Awesome review, thank you for being honest and upfront about the product and showing your test!

this dude has a good vibe. thanks for the info and the good attitude!

Very informative and answered my questions. Thank you!

Gigabits powerlines/LAN adapters works extremely well with a 4K TVs. The speed is good enough for playing 4k videos with zero buffetings. The benefit is easy to use, not more dealing with cables, etc.

been using these exact units in our house. We cannot run cables due to the house construction, so this is great. Speeds are very good, in fact, better than our wifi setup! But this is of course OUR situation.

Thanks for a very detailed review of the power line adapters. I am looking to buy one as its great if you live in a rental property and do not want to spend money and/or make any modifications to the house to lay Ethernet cables. If you vacate the property, you simply unplug them and take them with you.

Thanks, great review! I bought these for the purpose of remote locating a 4K security camera running at 30 fps. I wanted to locate the camera 150 ft away from the house at my main outdoor panel. I am pleased to say that it works perfectly with no frame loss, consistently for almost a year now. Between the two units, there are 4 circuit breakers and a 120v leg change. I decided to test it to extremes. From that panel there is a 300ft feed to my workshop. Add 2 more breakers for a total of 6 now, with a total length of AC cable of 450ft. I was impressed to see that the unit linked green immediately and transferred the 4K, 30fps video perfectly! Granted, I did not do actual data/speed testing like you did, but my goal was simply linking to a very high resolution security camera feed. I find the 1200 exceeds my expectations in my application, and has been perfectly reliable for almost a year now. Note that there are also 2 GFI outlets between the two 1200s also.

Hello, thank you for doing this review. It was very helpful.

Just bought the powerline 1200 and you are spot on. These things are very slow. Running gigabit and couldn't get over 25 MBps. then it dropped to 8 not to mention random disconnects. Great video, detailed and stopped my troubleshooting in its tracks. Thanks👍

I love this vid. I’ve never seen such a gigabit LAN adapter. I thought the specs were about 100Mbps/limited

Great review - Thank you

Thanks for the info! Very helpful. 👍

thanks for the vid, you explained that really well. Im guessing though if you have 3phase power in your home you would have to make sure they are all on the same phase?

I use one for my computer it works great I’ve had it for about a year now!! Definitely worth it guys 🙂

Your review is exactly what I needed. The only reason I wanted to buy these was to be able to game online with my friends, since my gaming desktop computer is quite far from my router and also not the same floor (router upstairs and PC downstairs). And your video proved to my beyond any doubt that it is clearly not for me... Thank you so much!

really well made video thanks alot

Great video, really helped!

Thanks for the review! I'm currently at the mercy of my roommates setup and our wireless router is downstairs, my room is directly above it but I still only pull like 30-40 mbps through my wireless connection. If this can basically double that from being hard wired (which I always prefer to be) then I'm definitely going to check it out, but I'll also be aware of the return policy from wherever I purchase it, just in case. I also know they make the adapters without the extra outlet so I'll probably go with that version because I don't mind losing the outlet it would take up~ Thanks again for posting this as it's one of the few powerline adapter reviews!

You need a phase coupler in order to achieve (almost) the same speed at every socket, the distance alone is not that important, the outer conductor phases are more important. Your 60-70mbit reading as opposed to the 200mbit is pretty much the loss you would expect from an outlet that doesn't use the same outer conductor as the one the adapter is plugged into, in which case the only way the connection exists is electromagnetic "crosstalk" between different wires, causing about 1/5 loss. A phase coupler connects all active outer conductor wires so you get the same speed everywhere.

hey man thank you this just secured my purchase on this

This video was very helpful thank you

Nice video. A few years later things haven’t changed much. I’m probably going to try and use some old routers and reconfigure them as access points along with maybe one extender for a remote corner. You have good personality and you keep it mercifully simple with no music, big intro or 7 minutes of useless back story. Liked!

Great info thanks

Thank you for your honest review of this product. Also, for mentioning other manufactures with similar products offering 1GB speeds through the households wiring loom just won't deliver anywhere near that either. It makes you wonder who regulates such claims?? Just going off at a tangent, I recently had installed a 1GB fibre router. When hard wired into it with a Cat 5 - I got what was advertised. However, using wi-fi, the best was 375mbps - even stood right on top of it. Don't get me wrong it's one heck of an improvement from what I had previously but only found out afterwards that wi-fi has limits. Maybe you could make a video explaining these limitations. Subscribed to you today. Peter.

Thank you just what I wanted to know

I have a 2000mb powerline adapter which is twice the 1 GB nic that plugs into it to counter the losses. Both adapters are on the same power circuit and it works great near line speed . Proper house ethernet wired house would be far better but that isn't feasible in my situation with insulated double skin solid brick walls .

I bought a powerline adapter about 7yrs ago that I used a few times after moving house to get me by till I could run a cable. In that sense it has been handy and worth the 50 or I paid for them but I usually try to then get a cable sorted as soon as possible.But for 50 or so it's not too bad to have them as a backup

Wow, very detailed and helpful review. I’m going to buy it. I hope it works.

You're awesome Stanley, Thank you!!

Very informative. Thanks. Ciao from Italy

I use this and had it for more than 2 years I think now, definitely worth it guys! I play online a lot and it's important that I have a good connection to get the drop on people and this has been far better than using wifi and better than having a cord run throughout the houses I've lived at!

If you can't get them to work, make sure you are not using surge-protected outlets or extension cords. They filter the power, and also can interfere with the powerlink signals.

consider to use the device because I have a device in upstairs which can only connect to ethernet cable. considering the signals will go from the first floor outlet to the main house power switch box and then to the second floor power outlet, the speed lost is reasonable.

Thanks for the video =)

I question the label super-user when you only have one monitor. J/K. Very nice review.

Consistency > speed.

I was hoping to hear what the laptops speed using just wifi would've been in both areas you tested the product.

great video thanks bro

Two things to consider. You need to have these adapters connected on the same power outlet circuit to work. So they may not connect on every outlet throughout your house or apartment. The other thing is they run alarming hot. I had 4 TP-Link Powerline adapters and was afraid that they would catch on fire and burn the house down. I ended up removing them and installing TP-Link extenders which run a lot cooler.

Very good review.

good information thanks

I am looking for a new one i had a D-link powerline and I've only had problems from the day i got it. I snapped it in half and went back to wifi for now.

great video man I'm struggling getting a good connection with WiFi so hopefully these work better

I just subscribed to FIOS, and predictably -- through these adaptors -- the signal was 30ish. Upgraded the two switches from 10/100 to 10/100/1000 and it's now 50ish signal. The powerline adapters (Zyxel) are 10/100.

This may be something to consider. I have had to set a home office downstairs in the living room area because my WiFi doesn't work in the upstairs office unless I switch to the 2.4 GHz band but there is so much attenuation that I can't run my video teleconferencing. (This is an old house built in the cold war on a military base so the walls are a bit thick so wifi extenders are meh.)

I have 3 tp powerlines av600 models in my house. My 2 smart TVs buffered on wifi but I now have them plugged into the wall and no more buffering

This may be a bit late in relation to the time when this video is published. I am living in the UK. In general, Powerline adapters are good when you are living in a rented property where you may not be allowed to drill through a wall as this may cause the loss of your deposit and/or get into trouble with the landlord. Secondly, if the construction of the property is concrete, i.e. the presence of steelwork inside the concrete, this will severely affect the WiFi signal. (Just to be sure, always check if there is a metal ladder between your WiFi router and your computer, It has been proven that metal lattice can "absorb" and hence reducing the WiFi signal strength) Thirdly, when you are in a situation where the actual length of the cable is near or greater than 100 ft. For example, the direct distance between the router to your computer maybe 15 or 20 ft, but when laying the cable and fixing it to the bottom of the wall then up the wall behind the door frame, etc., you get my drift. Lastly, this is more of a basic condition that has to be satisfied. Make sure the "source" powerline adapter and all the "recipient" powerline adapters ARE ON THE SAME RING (this is what the electricians in the UK called a circuit). For example, in my single storey flat or apartment, all the wall sockets, except those in the kitchen, are on one ring. All the sockets in the kitchen are on another ring. All the ceiling lights are on another ring. So, my router is in the sitting room. My computer is in my bedroom, I can connect the two using a pair of powerline adapter. But if I take my laptop into my kitchen, saying trying to watch a video teaching how to cook a certain recipe since the sockets in the kitchen are on another ring, I will not be able to connect my laptop to the router via powerline adapters (let ignore the WiFi factor for illustration purpose). The practice of which sockets are on one ring differs in different countries or even different electricians in the same country because this is governed by the total load on that ring. Powerline adapters were very handy devices before the birth of WiFi. Nowadays with 4G and 5G, powerline adapters are becoming redundant. Nowadays, the manufacturers are including WiFi extension function in the adapters. It sounds good but I personally will not pay for something that I won't use. One more thing about powerline adapters. Be careful not to plug in an electric device that draws a lot of power into the same ring as the powerline adapters are on, e.g. power tool, powerful vacuum cleaner, powerful hair drier. The interference they create will degrade the network signal. The worst case would result in irreparable damage to the NIC on the powerline adapter. The most common effect would be choppy video if watching KZfaq. I had experienced the loss of network connection. I hope this information help. Edit: I forgot one important aspect of using powerline adapters, which is that they DO NOT WORK with power extension! They have to be plugged into the wall sockets directly.

Good informative video

I used the 2 port version one connecting a router from downstairs to my room upstairs. While ping was down about 10% the download speed was more than halved from my normal wifi speed for my pc. Ultimately I returned it to bestbuy which is where i recommend you buy it from.

Got myself a TPLink AV600 powerline adapter to connect my PC in my room to the modem all the way in the parents' room. I got the thing second hand and cheapo for half the price ($15). It only tops up at 300mbps yeah, but that's already more than enough for my use case. Playing games online is FINALLY stable, especially for me because previously I've always been on wireless with lots of random lag spikes, mainly because my PC and the modem are too far apart and punching the hole through the house just for that wasn't an acceptable option to my parents. I also now can stream up to 4K videos smooth, and downloads whether it be movies or games finally don't range from 6 hours to 200 days, (I live in a third world country, this shits luxury to me!). So personally I'd say YES PL Adapters are worth it for people in the same boat as me. You lose some speed yeah but: 1. Its definitely cheaper than punching the hole in the wall 2. Easy to install and 3. I personally think stability>high speeds, especially if you're streaming videos or playing games online. My only suggestions are 1. Buy ones with a return policy, so you can test whether it'll run in your desired location. I took a risk buying it second hand and without knowing whether it'll run at the socket or not, but was lucky to have it working well. 2. Try to plug the thing as direct as possible to the wall socket. Mine doesn't come with a passthrough and so eats up socket. Using it with extension cables/adapters will lower your bandwidth.. (In my case, with adapters I got 8mbps and without em I got 25mbps!)

I bought the Zyxel 500 over 6 years ago, had maybe 4 of them. They worked well, and we're very fast. They burnt out last year, and I replaced them with 2000 model. what I miss about the old ones, they had four 1 gigabit ports built in, whereas the new ones only have two. It was convenient not having to have an extra switch plugged in to those remote locations.

I have 4 of the 2gb version (PLP2000) and although the speeds are okay, the reliability seems to be an issue. My son plays xbox right next to me out of the same unit and he doesn't have as much of an issue while I get constant connection errors with Destiny 2 on PC. My network speeds are also slightly higher on wireless. I wish there was a way to update firmware and fix it, but there is no way on the PLP2000.

I'm not sure if anyone else covered this, but the room you are in will affect speeds based on which power phase you are on. Same phase room, good speeds. Opposite phase, poor speed or even no connection.

How about if my BW is just 30Mbps? I do have intermittent wifi in the room that is located farthest from the wifi router. Could thisNetgear Powerline do the job?

I liked your review. I have an outbuilding that is 200 feet away from the house and need some signal in the outbuilding. Both buildings are on the same electric panel. Do you recommend this product in this case or is there other tech that is better to use?

This is cool, switching from wireless to wired. These devices make it easier than I expected with too many cables

Loads are balanced over phases. I suppose you need to connect the units to outlets on the same phase?

May I ask what measurements are needed for Zoom meetings and similar use?

would this work if i'm in the basement and the router is all the way upstairs? upstairs my router gives like 150 mpbs download and in my basement i get like 2 and it is awful

Thank you very much for your beautiful review - you said that you can pair more than 2 powerlines to the 1ST powerline but I did not see anyone sell more than 2 powerlines in one box. do you know where I can buy more than two? if I buy it separately would all the powerline would pair using the same method of pairining?

Thanks for basic science/testing. For me I am no tech guy snd I wondered about these things. Obviously wired CAT is better but perhaps you can do a follow up for those of us less tech savvy: some type of graphic display as to speed deference between those power line devices directly compared to your CAT whatever and your wireless AC Router and then same with real world FFP gaming. I n my situation, I am hesitant to try to wire to game room but I can tell that wireless has forced me to modify steam link settings. I would like to know if power line adapter is an approvement of significant nature over your wifi.

Great video but I can't find where it tells me which portal on the router I plug the cable from the powerline adaptor into ?

I got a TP-link 1200 which is about the same thing. To get the full performance you have to have both units on the same power circuit. I was surprised it worked at all going thru the circuit breakers to go from one circuit to another. I won't do this again. Mesh WiFi is the way to go.

What happens during power surges or for multiunit buildings suchas apartments ?

Would it work as an ethernet backhaul for a tri band system to free up the other 5Ghz band?

Great Vid SuprUsr Stan, What Mess system would you recommend?? That won't break the bank.

Can I pair this with tp link wifi re650? Dont have a router or modem sucking off landlord wifi.

One question I do got is, I live in about a 15 year old home and I don’t recall upgrading like making the wires better. Will it still work with an old homes? Or does the houses even affect it?

I know this video is older but I just grabbed a couple of these for my game room. I have the series X and it’s a bit far from my router/modem and I was wanting to get a better connection. Do you know if you can use some of these in conjunction with a wife booster?

It's not the distance but the capacitance of the wires that limit the bandwidth. For example, your USB dongle works fine with 1m USB cable but not with 2.5m cable. Twisted pairs with differential signalling eliminate the problem.

Yo if u have an xfinity wi-fi can u still use a netgear powerline adapter?

The advertised speed ratings are completely ridicules and border on fraudulent. Testing and using different outlets on both ends can optimize throughput speed and provide the best results. One big plus with the power line Ethernet adapters is the consistency of throughput speed and general reliability of the connection, much better in this respect than a wireless connection in my experience. I have an IP camera and a backup server with storage devices setup in an outbuilding located about 75 feet from the house and get consistent 150 megabit per second speeds which is adequate for my purposes. Attempts using wireless extenders proved virtually useless resulting in inconsistent speeds and dropped connections. Being located in an urban area the number of wireless routers broadcasting in close proximity represents a very harsh electromagnetic environment requiring wireless Ethernet devices to be located fairly close to the access point to be usable. Thank you for sharing your experience.

I have Xfinity and pay for 100mbps. I can get 30-50 upstairs on the opposite side of the house from the router and that's for a ps4/online gaming. It works well. I'm using the model that doesn't have the outlet on it.

I'm wondering, is there a booster for these? I'm plugged in downstairs and my upstairs bandwidth to gaming PC's is really slow. I don't have wireless capability on my gaming PC's. I always game with wired connections.

i bought this because when i got my computer it came with an antenna with it and i was getting like 10 mbps download and now im using this and im getting 20 with 300 mbps network like i dont understand the internet box is downstairs but im not that far away from it if you were to look in my pov, what can i do to get faster speeds?

Hi Stan, what plan do you have for Internet? We have 100mb through Spectrum. Could I expect to get near that speed with this system?

The 50 feet away is actually further than that. Unless the outlets are daisy chain together the signal has to go to the breaker box mostly located in the basement the to the outlet.

Very nice video thanks. I thought the way these things work is that if both power line adapters are on the same line on the same side of the circuit breaker panel then they operate well. but if one power line adapter has to travel through the circuit breaker that's when performance degrades quickly. at least that was my understanding. And when they run power cables through the house, they daisy chain them through this outlets. does that possibly explain the much decrease performance when they were on other sides of the house?

Can I use different Ethernet cables for the power line adapter rather than the one given in the box

I can’t get near 20mbps..... I was just happy having more than 4 or 0.7mbps on average and now I find out 100mbps is considered descent?

Question! My basement is on its own circuit breaker. Does this mean I won’t be able to use it? I plugged these in and my signal dropped from 200 via wifi to 18 with this kit. When I wire directly to the modem, I get over 600 mbps

..can it be implemented on grid tied solar inverter and handle hundreds of different ip/Mac addresses to a single Powerlined receiver..? For solar yield monitoring.. currently the wireless is less ranged..and what's it's range?

Here in Australia in my area our internet tops out at 50 Mbps so those adaptors are great

My only concerns are security and spikes. Being connected to house wiring, could household network be listened to(or tapped) from outside the building? Yes, I am inside of my router, doesn't this place my network internals in the open? Just wondering..... How hardy are these devices? Can they be used along with spike/surge protectors? And of course noise. Any problems from ac, refrigerators, home appliances etc.. Nice evaluation....

I bought the same kind and they should be here soon will update when they get here and if they are good for gaming

What if your attempting to get wifi in another building on the same electric service?

Hi, where can I get that adapter for my laptop cat5 to lighting for Mac. Thanks

Great review. I am curious though, what download speeds are you paying for from your internet service provider? If you're paying for 300 mbps, then getting 250 from the powerline is pretty good. If you're paying for 1.5gbps and getting 250, then that's another story.

Greatly technology. I use it extensively at home and it’s fantastic.

I used it for like hotel room and it worked well because i used for my IPad and my iPhone too

I just got these. Sometimes the pick a plug led turns red but I still get a signal. Is this something that should be fixed. Also there is nothing else connected it's just Etherley into my pc from the adapter

Hi there. Is it possible to use a CAT 6 cable on a powerline adapter

What speed internet plan were you using when testing the speeds?

How is this for a smart tv? I have a weak signal and no Ethernet jack so watching streaming tv is excruciatingly slow with buffering.

Would this speed be good for reducing lag for gaming when its not close together?

So what would I get paying for 100 mbps when they are in different locations

Thank you

does anyone know if this 1200 also has wifi or is it limited to wired connection?

If I buy 3 powerline extenders and put them throughout the house will the furthest powerline be reached?

I am a little confused. Does this transmit the Ethernet frequency they wifi or does the signal get transmitted they the electrical wires?