TP-Link AV2000 Powerline Ethernet Adapter TL-PA9020P KIT - Powerline Network Adapter, Passthrough, 2x2 MIMO, 2 Gigabit Ports, Ethernet Over Power, Plug Pair & Play, Power Saving, Free Expert Help

I purchased these powerline adapters after our development ditched DSL for AT&T Fiber. Now that I had 1 GB of speed, I wanted to improve the throughput of the older TP-Link powerline adapters I'd been using for over 12 years! They worked pretty well, but tose were limited to 200 Mbps (TP-Link AV200) and sometimes had to be reset to regain connectivity. The AV2000 is a major upgrade. They have a maximum speed of 2 Gbps, MIMO, an additional Ethernet port on the bottom of the unit and a passthrough AC in the unit itself. They have never disconnected from each other and provide a fast, stable way to distribute a signal to an area that can't receive wireless or that would benefit from the higher bandwidth of aa wired connection. As an example, I use them to connect a TV to an Apple TV 4K on our patio where wireless isn't strong enough for a reliable connection. The difference in performance over the AV200 is night and day. These are a major upgrade from what I was using, but then again, the ones I had were purchased in 2013. If I have a criticism, it's that they are twice as large as the AV200's I was using. If you plug a device into the AC passthrough, it becomes pretty bulky. It makes hiding the device a bit more challenging and requires at least a few inches of depth to hide it behind a piece of furniture. In exchange for the drawback, the performace of the AV2000 is sensational and makes extending your network a very simple chore!

Don’t let the name "AV2000" mislead you—while it implies gigabit or even 2-gigabit speeds, you won’t quite reach those numbers in real-world conditions. However, the Ethernet speeds are still very fast and more than capable of handling streaming, gaming, and general connectivity needs across your home. What makes these powerline adapters shine is their convenience. Running dedicated Ethernet cables through ceilings, floors, or multiple walls is often impractical. These devices let you set up a high-performance wired network without cutting drywall or making permanent changes to your home. It's a clean, non-invasive solution that just works. Setup is completely plug-and-play. You don’t need to install any software or configure settings. Simply plug one unit into a wall outlet near your router and connect it via Ethernet. Then, plug the other unit into an outlet near the device you want to connect—whether that’s a smart TV, game console, or printer—and you’re done. It's that easy. There is a basic utility provided that lets you monitor the adapters, check firmware versions, and update them if needed, but it’s not required for setup or everyday use. Overall, I’m very pleased with the TP-Link AV2000 kit. It’s reliable, fast, and makes extending wired connections in your home incredibly easy. I’d absolutely recommend it to anyone who needs better connectivity without the hassle of physical network cabling.

I recently installed the TL-WPA7817 Kit and overall I’m pretty pleased with how it’s improved connectivity in a troublesome spot of my home, though there are a few caveats worth noting. 👍 What I like: Setup was very straightforward: plug one unit near your router, the other wherever you need coverage, press the pair button, and you’re up and running. Because it uses your home’s electrical wiring, it offers awired fallback (via the Gigabit Ethernet port) for devices like a smart TV or game console that benefit from stable connections. In my case, devices that previously struggled with weak WiFi now pull a much better, usable signal. What could be better: While advertised speeds are high, real-world performance depends heavily on your home’s wiring and electrical circuit. As some users point out: “They don’t always work … it heavily relies on how modern electric installation in your building is…” Reddit In my home, I didn’t achieve anywhere near the maximum speed; I’m getting solid improvement over prior WiFi alone, but not the theoretical top numbers. There’s no pass-through power socket on the adapters (on some competing units you don’t lose a wall outlet). The product is best when both adapters are on the same electrical circuit or at least close in wiring terms; if they’re far apart or on different circuits the performance drops significantly.

Our Internet connection comes into an upstairs bedroom on one corner of the house, which didn't get us the best wireless coverage. I also wanted to have wired connections for some of our older devices that will never get updated to patch the new wireless security vulnerabilities. We looked into having Ethernet cables run throughout the house, but that was and expensive solution, and we couldn't agree where we needed the outlets (we just moved in and are still arranging things). I got this and the TP-Link AV2000 / AC1200 Gigabit Powerline AC Wi-Fi Kit | HomePlug AV2 Technology | Plug, Pair, and Play (TL-WPA9610 KIT) , and we've been very happy with the performance. This kit includes a pass-through AC outlet, but the adapter is large enough to block the ground pin of the outlet above it, while the cheaper TL-PA9020 KIT without the pass-through outlet does not block the outlet above it. So you only end up with a single 3 prong outlet either way. Had I known that beforehand I would have saved ten bucks and got the cheaper non-pass-through kit. With this kit you should be able to squeeze a 2 prong plug into the top outlet, so I suppose it does have an advantage over the cheaper kit (but I'd still have saved the ten bucks). With one adapter connected to an outlet on the second floor in one corner of the house (where our router is) and another in an outlet on the far corner of the house downstairs, we still get full 100/100 Internet speed, and over 500Mbps on local networking (currently showing 706Mbps, but it varies). The 2 others we have in the upstairs server room, and downstairs behind the entertainment center get near gigabit performance. So not as fast as having Ethernet cables run throughout the house, but we installed it ourselves, and if we decide to rearrange the furniture and need an Ethernet port elsewhere, we can simply move the powerline adapter to another outlet. Keep in mind that powerline network kits will only deliver 25% to 50% of their advertised (theoretical maximum) speed. So these AV2000 (2Gbps) kits will typically have between 500Mbps and 1Gbps performance. Use that as a ballpark to decide of you need the speed of an AV2000 kit, or if you can get away with less expensive AV1000 or slower kits. By combining this kit with the TP-Link AV2000 / AC1200 Gigabit Powerline AC Wi-Fi Kit | HomePlug AV2 Technology | Plug, Pair, and Play (TL-WPA9610 KIT) we were able to improve wireless coverage as well. We put the WPA9610 powerline adapter with the wireless AC1200 access point downstairs and now we have great wireless signal everywhere in the house. This arrangement is superior to a wireless repeater, since the access point connects through the wired network. We've been using the powerline network for several months now and it has performed flawlessly. No odd drops or disconnects. It's a great product with solid performance, at least in our home (the quality of your electrical wiring can affect performance, so YMMV).

(updated review) 2nd day ownership update: These powerline adaptors completely wiped out my TP-Link Archer C9 router. No joke. I've owned the C9 since Sept 2015 (two months shy of three years), and it has been near perfect. Throughout all of this powerlined adaptor testing I haven't touched my C9 one bit (acting as a simple AP). About an hour after plugging the pair of these powerline adaptors in (one a floor below C9, one a floor above it), slowly but surely all my 2.4, then 5.0G devices drop out. My smart plugs stop responding, Alexa's stop responding, my nest looses its connection... I just noticed my freaking nest rebooted a minute ago for no reason. All the while the powerline adaptors chug along while I perform testing throughout the house. After I unplug the powerline adaptors I have to cold cycle the C9 - it will last anywhere from a few hours to a day at best now before doing the same thing, dropping all my devices. During this if I jack into the ethernet port on the back of the C9 (essentially acting as a switch), I can ping it, get an IP address from my other DHCP server, and connect outbound through my gateway, but NO WIFI. SSIDs are being broadcast, but even if I manually assign an IP I cannot seemingly get any packet movement through the router (have not verified with wireshark). The powerline adaptors seem to directly affect the radios, or power supplies (see below) in this router. I've been setting up and debugging home, corporate and industrial networks as an EE for 15 years, so this is not new to me. If I had messed with the C9's cabling, configuration, power cycled the C9, even moved it prior to testing these adaptors, well I would give these the benefit of doubt and say I inadvertently did something to screw it up. But it was working 100% for months up until now (installed after a move) - and going on three years prior. If it's a coincidence, well I'm sorry to make assumtions, but I'm just putting it out there. I load tested my original C9 12V power adaptor at 3amps for 15-20minutes, and it works as expected. Out of curiousity I plugged a powerline adaptor in and scoped the loaded adaptor 12V output: as expected the powerline adaptors are injecting nearly 800mV of high frequency noise *through* the AC adaptor. This noise shows up at the output of the AC adaptor, every 35mS, for about 400uS in duration and yep, directly into the router. This wasn't even transmitting between adaptors, just an apparent preamble and payload, likely broadcasting for other node discovery. Granted this is the case with any powerline adaptor, however this noise, depending on the frequency, could easily throw switching mode regulator out of whack... If not the AC adaptor itself (I didn't note if this was a linear or switching, but I have to assume switching to get 3.3A@12V), then quite easily any downstream electronics (the C9 no exception) will face issues (with any powerline adaptor). After seeing and experiencing this first hand I am absolutely avoiding powerline adaptors. Do yourself a favor and make due with WiFi. (original review) 1st day ownership: My setup is as follows: 1st floor: internet and gateway/router, NAS. 2nd floor: cat5 from 1st floor to Archer C9 acting as access point. 3rd floor: needed hardwired connection for various office devices (printers, etc). Speed results: 1)with units biggybacked, (one plugged into the other): -TPlinkUtil showed 997Mbps (124MBps). File transfer from NAS 328Mbps (41MBps) -wifi NAS transfer 376Mbps (47MBps) 2)with one unit on 1st floor, the other on 2nd floor at three different sockets (kitchen/dining/living): -TplinkUtil showed 150-229Mbps (19-29MBps). File transfer from NAS 120-146Mbps (15-17MBps) -wifi NAS transfer (5G AC) 528Mbps (66MBps) 3)with one unit on 1st floor, the other on 3rd floor at various sockets (office, bedroom): -TplinkUtil showed 34-79Mbps (4-10MBps). File transfer from NAS up to 96Mbps (12MBps) -wifi NAS transfer 184Mbps (23MBps). Clearly there is very little benefit over a wifi adaptor for using these adaptors, in my setup anyway. A cheap no-name 300N USB adaptor was able to get me the same speeds. Lastly, if browsing the web and doing speedtest tests are all you need, maybe you'll be fine. One note: realize that in most US households the 220 service is broken into two separate 120 "legs". Where the circuit breaker is physically installed inside the electrical panel dictates which leg it's on (often it alternates between one leg and the other when viewing the breakers vertically). To get full performance out of a (any) powerline adapter you *must* be on the same leg as the other adapter(s). Yes they share a neutral and ground but to get the benefit of the "MIMO" you need the other leg also.

if you're having problems with your Wi-Fi, your signal repeater, or your signal extender, or you just don't want so much wi-fi in your life, this is an amazing solution. The two devices do not need to be on the same circuit, notwithstanding the "advisory" in the ad. Mine are not, and it works well, blowing away my previous pathetic Wi-Fi speeds. Now, if the two devices were on the same circuit, my internet speed might improve. I didn't test it, I'm just guessing. However, it's ok, because the speeds I'm getting now with this product is plenty good enough and a great relief. Plus, it's "plug-and-play" as advertised. No need to pour over installation instructions or sweat the small stuff.

So I've had this for almost 3 months and I've been trying to get increased speeds. First off, this is easy to setup and almost everything you need is included. I'd upgrade the CAT5 cables as the length is a little too short for my needs. Pairing takes about a minute and is simple as well. The AC plug takes up a fair amount of space and will usually cover the ground port of the upper AC wall plug. After buying new CAT5 cables, I tried my connection on my PC and game console(s). Setup was using only 1 of the 2 CAT5 ports on the TP Link adaptors. I plugged #1 in to the port of my router (with no other items connected to it except the modem). Plugged in #2 in to a wall socket by itself. Home lines are solid and the house isn't more than 15 years old. Downloaded the TPLink software to verify updates, couldn't detect any devices. Troubleshot for 2 months here and there, reading message boards, emails to support (horrible support response times), and tried another brand of powerline adaptors in the end. Tried connecting #1 directly in to modem, tried running a 50ft and 100ft CAT5 cable directly from the modem and router in to devices. Here are the results: using the TPlink AV2000 with new CAT5 cables (3ft and 10ft, new, and 2 different sets/manufacturers), the best connection I got was 108Mbps up/21Mbps down/0 packet loss. With the Wifi, my connection was 398Mbps/19Mbps/0 PL. Using the 50ft/100ft CAT 5 cable directly from device to modem port I got 365Mbps/22Mbps/0 PL. I tested each setup multiple times at different times of the day over 2 months and the results were pretty much the same. This could be a solution for others but definitely not for me. I tried another brand which was 3x the price and the results were "better'. Same setup but only setup and running for the past 3 weeks. Zero problems - 398Mbps/23Mbps/0PL. I'm not good at games anymore so I can't be for certain if its affecting response times/input while gaming. But just going off of the connection speed data results using speed test. If 100Mbps consistent if good for you then this would work, for me, I need more POWER!

Works like a charm. I contacted my internet provider to install a new coax/ethernet spot in my home since the only one we had was in an inconvenient spot. The service was going to cost $150. When the technician got there, he told me about these little devices. Said they work, take up less time to connect and will save me in the long run. He was right! I plugged them and had them setup in less than 5 minutes and I've not had any issues. It also provided a way for me set up my computer anywhere I wanted it to be