NETGEAR - Powerline 1000 Network Extender - White

I've moved 8 times in as many years, so I'm heavily dependent on simple, reliable, gear. For much of the time I didn't have internet (or once even electricity :3 ), but it's become a necessity for school and work. My newest location only had a wifi hub, my PC's wifi wouldn't work, and I wasn't allowed to run a cable. I searched around for a bit, and found this puppy. I've had good experiences with Netgear equipment in the past, and it seemed simple enough, so I gave it a shot. It worked FLAWLESSLY. Seriously, I plugged in both power bricks, both ethernet cables, and I had internet. No configuration, and setup took five minutes... because I was lazy. :) I've never used a better adapter; this is a GEM! It isn't the fastest connection I've ever had, but I'm a little spoiled. It won't be quite as fast as cable. But it is very quick. It hasn't lagged or dropped out once, for months of heavy use. 1080 streaming hasn't had a hiccup. It's an aesthetically pleasing design, too! It's simple and compact, and appears to be well built of high quality materials. My FAVORITE aspect of the Powerline is that it is non-proprietary! No matter where I am, or who my service provider is, if I have power, I have internet access. It really is a breeze! TWO THUMBS UP!!

I purchased this from Best Buy for the addition of internet connections in my newly built shop. The shop is approximately 150 feet from my house. After reading the reviews of which many complained of weak signal caused by electrical interference due to the number of outlets separating the sender and receiver units. Because this issue sounded like a deal breaker, I installed the sending unit in my main power meter box, located outside of my house. To my surprise as soon as I installed the receiver unit in an outlet in the shop and booted my PC, I had full strength signal as designated by the light on my Powerline Extender. I have since added many more power receptacles in the shop and office for other electric needs as well as shop lighting. Since adding these and plugging in tools, I no longer have a full strength signal. It has dropped slightly, but I am still able to stream movies, videos and music through the Powerline 1000 Extender connection. If you are in need of extending your internet capabilities, I would not hesitate to purchase this item and give it a try. If you purchase the Powerline 1000 Extender from Best Buy you can always return it if it doesn’t work for you.

(SOLVED) I built a shop out back of my house. I buried 2-1/2" conduit from my power meter and gas meter to supply the needed utilities at the shop. When it was time to pull CAT6 through the conduit, I learned that it would get interference if pulled along side of the power drop and code would not allow it along side of the gas supply line. After debating trenching for CAT6 and line of sight wireless I had about given up on a cost effective Internet in the shop. I began researching powerline ethernet extenders. I read many reviews with a variety of outcomes both good and bad. The results and stability were fairly consistent with the Netgear Powerline 1000. The most important thing that I learned through all of my research is those having the best results have a more direct line between the powerline adapters.I experimented using the pick a plug feature on the Powerline 1000 and was confident that with the proper combination of placement for the adapters, that I would get a strong signal and in fact I was finally able to get a green Pick A Plug LED, which signafies a full ethernet signal. I accomplished this by locating one powerline adapter outside in the ONT box next to the power meter service and the other located in the first 120 volt outlet exiting the shop subpanel. Thanks to this technology I have Internet speed equal to the Internet in the main home. I hope my review helps others in gaining a successful powerline Internet connection.

My home wi-fi doesn't quite reach the edge of my house, particularly my theater room. I tried using a wi-fi extender but it didn't really work, so I went with these. I have 300Mbps internet and I'm able to get a solid 120Mbps where I have the receiver installed. It's not bad and that's more than fast enough for gaming, video streaming, etc. My issue is that the ping time has increased drastically. It went from 5ms (what I get when I'm in range of my wi-fi) all the way up to 150ms. That means that Netflix has to really buffer before it can start streaming, gaming is downright impossible too. I will probably keep these simply because it works good enough for my NAS storage unit. I had a 5 port gigabit ethernet switch hooked up to this so that my PS4, Xbox One, Apple TV, and NAS could all get fast internet in my home theater room. Now I'm running a grouping of ethernet wires through my wall to get to my consoles, my Apple TV is able to use my wi-fi connection just fine. It could all be due to the wiring in my house as well. It's a little older so I'm not sure if that has anything to do with it. I will likely replace this whole setup with a series of wi-fi extenders throughout my house once I have enough funding. Until then, this works OK.

I have a Netgear CM500 modem and Netgear R6220 Ac120O Router. Whenever I play on my PS4 using Wi-Fi, the connection is good for the most part (unless a lot the people in my apartment uses the Wi-Fi) With the powerline adapter connected to my router, and then to my PS4, I had an amazing connection..for everything other than gaming. As soon as I connected this, I did a connection test on my PS4, and my dl/ul speeds reached somewhere to my actual internet provider speeds (100 Mbps/10Mbps). Whenever I watched Netflix/Hulu, the streams were seamless. HOWEVER, whenever I played Fortnite, or any other online game, I would have ridiculously high ping, and my connection would shake up and down for a few minutes until finally my connection is lost entirely. I did not have this problem when I was connected only to the Wi-Fi, so I know that the powerline connection must have been the reason why. Maybe it's because of my apartment complex and the electrical grid, idk. But I know this product is good, but has its faults, depending on where and how you live.

How in the world does this not have a full 5 star rating for all the reviews! This product is super easy and required nothing from me but the energy to walk upstairs and plug it in the 2nd socket. I opened the box read the instructions which were short and to the point. I plugged one in the plug behind my router/modem, and then connected to the router/modem. All the lights were green and suggested in the instructions. Walked upstairs plugged the other into the other plug and connected to my NVR security system. BAMMMM!!! worked without any other energy from me other than plugging into the plug. All I can say is WOW!!! I have not done a speed test on it but I will say I am getting full connection and fast playback from my NVR security system as when I tested directly connecting to the router during my NVR system test prior to full install. I did not have this before with the wireless setup I had even with a gigabit router. Also people that say these are high compared to others are just talking :). Compare this price to another Gigabit Powerline Adapter and you will see it is priced in the same ballpark.

I finally just got tired of the lousy throughput of wireless. I had tested and tested and tested and found I was only able to get 25 Mb/sec throughput even when I placed any number of devices less than 15 feet away from my router (100 Mb/sec Comcast) but found that devices hardwired to the router consistently had full throughput as advertised. I did some research and tried to eliminate interference between wireless access points and other 2.4 and 5 Gb/sec devices with just about no success and was at the point where I was going to drop $279 on the newest, latest and greatest WiMo router when I thought I would try these babies. Plugged them in and easey/peasey they synced and I found I was getting the full bandwidth anywhere in my house I put them. So I spent about $70 instead of $279 and plugged in the things that required better bandwidth (like streaming to my Roku and my laptop). They are small, unobtrusive and have been working great with no loss of sync and perfect speed for over 4 weeks. love them and recommend them highly!

Works just as advertised. Package comes with two Network Extenders and two LAN cables. I am, by no means, a networking guru. My son (networking guru) told me about these and I am really glad he did. 1) Plug in first Network Extender near primary router. 2) Connect to router with cable (provided in package). 3) Go to an outlet where you want a stronger wifi signal (or as a means to connect to a desktop by cable) and plug in the second Network Extender . Signal travels from primary router to Network Extender #1, through house electrical power lines, to Network Extender #2 where you can use a cable (provided) to connect to a laptop, desktop, or a secondary router configured as an access point. Voila! Instant signal and range. I connected my second Network Extender to a secondary router configured as an access point. If I can do this, so can you.