CONCLUSION

   The FRITZ!Powerline 546E was launched almost the same exact time as the 1000E model (a few months apart if i recall correctly) so we were hoping it would also get 1GbE connectivity something which didn’t pan-out in the end (as you all know). Because of that we weren’t exactly certain of what kind of performance to expect but as clearly shown in our graphs the 546E adapter did surprisingly well and even managed to come very close to the 1GbE PLP1200 powerline adapter by Netgear. Also impressive is the Wireless performance of the FRITZ!Powerline 546E since it has scored the highest compared to what we recorded with other similar Wi-Fi compatible models in our lab. What steals the show however is the amount of available settings (and monitors) the end user has access to via the web interface since we’ve never seen anything like it to date. Will everyone get to use every single thing there? Probably not but even so the amount of time AVM engineers have put into this is quite remarkable and certainly worth mentioning.

   Once again we see that products designed and manufactured by AVM are not available (at least not in numbers) outside the EU so once again interested parties will only be able to locate the FRITZ!Powerline 546E inside the EU for a price of 85.95Euros for the German version (Amazon.de) and 99Euros for the International version (Amazon.de). We didn’t really expect AVM to price these models differently based on region and we do hope this will change but for now it is what it is. Anyways for the past hour I’ve been trying to think of 1 single thing that we didn’t like about the FRITZ!Powerline 546E and aside it’s price and availability outside the EU I really can’t think of anything which is why it gets our Platinum Award.

PROS

- Build Quality
- Performance Levels (Wired & Wireless)
- Integrated Power Socket With Intelligent Management System
- 500Mbit/s Compatible
- Wi-Fi b/g/n
- AES 128bit Encryption
- Repeater Function
- Web Interface (Available Settings)

CONS

- Price (For Some)
- EU Availability Only