The Adapters

The two HP-3000E adapters that arrive with your Air Live kit are again typical of the standard power line adapters. They are boxy, have a single RJ-45 port on the bottom, two prongs for a standard AC outlet and on the front they have lights to indicate various operations.

Where the Air Live differs is that it also provides a security button on the left side of the RJ-45 port for a quick security configuration. We will cover this shortly in the setup and installation section.

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The lights on the front provide basic information like Power, Link and Ethernet connection status.

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The RJ-45 port is in the center of the bottom side with the Reset and Security buttons on either side.

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On the back we find information that will be important to the setup. There is a password written here that you will need to copy down when you get ready to connect.

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One thing to note here, while the TRENDNet TPL-302E2K stated plainly not to use their kit with a surge protector (and indeed it would not work when plugged into one), I found that the Air Live would work connected to a standard surge protector, making it a little more flexible to use.

The specifications look good on paper, at least.