TP-Link AV1000 Powerline Ethernet Adapter Kit (TL-PA7017P KIT) - Passthrough, Noise Filtering, Gigabit Port, Plug Pair & Play, Network Adapter

Since 2012, we have been using Monster Digital Life PowerNet 200 Powerline Ethernet Adapters throughout the house. It was easier than running Cat cables and setting up a network of wireless access points and/or wireless extenders. Well, as can happen. One of them went bellyup! We have no complaints! Not after 13 years. We certainly got our money’s worth from them. However, they are no longer available.After some research and reading reviews, we bought this TP-Link AV1000 Powerline Ethernet Double Set of Adapters as a replacement starter kit. Plug and Play -- It installed in minutes. The hardest thing was moving the desk. Works beautifully! Without measuring, we’re visually recognizing about 3-4 times difference in speed, maybe more! We’re pleased just with that. And we intend to buy more!

Perfect to get networking out to my shed without having to run underground conduit. Saved me a lot of time and money. Reliable and good speed.

These were OK. There was nothing inherently wrong with them or dysfunctional. They worked but I just could not achieve the speeds I needed with them. I would be open to trying them again in the future for other uses, but honestly, my Wi-Fi was faster. I ended up returning them, but as mentioned earlier, they were functional to a certain degree. They just were not for me.

I am very satisfied with this product. First I set it up with one device of the pair connected to my router in my living room (which is in the middle of the house on the upper story) and with the other device of the pair connected to an outlet in my garage (50 feet away), and connected to a laptop (by ethernet of course)- just as a test that the connection was working - and it was - the laptop accessed the network perfectly. In other words, the laptop got the same quality of performance from the garage thru the TP-link powerline ethernet devices as when the laptop is in the living room, 15 feet from the router, and connected wirelessly. Then I disconnected the laptop and connected the garage powerline device to some other devices (1) a security camera and 2) a router set up as a wireless extender (AP) for wireless cameras - and it still worked. (This was just a test to verify that I could set up a security camera system in the garage using this TP-link). I tested the wireless connection to the AP using my laptop (but this time wirelessly, of course). I also dida wireless test from by iphone to the AP that ran thru the TP-link. I was skeptical about powerline ethernet because there are several machines plugged in along the garage electrical circuit: 2 refrigerators, and a freezer. And coming into the house there are also a washer and a dryer on the circuit. It did not seem to matter - it still worked OK. I was looking at video pictures on the laptop and from the NVR and I never noticed any interference. Later I moved the TP-link device from my garage to an outlet downstairsin the family room (also near the center of the house, but downstairs from the central router) to connect a Roku (connected to a TV by HDMI). It still worked just fine. So I purchased 2 more TP-link power line adapters. One went to the garage permanently for a security camera. I did run into a problem: the camera showed up in my router list of attached devices with the same IP address as the Roku, but with a different MAC address. I do not think the problem was caused by the tp-link powerline device, but by the camera. The problem was resolved by bouncing the camera and telling it to reassign its IP address. The other new powerline device went into a remote bedroom with a weak wireless signal where it connected to a switch and the switch connected to a PC and printer. The only problem is that the printer goes to sleep and can't be used again until you turn it off and back on. But that is a problem that it had before the TP link was added into the network so I guess it is a problem with the printer, not the network. I like getting away from too many wireless signals. It seems more secure, more reliable, and probably healthier.

Don't expect a gigabit speed on this or similar device. You can get a steady 100-200 Mbit/s which is enough for most of the applications. Please note - no WiFi, which is better security. Connection is steady and you don't need to install full-house WiFi.Depending on the distance from the master unit a speed may vary.Make sure you plug in those units directly to the outlet (!) and the other outlet should be on the same wire. If not you may not even get a connection at all or speeds like 10Mbit/s. Check your electric switch box.So, don't get gigillionaire fiber with a lot of Gbit/s, first of all you don't need that speed, second - you will get only ~200 Mbit/s on the device, third - you will save a ton of money.Other thoughts.A design of the unit is horrendous. When you insert into the outlet, a second plug technically cannot be inserted (unless you force it or use a file to cut some plastic out from the unit). Why it was so hard to move components inside so the second plug could be easily inserted into the outlet? Ok, you will get one back due to a "pass through".The best you can do is to hardwire your house instead of trying WiFi, Mesh or similar powerline devices.On attached images:1 - speedtest via WiFi2 - speedtest via powerline adapter, it's OK.

Incredulous easy to install configure, excellent connectivity.

Only getting 20mbps when the pair are on the same electrical circuit. While not on the same circuit, the pair cannot sync at all to create a network. So it's kinda pointless to install them, as WiFi does about 10X-20X for me. I was hoping for close to the gigabit with this pair but it's not even close.Update: I tried again without any surge protectors, and on the same electrical circuit I was able to get 120mbps, and on different circuit breakers I could get a network up as well, although the speed was miserably low at about 1mbps. So without surge protectors the numbers look much better and usage across circuit breakers is possible. But it's still pointless as my WiFi is 200-400mbps. So I'm returning them.