“I already have the netgear ethernet adapter. I'm trying to figure out if I need more [ near other PC in house away from router] I ask is because w/ Zoom bandwidth, perhaps the cause of recent ( frequent) connection drop on other PC .”
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The powerline adapters are 90% of the time pieces of Junk, All hype not much truth. I spent 3 hours on the phone with Netgear and Netgear community researching what I wanted to do. I bought the PL 1200's Finally thanks to other research I found that you can sync them all at once to your router if you do it in your same room. However Here is the catch, If your Powerline adapter in pluged into an outlet that either crosses a CFIC Breaker, or Crosses a Breaker in the Breaker Box you start to loose Line speed. Now I tested this out Im getting 140Mps down and 25 up, From Computer when I hooked the first powerline up I did it on the same line (or wiring in the house that does not go through a GFIC or Breaker Box) I was getting 90 down and 15 up, Now the 1200 Advertises 400mps speeds but they admit 200 is really the max to expect. When I moved these Adapters pre synced I was getting 10-8 down and 3-4 up. They do come with a handy light signal that tells you if they are getting the best speed green/amber/red. The only way I could get a green signal was by keeping it on the same circuit of the main Powerline, Since almost every room has 2 breakers 1 for lighting and one for power In my house and Multiple GFIC Breakers on my 300 amp panel There was no work around . So in essence if your wiring is unobstructed, does not travel through breakers or CFIC They work great, But if you have a Large or Newly built home where The wiring in Isolated per room Forget it your wasting your money. Oh and BTW I found this very funny Netgear says do not use and extension cord. But for the heck of it I plugged a 50 foot cord in the wall of my office where the Main Powerline is, Ran it all the way to it max 50 feet Into one of the rooms I wanted to use the Powerline I got a green light and was getting 70--80 down and 10-15 up. There is a lot of Hype but more tech to Powerline adapters than most people really understand.
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