Heather Wilson
Reviewed in Canada on February 6, 2025
These saved me running cable all the way upstairs for my son's gaming PC. They work really well and were quick and easy to install. No latency or glitches... amazing!!
John S.
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2025
I have been skeptical about how a unit like this could possibly carry IP over power lines. I am in a location where I needed to put surveillance at an entrance gate to the property of a camp I am managing which is over 600 ft from where the NVR and router are located. Luckily there is a power meter and panel right near the gate, and a tree nearby. I installed a power outlet at the panel, and plugged one of powerline adapters there. I went back to the office where the router is, and plugged in the other powerline adapter. I couldn't believe my eyes when I the link light came on. I connected the router to the office adapter, and went back out to the power panel and connected my laptop. I had internet! I ran speed tests, and they were what I got in the office. I ran YouTube videos. No glitches. Now I have a surveillance IP camera on the tree by the panel, and have active video running 24hrs/day. I also have an access point with Wifi running so I will be able to connect to the gate opener. This all couldn't have happened without the these Powerline Adapters. Also the adapters have 2 network ports for network cables. In my application I am running the camera from one port and the AP from the other. No switch required.
Anon
Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2024
I recently got this TP-link after my other one had kicked the gutter randomly a while ago, and I got to say, it works great! The power saving mode confused me at first, but I figured it out pretty quickly.They also come with 2 ethernet cables, a bit short might I add but itโs a welcomed surprise.My biggest issue with these however, is the size. My old links were a bit small, so I could put them in a few more tight spaces, but these ars much bigger, most likely to compensate for the power that they output in outlets. Itโs not that big of a deal, considering they have an outlet on themselves, which is extremely useful.Pros:โข Easy to set up & useโข Excellent speedsโข Great for video streaming & Gamingโข Fair priceCons:โข Size is a little bit bigโข Depending on outlet placement, it could take the whole outlet (although there are workarounds for this, like using a drop cord).
John D
Reviewed in Mexico on July 16, 2024
Facil de instalar, mejora bastante la latencia. El dispositivo esta conectado a un Series S, y funciona mejor comparado contra WIFI. Hasta el momento sin problemas de desconexion o fallas por la red electrica.
erasmus
Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2024
My apartment has cable service, but the router for my unit was placed in a really odd spot, and the wireless service is pretty bad. SO I remembered powerline units were available, got these as they were highly rated overly on various sites.I was able to turn off wireless on my unit's router, ran a cable from the router to the first unit, set up the second unit on an outlet that appears to be one of the last stops in the electrical circuit, then ran a cable to my own router, which let me run ethernet cables to various devices -- laptops, gaming consoles-- in my office. Definitely beefed up the speed, so little to no buffering.I've reconfigured the networks at times in the apartment, has always worked just fine.Because of one of these rearrangements, I discovered just how bad one of my gaming consoles was running over wireless. My roommate uses that one mainly, doesn't really seem to care. Anyway, I wanted to see if I could use another set of adapters to hook that console up to my personal network through the electrical circuit, too.One set would go from the unit router to my personal router, and the other set would go from my personal router to that gaming console and a couple other devices in the same area.It initially didn't work because the new adapters hooked up to the network for my unit. What I had to do was isolate each network and set them up separately. I unplugged the unit adapters, reset my network's adapters, then set them up on my personal network. Then I plugged the unit's adapters back in, and the two networks both used the electrical circuit individually as desired. Hopefully that saves someone some hassle for that particular scenario.And the target gaming console runs great now.
Rod
Reviewed in Mexico on February 11, 2024
Lo compre porque las versiones av500 no funcionan bien. Especialmente con mi Xbox 360. Siempre perdรญa conecciรณn. Con estos en su lugar no se pierde la conecciรณn. La velocidad que reportan no es diferente de los de av500, pero es obvio que la conecciรณn es mรกs estable. Si estรกn un poco caro. Me uniera gustado ver estรก con tres confecciones de ethernet en ves de dos. Update: Revise la velosidad con mi computadora. Tengo de servicio 200 gb. Con este equipo recibo 93 gb de baja y subida. Asi que si funciona muy bien. Hice una prueba con el equipo viejo de AV600 connectado con estos AV2000 y tambien aumento la velocided. De baja y subida tenia antes como 20 a 40 gb con solo usando AV600. Conectados con el AV2000 tengo 60 GB a 70GB de baja y entre 40 a 50 gb de subida. Lo malo es que mi xbox 360 aun sigue reportando velocidades muy bajos pero la connecion es estable. Valio la compra. Espero que duren por varios aรฑos.
Jackson Ching
Reviewed in Singapore on February 4, 2023
This product works with 220v even though the device label indicated that the input is 100-120v. I have checked with TP-Link support and confirmed that i can be used with 220v. I also checked with Amazon Support and they assure me that should there be issue on 220v, I can still have it returned without charges.So if you are looking for a US plug powerline that can be used on 220v, this one does!
Regan McKay
Reviewed in Australia on May 4, 2020
Don't expect a speed close to 2000Mbps mas that lab conidtions in an ideal world. Distance and cable quality effect the speed you will get; However, whatever speed you get will more than likely l be better experience than wifi. My house was built in the 1950's and the wifi struggles to provide good reliable speed through 5 walls. I installed these in my house as the wifi wasn't upto to the job of game streaming from my office to lounge or bedroom TV's, so decided I would try before paying for professional cabling, glad I did as they work perfectly and is a much cheaper solution, I now can game using games streaming (Steam & Nvidia). So good I ordered a second pair!
SDR
Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2018
I have a decent b/g/n/ac router and, when I am in the same room as the router, and connect via 5GHz WiFi, I max out my cable speeds (I get around 230 Mbps over WiFi). However, we have a reasonably large house, with lots of interior walls, so the 5GHz signal degrades quite rapidly when I move into distant rooms. Recently I installed an HDHomerun device, which allows me to stream OTA (antenna) HD TV throughout the house - and that signal needs to be both fast and stable. It works well over WiFi for nearby TVs, but is a bit iffy for more distant TVs, including one in a distant room in which the TV is attached to a small PC (which receives the signal via an AC WiFi adapter).So, I bought the AV2000 kit to complement our home's WiFi. Setup couldn't have been simpler.First, I plugged a very short (1 foot) flat plug extension cord into an electrical outlet near my router. That way, I wasn't blocking the second socket in the outlet (which is a common complaint about the AV2000).Second, I plugged the AV2000 into that extension cord.Third, I plugged a 6-place power strip into the AV2000 passthrough. My router, cable modem, NAS and HDHomerun are powered from that strip.Fourth, I attached an ethernet cable between the router and the AV2000. The AV2000 lights were on, with the central light red, indicating a bad ethernet connection - which worried me a bit, but everything worked out......Fifth, I took the second AV2000 unit to the distant room (which is on a different electrical circuit) and plugged it into the socket.Sixth, I ran an ethernet cable between that unit and the small media computer that streams to my TV.Seventh, I pressed the pair buttons on both units (within the designated 1-minute timeframe), and waited. After about 30 seconds - bingo. all 3 lights, on both units, were green.Eighth, I inactivated the WiFi on the small PC, and then I tested the streaming from my HDHomerun (so that I could be sure that I was testing the powerline connection, not WiFi) - the TV signal was perfect.Ninth, using a browser on my media PC in that distant room, I ran a speed test (dslreports) and got about 120 Mbps. So, not really close to my max cable speed, but it looks rock-solid stable, and the quality was rated "A".SUMMARY: IF you have a small area to cover, I'd recommend using a good AC WiFi router together with good AC adapter(s) on your devices. But if you have a large area, and you need a stable connection somewhere far from the router, this is a great way to go. Very impressed. Five stars.