Customer Ratings & Reviews

Awesome! I know the word is overused but I am an IT guy that's totally impressed by this Powerline 2000 Ethernet Adapter. I had to install an 8K Video System in an upscale residence. The challenge I had was getting an Ethernet line from the cable modem to the NVR while keeping the wire concealed. Because the customer expected no-lag High Resolution live streaming of their cameras, whatever I did had to work. Period. This Powerline 2000 got it done, fast & easy. Setup was so easy I couldn't believe it- Plug in both units & connect one of them to the router using the included patch cord, then connect the other one to the NVR (or your gizmo that needs Gigabit connectivity), then press the button for 2 seconds on each unit and you're done. They work perfectly. I turned on the NVR and didn't have a single issue getting it online and setting up remote streaming. Fast & Smooth, very impressive.

These solve a lot of Internet access issues. We have Blast 300 which gives us 360 MBPS. I feed one of the outputs from the cable modem right into one of these and plug three more into different outlets where we need a reliable connection. Even on different circuits, all three have three green lights, and 150 MBPS. That's enough to power my son's XBox 360 in multi-player mode with zero lagging. And our daughter's room, which has fluctuating WiFi because of metallic in-wall obstructions, gets flawless hardwired Internet which she needs for teaching school. I've used other EOP modules but these are the most reliable with the best throughput, plus the feed-through AC outlet is convenient. I would give a 4.5 if I could because these block the second receptacle in a duplex outlet. But the dual RJ-45's make up for that. When we built our house, I installed Cat 5e cable in 3/4" plastic conduit to many of the rooms, but due to resistance in the CAT cable, the data rate at those hardwired outlets is only around 92 MBPS. Best Buy's price beat the mail-order houses, and they were faster on delivery too.

This is a great option for people who want a stable connection in an environment where wifi may be unreliable. Installation is as simple as plugging the devices into the wall socket and connecting ethernet cables to whatever devices you need. The flaws with this device are inherent to all powerline adapters. You want to keep the devices relatively close. In my case, my modem is directly downstairs from my bedroom so there's only a few feet of distance from them. This may not work well in a large home/workplace. The devices need to be plugged directly into the wall to work at their best. Trying to protect them with a surge protector will cause you to lose connection speed unfortunately. If there was any other thing I'd ask for to improve the product is that a smaller, more low-profile version be made so one didn't have to worry s much where you could plug it in.

Here was my scenario: Our Comcast cable modem/router with 1 gig servcie is located on the 2nd level of our home and does not provide adequate wireless signal to the basement. I have a kid home from college that needed either a stronger wireless signal or hard wire connection for his Xbox One X that will be located in the basement. I had a dilemma: Try to pull a wire from upstairs down to the basement, purchase a wifi mesh network, or invest in a powerline network adapters. 1) Obviously, pulling network wire is the best solution, but it was going to be difficult to pull without some major labor on my end. 2) Starting reviewing mesh networks....So many options: Dual band, tri-band, AC, AX, wifi-6. Reviews on wifi mesh networks were all over the place, plus some of the newest mesh systems cost anywhere between $300-$700. 3) Started reviewing powerline network adapters and read about the Netgear Powerline 2000. It seemed to have some promise and overall it had a positive reviews, plus it was about a 1/3 of the cost of the wifi mesh system I was considering to buy. So I rolled the dice and bought the Netgear powerline adapter with the thought if it didn't work, I would return and buy the wifi mesh network. Unboxed the powerline adapters: They seemed solid and are a bit larger and heavier than expected. Plugged the first one in near my router-- There's an LED indicator on the adapter called "Pick a Plug". The Pick A Plug feature lets you pick the electrical outlet with the strongest performance, indicated by the color displayed by the LED. Green, amber, red, and no LED. A green LED indicates a Link rate > 80 Mbps. Luckily the adapter showed a green LED with the first out let I selected. I then hooked a network cable to the adapter and it showed it was connected. I then proceeded to the basement and installed the second adapter near the TV and Xbox One X. What's nice about these adapter is it has two network outlets on the adapter--So for an added bonus, I was able to hook up the TV and the Xbox. Once I installed the second adapter, it took about 15-30 seconds to connect and the TV found the network signal right away and so did the Xbox. The real test: After verifying the Xbox was connected and working, one of my son's games had a 21Gb update that needed to be installed--so we decided what better way to test the new adapters than doing the update. The updated started and on average it was downloading between 60-80mb, and sometimes it surged to 100mb. My other son went upstairs to the other Xbox and turned it and started playing Madden online, the speed in the basement dropped some, but still stayed in the 50-70 download range. Overall, the adapters seem to do exactly as advertised and the speed seems to be adequate enough in the basement to prevent lag while gaming. Granted we've only had the devices installed for less than 24 hours, but right now they are working well. Will update in a few months to see of everything stays status quo!

This product is very easy to install and a great solution when you do not have a wired cat6 in your room available.

I’m gonna be super honest - I didn’t think this was going to work but it was a solution where I hadn’t had one. I previously had an Ethernet cable running from one end of my house to the other - at least 800 sq ft from the corner of the bottom of my house to the opposite corner of the upstairs. Pretty ridiculous, unsightly, and super inconvenient, but there was just no practical way to improve my WiFi coverage and our desktop computer is only a good fit in the bedroom where it is. So, this does not get anywhere near Gigabit speed, but there are probably variables in my house that affect that. It does perform above 100 Mbps which is at least twice the speed of my WiFi up there (with Gigabit at the modem) and totally stable which the WiFi was not. Finally, it really was plug & play. Fast and easy to set up, literally plugging in and pressing a button on each plug. Very satisfied with this purchase.

I was actually pretty impressed with how well this worked when I first got it home. My router is upstairs in my office and I wanted to get a hardwired connection to some devices in our living room without drilling holes or running cables across the floor. When I first connected the two units and did a speed test I was getting around 200mbps download speed. My connection is 250mbps and I’m in an older house so this was perfect for my needs. However, about a week later the “pick a plug” lights both turned red and I started seeing less than 10mbps down and less than 1mbps up. I tried resetting the unit and plugging it into multiple outlets (even in the same room) and nothing seemed to help. I also verified that no one in my house had added any new devices to the circuit the units were on. I purchased a competitor’s product, plugged them in, and they both worked great, getting the same initial speed I got with the Netgear setup. They continue to work about two weeks later without any major dips in bandwidth. Maybe my units were defective, but I’m a little disappointed I spent over $100 and they stopped working in such a short amount of time. Side note: The Best Buy staff at my store were super helpful and gave me no trouble when handling my return. I’d give them 5 stars if I could!

I moved the home entertainment hub from one side of the house to the other with no modem or router. If you are like me and are searching for a way to have internet in a room with absolutely no obvious possibilities of making it work, GET THESE! I don't normally write reviews but this one I felt I needed to in order to help others like me who may feel lost. I will make it detailed so you can understand my path, roadblocks, and successes. This is being written on my phone so excuse grammar and typos please, don't take it as a lack of intelligence. We bought our home last year, for some reason the home surround with ceiling speakers throughout was built into one of the bedrooms rather than the family room or hidden. The room it happened to be in is a spare room we use for grandkids so having such expensive and important equipment in that room was well, not exactly the most brilliant positioning. I bought the HTC amplifier and controller, I prefer to keep wired components for better connections and sound, however the unit requires an internet connection to use the app, link music apps, etc., I thought a TP link would do it but nope. So I have the amp, controller-controller requiring direct internet, and two Sonos ports, each requiring wifi. I was feeling hopeless and a little nervous because I told my husband I was going to move the system, paid for the electrician, and then couldn't get the TP link to work. I also have an eero mesh system I should add, very important to note as this wouldn't work without it, in my case because I need a direct internet connection, explained below. Well after doing research I found this in wall system. How was I going to get internet into a room where there isn't any and due to distance running a wire is not an option? After trying the TP link, failed, I then went to a best buy, btw it said it had none on the shelves online but there were easily 10 so go look in person if you can, I brought this home thinking I would plug it in and it would work but it did not, don't fret, if all you need is something to connect a computer it might, but if it doesn't, keep reading. My particular system MUST be directly connected to the internet not through a device, hmmmm, conundrum. I had my eero router previously connected to the actual modem on the other side of the house, through some brain work, I'm pretty good with techi stuff and electronics, I thought to myself "self, let's move the eero router to the family space, connect it to the new in wall extender and see if that works". So i did just that. I left the in wall extender plugged in, connected my eero to that, then was able to "hardwire" my controller directly into the eero and MY SYSTEM WORKS!! Took a bit of figuring out but hopefully this can help someone. Now my TP link does work with my laptop in the same room but didn't do all that great before I got the eero. Final note, I got the in wall extender with two ports, do this, it seriously will come in handy even if you don't use it right away it will be good to have.

Don’t usually do reviews but this works exceptionally well. Able to get high speed internet through the outlet in order to game without latency

Worked great for me, personally I would rather have this than a WiFi extender. HOWEVER please be careful when buying there if you have an older home, apartment, townhome ect. The effectiveness of this product is directly linked to the wiring quality wherever you’re setting it up. So if you are in a newer home,apartment, townhome ect i would HIGHLY recommend this product.

Bought this for better WiFi in my ADU unit. WiFi box is more than 100ft away inside the house. Easy to install and works great!

I have FO Internet. I use this as my 1° Internet connection for TVs, computers & printer in my house. If you connect more than four, the middle LED turns red instead of green.

These are a great solution for establishing a wired internet connection when running Ethernet cables simply isn't an option. I bought these because I wanted to use Virtual Desktop on my Oculus Quest to play SteamVR games. However, my PC is upstairs and I can't run Ethernet all the way down to the router, and VD requires a very fast internet connection to work well. I've been using these for quite a while now and the performance honestly speaks for itself. VD runs great, video streaming is buttery-smooth, and latency in general is extremely low. That said, please do your homework before getting one of these. While Powerline network adapters are a great wired networking solution, the performance you get out of them greatly depends on the quality of your house's wiring, and it may possibly be affected by other appliances, like microwaves.

This product was used to get around a broken wire in an inaccessible wall. It worked great with simple Plug and Play. You can really only use one of these in a home and keep the performance, but its faster than WiFi and provides a solution when trying to get around problem connections.

Works as advertised, used it to extend my internet to upstairs

I have a really big WiFi problem. I was skeptical in buying this , because I had one years ago and it wasn’t working at all. I was planing on buying some switch boards and 200 feet Ethernet cable . But I got this set to give it a try . The tv I was trying to reach was on the other side off my house , and I have a big house . ( build in 1982 )So plugged it in on both ends , turned on the tv changed from my week WiFi I was getting to Ethernet and it works . 10 times the speed I used to had . Movies stream perfectly. ( note signal travels to panel box , no problem ) I will definitely get some more off them and help out my WiFi by eliminating a few devices. A few hour job with Ethernet cable down to 5 min . Price is ok , you get what you pay for

Easy to set up once you find good outlets to use. Imo running a full surge protector through the power pass through have way to much interference. But idk. Choose a lone or to use and it worked great. Have gigabit internet but obviously it won't run at full bandwidth but consistently 500 to 700mbps. Would reccomend.

Used it to get internet from one side of the house to another and it worked perfect you you won’t get speeds of 500 but close to 80-100 which is not that bad.

I ordered a pair of these about a year ago because I was having trouble getting WiFi to work reliably to a particular room. They have worked perfectly since then. Downloading multi-gigabyte files has been fast, and virtual meetings have been reliable. I just ordered another pair for printers on the network since those have been unreliable over WiFI and they have solved that problem brilliantly too. Setup is very easy. Including setting up a secured network and adding new adapters to the existing info secured network. Highly recommend.

Plugged one unit into the oulet and route; plugged the other unit on the other side of the house, and worked perfectly. Now I have a hard wired internet connection to my computer with lightning fast speed all through my existing electrical lines. I did give it only 4 stars because the advertisement lied about the wifi capability. This product does not have wifi capability. It is only for hard-wired connections. You have to purchase the wifi externder seperately. But I am still very satisfied with the product.