Features:

  • Use your existing electrical wiring to extend your Internet access to any room in your house.
  • Homeplug AV2 technology supports Gigabit speeds through your electrical outlets for improved coverage
  • Extremely fast Powerline adapter for Gigabit speeds, perfect for connecting smart TVs, streaming players & game consoles with 4K HD streaming and lag-free gaming
  • Extra plug with our noise filtered power outlet built into the adapter to ensure the performance
  • Multiple data streams (MIMO) with Beamforming technology to offer improved coverage by directing the signal where you need it
  • Connect multiple adapters to expand your network coverage
  • Plug and Play - Set up in minutes, no need to configure or install software
  • Input power: 100V ~ 240V, 50/60 Hz. Extremely fast speed up to 2000Mbps
Good speed, reliable connection

I had the older generation of the devices from Netgear (SISO) and their speed was not exactly what I'd like to have. They could give me up to 200Mbit/s (depending on the power socket in the house, the worst speed was below 100Mbit/s), and so I decided to try the new MIMO generation. I was impressed on the speed boost! On the same socket where the old device was giving 200Mbit/s, the new device gave 350Mbit/s. And what is very nice to have, all the devices are cross compatible (but the speed is capped to the slowest one). That MIMO technology promises up to x4 boost, but to me it looks unrealistic in a real environment, but x1.75 boost is still very good. The speed of 350Mbit/s covers a majority of my use cases. The only one that is not covered is the gaming PC, but I never expected that network over powerline will be better than over a plain UTP.

Forget WiFi, go Powerline!

I was having a lot of problems with WiFi for Smart TV and Xbox so I decided to give this a try instead of continuing to spend a lot of money on new WiFi routers and extenders that just never worked right. Well worth every penny. Was basically plug and play. Super fast. Now all devices that stream video are wired and off of WiFi. Crisp, clean signal now and no more waiting. Really great product!

Ethernet Everywhere! These work perfectly!

TLDR: These are great and I highly recommend getting them before any of the smaller/lower bandwidth ones to add to your network. See the pros and cons below. I'm quite impressed with these. I ordered some of the smaller adapters NETGEAR Powerline AV 200 Nano Adapter - XAV2101-100PAS at first and just couldn't get a stable connection on my 2 story house throughout all plugs. They did work but would disconnect and had a low bandwidth connection. I thought it might have been the wiring of my house even though it's a 2 year old house and had new copper wiring throughout. Turns out I just needed these instead. When I added the 2GBbs powerlines to my network it seemed to super charge all the smaller ones and it sems to actually work. Now I get a stable ethernet connection in any room that I have an adapter including my garage. I mostly use wifi throughout the house but keep my TV and desktop computers hardwired for a stronger connection. Now I can easily stream in 4k through the hardline and didn't have to go through the costly work of installing ethernet plugs in the rooms that I want to use a hardwired connection. Wifi is the way of the future but will continue to get more interference with more and more signals. These really helped. Pros: You don't "lose" an outlet and can still plug whatever device you are supplying ethernet to into the socket. There are two ports on the bottom with their own unique IP address so you can setup multiple computers/devices It's much easier to expand your wifi network by plugging in a second router to one of these and then using it as an access point for those areas in your house that have weaker signals They are very very stable. No disconnects (unless my whole network goes down) and they seem to work on any plug in my house. Even outside. It's worth mentioning that all Netgear powerline adapters are compatible. So I was able to use these with the smaller ones I mentioned and now those work too. There are a lot of different models for different needs. Some that broadcast a wifi signal, some with multiple outlets, some with multiple ports, and some super compact. Cons: The top is somewhat rounded and it does block the ground port on the socket above it.This means that you can't plug in two 3 pronged cords. It seems like if they just made it flat at the top it would fix that since it's just a few millimeters too tall. For me, the 3 bright LED's are annoying since I like almost total darkness at night. But that is just me. Many people won't be bothered by them at all. I guess some would say that the overall size of them is an issue and might be an eyesore. I'm not bothered by it though. They look like a tech gadget but know that they are about 6hx3wx2d (in) which means they are about the size of a small brick.

The PLP2000's work great. Both PL1200 & PLP2000 considerably faster than Wi-Fi

I have PL1200. Bought and installed PLP2000 with outlet passthrough. Compared internet speed. PL1200 = 64 mbps. PLP2000 = 74 mbps. Speed different based upon browser, but always 10%-15% faster with PLP2000. I have 4 PL1200's, but I'm thinking of adding 2 more PLP2000's and eliminating the PL1200's. The PLP2000's work great. Both PL1200 & PLP2000 considerably faster than Wi-Fi, and I feel more secure, since there is no outside transmission. The network is through my electrical wiring in my house. I would highly recommend.

Perfect! And - allow me to correct some bad information

For years, I wanted to put a TiVo Mini, and a small HDTV in my kitchen. The main TiVo OTA is in the Living room, and the Mini communicates with it via ethernet...not Wifi (yes, a TiVo OTA can get its data via WiFi, but to use it with a Mini, both need to be on the same hard-wired LAN network). The fact I needed to use LAN cables stopped that project: I would have had to snake them across an open-floor design house, which would be ugly, or get a pro to run them through the walls and floors, which would be expensive. Then I discovered Powerline. I bought two 2-packs. One is plugged into my router, the TiVo OTA is plugged into the second, and the TiVo Mini plugged into the third (not using the fourth yet). And it just plain works! The TiVo OTA and Mini communicate perfectly, and I now have a nice HD setup in the kitchen. Now - and this is big: I was concerned that since the router, the TiVo OTA and the TiVo Mini are all on different electrical circuits in my house, my plan wouldn't work. Several Q&As address this, and some have written that to work, all the Powerline units have to be on the same circuit. I found that was not the case. 3 different Powerline units, on 3 different electrical circuits, and they all communicate perfectly. And BTW that's what Netgear says will happen - they say 'just plug 'em in anywhere in your house and they'll work.' That is correct. They just plain work - perfectly. Thank you!

Works like a charm!

Love this thing! Movies load super fast and with no interruptions. Before this, we’d get a lot of buffering which was super annoying (especially during the best part of the movie). It’s nice that you can connect an appletv and a TFC box to one Powerline. Now streaming is almost like watching regular television...pick a movie and press the play button! Would love to buy another set but I got this during the Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale for $80. Hope It goes on sale again. I would definitely buy another set.

Very easy to setup

Purchased as I built a media room that is located in an area that would be a major chore to run an Ethernet cable. I am streaming 4k movies and using other networked media equipment. Very easy to setup. Keep in mind when they say press the pair button for 2 seconds they mean 2 seconds and not over 2 seconds. That took me a few attempts to understand. I have 4 of these in the house. The other thing they don’t tell you is in the windows (not in the iOS app) their genie software will let you see the power line performance under network map. Mine shows 300-600 Mbps most of the time. Software for that could be better but they let you name each adapter and select your own encryption key there too. Overall I’m happy and will give 5 Star as it was so easy and seems reliable after a few days using and streaming 4k. I was to buy 1 more. Wish they sold singles.

Works flawlessly under difficult circumstances

I wanted an ethernet connection in a garden structure about 200 feet from my house, with a garage in between, all served by a single 120 volt/15 amp circuit that ran underground in steel conduit, twice passing through GFCIs. Due to numerous circuit limitations within the house, plus a lack of sufficient connections directly to the router, the first (sending) Netgear unit shared a 50 foot ethernet cable with a smart TV, one floor below the router. There, the unit was plugged into a circuit that was on a different phase than the one running to the garage and out to the garden structure. Despite the seeming complications of distance, opposite phase, intervening garage branch circuits, and ground fault protectors, the resulting download/upload speeds at the second (receiving) Netgear unit in the remote garden structure were consistently about 2/3 of those obtained directly from the router, a very satisfactory result under the circumstances. From reading various negative reviews, I never quite expected this awkward set-up to work.

Easiest Tech I have ever installed!

This is awesome. I couldn't believe it would be as easy as it sounds, but it really was. Plug one in, plug the other in. Press the button on both. The hardest part was making sure I pressed the button on both in less than 2 minutes because they are quite a distance apart. The signal & speed is great! Much better than wifi. UPDATE - One adapter quit working one day after installation - thought it came unplugged. Reseated plug & it worked for a bit. Now it won't come on at all. I still like it and have requested a replacement. Hopefully the replacement will be problem free. UPDATE - Received replacement today. It was as easy to set up as the first set. Really increases upload and download speed. Its almost as good as being plugged directly into the router. Router is in the house. 2nd apdater is a good distance away in a separate block building. The distance makes no difference. Very happy!

Works Great

We recently moved and our wifi in the upstairs of our house is horrible - my son was literally in tears because he couldn't play Fortnite in his bedroom. We bought a total of 4 of these & put in each of the bedrooms. They work great! No more lag while playing xbox or streaming our Roku in our bedroom. Agree with the other posters that you lose an outlet because it covers the other plug but I knew what to expect before purchasing. I honestly don't know what kind of speed we are getting through them but I do know it's awesome and I have happy kids again.

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