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Actiontec HCB1000 Transceiver HPE10000-02 Transceivers & Media Converters
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Not ideal for U-Verse . I bought this adapter to facilitate a hard line connection in my office (the residential gateway/modem that U-Verse uses had to be placed in another room) through the coaxial cable running throughout the house. I read elsewhere that people had been successful in using this device with U-Verse, and that contributed to my purchase of the device. On installation day, the U-Verse installer told me flat out that this device probably wasn't going to work with U-Verse, but that he would try it anyway. Plugging the device in, I was quickly watching U-Verse television, and surfing the internet, through ethernet cables attached to the device. The installer left, and I figured that everything would be alright. Installation day was a bit hectic (it took maybe four hours, for a pre-wired house) so I hadn't run any diagnostic or speed tests on the connection in my office, which was a mistake. I turned the television on, to check the quality of U-Verse's HD programming. Satisfied in the quality, I sat down at my computer to run a speed test using speakeasy. Instead of the 23/3 I should have gotten (23 megabits down, 3 up), I was getting more like 13/0.5. As soon as I started the test, the TV feed started sputtering and freezing. Doing many more tests, I was able to figure out that the TV was essentially eating bandwidth from the internet connection( and vice-versa over HPNA), and that the upload bandwidth was incapable of going over 0.5mbit due to some restriction of upload bandwidth over HPNA (which is only meant for TV with U-Verse, apparently). I did get the download speed up to around 18, with the television box off, but that doesn't matter much because when I went to the logs of my residential gateway, I saw that there were all sorts of errors being reported. I hoped that the errors were due to the box, and not to a bad U-Verse installation or faulty wiring, and I was correct. Removing this box from the wall, and resetting the logs, I didn't notice any more problems with my TV (I couldn't test the internet, for the obvious reason) and no more errors were being reported in the logs. I made the decision to send the box back to Amazon for a refund, due to the errors that were being reported. I'm not sure if it was an error in that one box, or an error in the entire line (I had read reports of the device working for others, after all) but I decided that running a dedicated ethernet line was a better option for me in the long term.
In conclusion, I wouldn't purchase this device if you are trying to use it with U-Verse internet and television. Can it get you on the internet? Sure. For the price though, you'd hope that it wouldn't simultaneously interfere with your television service, while causing all sorts of havoc to your connection (which, with U-Verse, means phone, internet, and television). I could have received a defective unit, and as such, I'm giving this item the benefit of the doubt (and 3 stars instead of 1). If it was defective by manufacture, and not defective by design, it may very well work for your purposes, but it didn't work for mine. For what it's worth, I've heard that this companies MOCA adapters work great, and it is a shame that U-Verse is HPNA instead. This box is an interesting idea (it must be a new one, because the veteran installer had never seen anything of the sort) but the execution is flawed.
Not ideal for U-Verse . I bought this adapter to facilitate a hard line connection in my office (the residential gateway/modem that U-Verse uses had to be placed in another room) through the coaxial cable running throughout the house. I read elsewhere that people had been successful in using this device with U-Verse, and that contributed to my purchase of the device. On installation day, the U-Verse installer told me flat out that this device probably wasn't going to work with U-Verse, but that he would try it anyway. Plugging the device in, I was quickly watching U-Verse television, and surfing the internet, through ethernet cables attached to the device. The installer left, and I figured that everything would be alright. Installation day was a bit hectic (it took maybe four hours, for a pre-wired house) so I hadn't run any diagnostic or speed tests on the connection in my office, which was a mistake. I turned the television on, to check the quality of U-Verse's HD programming. Satisfied in the quality, I sat down at my computer to run a speed test using speakeasy. Instead of the 23/3 I should have gotten (23 megabits down, 3 up), I was getting more like 13/0.5. As soon as I started the test, the TV feed started sputtering and freezing. Doing many more tests, I was able to figure out that the TV was essentially eating bandwidth from the internet connection( and vice-versa over HPNA), and that the upload bandwidth was incapable of going over 0.5mbit due to some restriction of upload bandwidth over HPNA (which is only meant for TV with U-Verse, apparently). I did get the download speed up to around 18, with the television box off, but that doesn't matter much because when I went to the logs of my residential gateway, I saw that there were all sorts of errors being reported. I hoped that the errors were due to the box, and not to a bad U-Verse installation or faulty wiring, and I was correct. Removing this box from the wall, and resetting the logs, I didn't notice any more problems with my TV (I couldn't test the internet, for the obvious reason) and no more errors were being reported in the logs. I made the decision to send the box back to Amazon for a refund, due to the errors that were being reported. I'm not sure if it was an error in that one box, or an error in the entire line (I had read reports of the device working for others, after all) but I decided that running a dedicated ethernet line was a better option for me in the long term.
In conclusion, I wouldn't purchase this device if you are trying to use it with U-Verse internet and television. Can it get you on the internet? Sure. For the price though, you'd hope that it wouldn't simultaneously interfere with your television service, while causing all sorts of havoc to your connection (which, with U-Verse, means phone, internet, and television). I could have received a defective unit, and as such, I'm giving this item the benefit of the doubt (and 3 stars instead of 1). If it was defective by manufacture, and not defective by design, it may very well work for your purposes, but it didn't work for mine. For what it's worth, I've heard that this companies MOCA adapters work great, and it is a shame that U-Verse is HPNA instead. This box is an interesting idea (it must be a new one, because the veteran installer had never seen anything of the sort) but the execution is flawed.
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Product Details
EAN : 0999992720938UPC : 789286807625
MPN : HPE10000-02
Brand : Actiontec
Weight : 1 pounds
Height : 3 inches
Length : 10 inches
Width : 7 inches
Binding : Personal Computers
Manufacturer : Actiontec
Model : HPE10000-02
Publisher : Actiontec
SKU : DOBA-HPE1000002
Studio : Actiontec
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