as wireless powerline extender
TL-PA7010：wired powerline unit also work as wired extender unit.
Hope this helps.
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It's not ideal. For my apartment it is a bit wasteful to have to purchase a fourth, unused unit.
Single units should really be available for half the cost of the start packs.
But thank you for your suggestions. I will purchase the TP-Link TL-WPA7510 KIT.
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Adding a single powerline unit sounds common, while that's basically decided by local sales. As far as I know there is a model AV600 Wi-Fi extender WPA4220 sold singly for modes areas, this varies in different regions or areas. In your case AV1000 kit would be a better choice.
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