NETGEAR Powerline Ethernet Adapter Kit PLP2000, 2 Pack, 2000 Mbps

Wow so happy I found this. My job required a wire internet for work and my router was upstairs so this enabled me to get a wired internet connection downstairs. Thanks for saving my job this works beautifully!

I live at my mom's house, and I don't have permission for my parents to run an ethernet cable across the house. If you cannot and your Wi-Fi is not stable at 2 to 3 room distances this is perfect for you. I have ran tests too see if the Wi-Fi router being in my room not near a window versus next to a window with this adapter and found only small bandwidth reduction for downloading and uploading. And speeds similar to a ethernet connection directly to the router. A 4 ms delay in connection. I am not sponsored to say this but if you cannot get direct connection this is the number one solution I will give to anybody.

I bought this NETGEAR Powerline Kit to fix weak WiFi and packet loss on my second floor that my Google mesh system couldn't handle. A tip for new buyers: your house wiring matters more than anything else. Initially, I only got 50 Mbps. After some testing, I found that the speed depends entirely on the electrical circuits. In the same room, I hit 500 Mbps, but for my actual setup, I had to map my breakers. Once I found an outlet on the second floor that shared a circuit with one in the basement, I achieved a stable 250–300 Mbps. It’s a great, stable alternative to WiFi if you’re willing to experiment with different outlets!

I've used the Powerline adapters in several situations where running regular Ethernet UTP wire just wasn't an option for various reasons. The basics are simple, both copper and (god help us) aluminum wiring can be used as a medium for Ethernet(ish) signals. And, households have a lot of wiring already in place as AC service to just about every room. But, that's where the similarities end. Household wiring can be, and often is, an utter mess of decades old patch jobs and 'cheats'. If you've a newer household with good copper wiring according to local code and installed by a competent electrician, these should work quite well and get a decent throughput of 200+ Mbs between outlets. (No, not 2000 Mbs, more like 200). This is perfectly fine for many applications and truth be told is just fine for most homeowners. However, if you've an older home with a mixture of wiring, oxidized outlets, bizarre AC panels, etc. The performance of these adapters will be a VERY mixed bag of performance and reliability. I use the 2000 series adapters for my own home which has had it's electrical work updated a decade ago and I get VERY nice performance of around 400Mbs. My In-Laws home howerver...well it's a hodge-podge of mixed wiring done mostly by my Father-In-Law and finding two good outlets was like playing a roulette wheel. In testing, I was lucky to get 20Mbs and the connections were unstable at best. For my in-laws who just want to watch Netflix far away from their 5G Router, this was okay. So, these should provide a quick, easy, decent alternative to running UTP cabling. But keep your expectations in check and consider the situation in which the adapters are being used.

This product has now failed on me TWICE within 1 year. Purchased beginning of 2020. Failed in June, 2020 (no power, no connectivity, no lights, item plugged in doesn't work). I worked with Netgears horrible support back then and paid the $16.90 to get it replaced and sent back. NOW...last week it failed A SECOND TIME. Called Netgear support today...and was on the phone for them for almost 3 hours (I swear...I am not kidding). After creating the ticket, transferred to the wrong person, then transferred to another person that also didn't have experience with powerlines who was trying to find someone, and then dumped without any warning to the beginning of another holding queue. I finally spoke to someone, albeit a very new customer support rep, that was at least trying to be helpful. After repeating my entire story a fourth time...and having to give my case number and serial number multiple times (twice to this rep), he at least tried to help me. I hung in there with him while he tried to diagnose with me until he asked me to try to sync the 2 devices together. Seriously...there are no lights on the one failed device...it is completely dead...and the outlet doesn't even work...and you actually still want me to arrange my whole other location to to try to sync them together? There are no lights on the unit... so that is where I drew the line. As I knew when I first made the call, he informed me that they could replace the hardware. However, by the time it came up that they would RMA the product, I either have to pay $17.00 (a second time no) for them to send to me...or I pay shipping to them. After 2 3/4 hours, 2 product failures, you actually want me to pay another $17 for something that so far has a 100% failure rate? Unacceptable! At this point, I am waiting for a "team leader" to call me back. BTW...there are other reviews here and other places that have the same exact example...works...then stops working. This product must have an issue with it to fail like this. However, above all, Netgear support has been the worst that I have experienced in at least 24 years (even worse than ISP...lol). It is a disgrace to a company that I have had allegiance to for many, many years! Well...to add fuel to the fire...after sending 3 more follow-up requests about Netgear taking ownership of this issue by contacting me and working through a solution by sending me a replacement...they actually closed the ticket without even responding to me by a phone call or email. Horrible, horrible support!! I tried to open another support request...I received an email back with a ticket number with them REQUIRING ME TO CALL THEM. After my last 2 1/2 hour horrible support request...I refuse to go through that fiasco again. Now I have 2 unusable pieces of junk here and no internet to my living room. I don't know what happened to Netgear...it looks like their quality is substandard...and that they don't stand behind their products anymore. If you like sub-par products with horrible support that is farmed out overseas (where they will not call or write you back)...then buy Netgear. If you want better quality product and better service...then I would explore other options like TrendNet, D-Link, or Linksys. I just purchased another switch...which is by Trendnet. Whenever it's time to replace my router...it will NOT be from Netgear. It's sad to say...but Netgear will never get a dime from me....ever again.

Worked Perfectly, Thank you, just plug them in and go !

Good: I like the power pass thru and dual ethernet ports. Super simple setup. Relatively compact. Responsive tech support. Bad: Tech support confirmed older design (circa 2018), no diagnostics, monitor, settings available. Even with ideal (?) config, I can't see more than about 200Mbps through the two devices. Connection between powerline devices often dropped, blocking all traffic while they try to find each other again. My testbed had 1Gbps internet router to one PL2000, laptop to the other, both devices directly connected to wall plugs in same room (less than 10 feet copper). Best observed speed was about 200Mbps down and 100Mbps up. Netgear tech support Connecting laptop to second RJ45 on router-connected device I get 900Mbps up/down. Possibly my home wiring has more noise than I realize, but there's no way to really tell.

Bought this with a bit of skepticism, but all I can say is WOW I am impressed! Getting speed and latency measurements that are much, MUCH better then I expected them to be. Was going to spend the money to add an ethernet jack to my room, as it is on the opposite side of the house and wifi signal can be poor (especially when outside). I connect to a desktop via rdp on my local network w/ a laptop, and always deal with poor connection and inability to maintain a 5ghz Wifi connection, as it would end up reverting automatically to 2.4ghz resulting in an immediate drop in performance of the rdp desktop. With this device I now plug into it via ethernet, and my rdp connection thus far is excellent, so I am both impressed and very happy w/ this purchase. Well worth the cost, though it is one of the more expensive ones it is (imo) definitely worth every dollar. See the image for speedtest. Keep in mind I am using ethernet over usb c, so it may be an even faster connection if you are using an internal ethernet card/port (but I don't at the moment have means to test this). 10 stars if I could!! The only complaint I have is that the device when in a standard outlet doesn't leave enough space to use the top outlet w/ a grounded (3-prong) plug. Only a 2-prong one would fit above it, so it does ultimately end up occupying the entire outlet you use. But since there is a plug passthrough, its not really that big a deal / a dealbreaker (at least for me).

MUY BIEN

Bought for home use. Realized it came in a different plug type for my country, but I currently use it with an adapter, and it still gives decent speed and stable connection.

I am using this to get internet to my security system in the detached garage. Works great. I have a few electrical panels in the house - so I just needed to connect to an outlet on the same panel that connects to the garage sub panel and it worked well. Speeds are good and setup is easy. Would have set this up years ago if I knew it would be so easy. Just followed the instructions. Also used a laptop to test the speed at a few outlets to see what would work best for me.

Tenho 02 pares. Muito rápido e confiável. As 02 portas ethernet ajudam muito. Na minha fiação velha ele chega a marcar 128Mbps. Fácil de usar e configurar.

It actually works! Have an extension on the other side of my house that is separated by brick. Mesh wifi was useless because the signal couldn’t penetrate and I debated if it was worth it to run an Ethernet cable. I used this thing and I finally have consistent internet service to that area! You’re not going to get the advertised speeds, but it’s a stable connection and allows for two ports. I plug this into one of my Wi-Fi pucks and I’ve gotten 50 MBPs down in that area (which is all I need) but have a 1.5 gigabit plan.