The stated rate belongs to the standard; the wiring of the building decides the rest · review
NETGEAR PL1200, the only listing here publishing how many adapters may be joined — sixteen review
The only listing on this shelf that publishes how many adapters may be joined to one network — sixteen — alongside beamforming, a signal-strength LED and a published mains range.
The description contains the sentence this whole shelf has been missing: “Add up to 16 adapters to expand your network.”
Eleven listings now sit on this shelf and the specification row for the maximum number of paired units reads “not published” on every other one. Some name a compatible family, some require sets of two or more, one lists seven generations it will pair with. None of them says how many may be on one network at once — which is the question anyone wiring a third and fourth room actually has. Sixteen.
The rest of the page is ordinary, with two useful specifics. The fifth bullet gives multiple data streams, MIMO, with beamforming to direct the signal where it is needed — the same pairing the TP-Link AV2000 kit on this shelf describes as 2×2 MIMO, and this page gives no stream count. The description names a pick-a-plug LED, which indicates the strength of the link at the socket being tried: for a technology the intro to this section says is settled by the electrical path between two outlets, a light that says whether this outlet is a good one is more practically useful than any headline figure. No other listing on this shelf has one.
The standard is HomePlug AV2 MIMO, named in the second bullet and the description. The rate is 1200 Mbps, stated in the third bullet as extremely fast speeds up to 1200 Mbps — the usual theoretical sum, with no explanation of what it is and no throughput figure beside it. One gigabit socket per unit, per the title, with no BASE-T designation and no figure for the socket itself.
The eighth bullet publishes the mains input as 100 V to 240 V at 50/60 Hz. That is a voltage range and a frequency and not a current, so unlike its stablemate on this shelf it does not bound the consumption — the other NETGEAR kit here gives 0.1 A maximum, which does. Two listings on this shelf publish an electrical figure and both are NETGEAR.
The sixth bullet gives encryption of the powerline link at the touch of a button and no key length, the same arrangement as the other NETGEAR kit. The seventh gives plug and play with no software to install.
There is no pass-through outlet, so both wall sockets are occupied. There is no wireless, and unlike its stablemate this page does not claim any. At 113 g (4 oz) it is the lightest unit on this shelf, and at $100.48 on October 26, 2026 it was the second-most expensive kit here — $7.47 below the 1000 Mbps version of the same range, for 200 Mbps more on paper, beamforming, the LED and the published ceiling of sixteen.
Prices quoted in this text were read on October 26, 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.
Where it holds up, and where it stops
Strengths
The only listing on this shelf that publishes how many adapters may be joined to one network — sixteen
A pick-a-plug LED showing the strength of the link at the socket being tried, which nothing else here offers and which is the practical answer to a technology the building decides
MIMO with beamforming named, and HomePlug AV2 stated as the standard
Publishes its mains input range, which only its stablemate on this shelf also does
The lightest unit on this shelf at 113 g (4 oz), and $7.47 below the 1000 Mbps version of the same range
Compromises
The 1200 Mbps is a theoretical sum, published with no explanation and no throughput figure
The mains figure is a voltage range and a frequency with no current, so it bounds nothing
No pass-through outlet, so both wall sockets are lost
The title writes "1.2 Gigabit Ethernet Ports", folding the powerline rate into the socket description
No contents list, so whether the leads are in the box is unpublished, and the encryption has no key length
Specifications
Powerline standard
HomePlug AV2 with MIMO — stated in the second bullet and in the description as Home plug AV2 MIMO.
Stated peak rate
1200 Mbps — stated in the third bullet as extremely fast speeds up to 1200 Mbps and in the description as 1.2 Gbps. It is the theoretical sum the standard defines, published without explanation and without a throughput figure beside it
Pass-through socket
Not published on the listing — no integrated outlet, no current rating and no mention of the wall socket being given back appears anywhere. Both sockets are occupied permanently
Ethernet port count
One per unit — stated in the title as 1.2 Gigabit Ethernet Ports, where the figure 1.2 is the rate and the count is one
Port speed
Gigabit — stated in the title, where "1.2 Gigabit Ethernet Ports" mixes the powerline rate into the socket description. No BASE-T designation and no separate figure for the socket appears
Kit composition
Two units, stated in the title as a kit. The contents are not listed, so whether Ethernet leads are supplied is not published
Wi-Fi at the far end
None, and none claimed — no wireless, no band and no access point appears anywhere on the page. Its stablemate on this shelf does claim wireless it does not have; this page does not
Stated maximum number of paired units
Up to sixteen adapters — stated in the description. It is the only listing on this shelf that publishes this figure at all; every other one names a compatible family or requires sets of two or more and gives no ceiling
Amazon reference
B00S6DBGJM
EAN
0606449106787
On Amazon.com
Amazon.com had an offer at $100 on October 26, 2026.
The questions that come up before an order
How many adapters can share one network?
Up to sixteen, stated in the description. It is the only figure of its kind on this shelf; every other listing here leaves the ceiling unpublished.
What does the pick-a-plug LED do?
It indicates the strength of the powerline link at the socket the adapter is plugged into, so a good outlet can be found by trying rather than by guessing. No other listing on this shelf has one.
How does it compare with the 1000 Mbps version?
This one costs $7.47 less, publishes 1200 Mbps rather than 1000, adds beamforming, the pick-a-plug LED and the sixteen-adapter ceiling, and does not claim wireless it lacks — which its stablemate’s bullets do.
Against the rest of the network and storage gear
This network and storage gear share the category and the price bracket. Only what each one states is shown; an incomplete column would mislead.
Model
Price
Powerline standard
Stated peak rate
Pass-through socket
Ethernet port count
NETGEAR PL1200, the only listing here publishing how many adapters may be joined — sixteen
$100
HomePlug AV2 with MIMO — stated in the second bullet and in the description as Home plug AV2 MIMO.
1200 Mbps — stated in the third bullet as extremely fast speeds up to 1200 Mbps and in the description as 1.2 Gbps. It is the theoretical sum the standard defines, published without explanation and without a throughput figure beside it
Not published on the listing — no integrated outlet, no current rating and no mention of the wall socket being given back appears anywhere. Both sockets are occupied permanently
One per unit — stated in the title as 1.2 Gigabit Ethernet Ports, where the figure 1.2 is the rate and the count is one
HomePlug AV2 — named in the last bullet alongside the 1000 Mbps figure.
1000 Mbps — stated in the second bullet as very fast speeds up to 1000 Mbps and repeated in the description as 1 Gbps. It is the theoretical sum the standard defines; this page offers no explanation of that and no throughput figure
Not published on the listing — no integrated outlet, no current rating and no mention of giving the wall socket back appears anywhere. Both wall sockets are occupied for good
One per unit — stated in the title as 1 Gigabit Ethernet Ports, in the plural with the figure one, which is the title describing the pair rather than each adapter
HomePlug AV2 — stated in the second bullet. The eighth lists seven generations it will pair with: AV2000, AV1300, AV1200, AV1000, AV600, AV500 and AV200, which is the longest compatibility list on this shelf
2000 Mbit/s, as AV2000 — stated in the title and in the second bullet, and explained in the description as the theoretical maximum physical-layer rate, used to indicate compatibility with other AV2000 devices rather than to promise a speed. It is the highest HomePlug figure on this shelf; the devolo kit here publishes 2400 on G.hn, which is a different system and cannot be paired with this one
Yes — stated in the tenth bullet as an extra power outlet with noise-filtered technology. It is the only kit sold on Amazon.com here whose page names one
Two per unit, four across the kit — stated in the title and in the fifth bullet. It is the highest socket count on this shelf: the TL-PA7017P kit gives one per unit, the devolo set two in total and the FRITZ! kit three
HomePlug AV2 — stated in the first bullet alongside the AV1000 figure.
1000 Mbps, as AV1000 — stated in the title and in the first bullet, which adds that actual speeds depend on the internet plan and on the house wiring. It is the theoretical sum the standard defines
Not published on the listing — no integrated outlet, no current rating and no mention of giving the wall socket back appears in the title or in any of the five bullets, on a kit the fifth bullet requires to be plugged directly into a wall
One, named in the singular — stated in the title and in the third bullet. Whether the figure is per unit or across the kit is not stated, and whether the wireless unit carries a socket of its own is not published
What separates the models, in network and storage gear
If price decides: Tenda PH10, AV1000 with an AC650 dual-band access point at the far end, at $36.
The buyer this one serves, among network and storage gear
A house that will grow to three or four powerline rooms, where knowing the ceiling is sixteen and seeing which socket works are worth more than a headline figure.
What this one costs among network and storage gear
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for network and storage gear and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
500 Mbit/s stated · Fast Ethernet socket, unrated · no standard named · no pass-through outlet · two units, two 1.80 m (6 ft) leads · AES 128-bit from the factory
A two-unit set encrypted before it leaves the factory, whose mains figure is five hundred and whose socket is named Fast Ethernet without a number.
Best for: A room where a printer, a games console or a media player needs a wired connection and where a hundred-megabit socket is not the constraint.
G.hn, stated not backwards compatible · 2400 Mbit/s over the mains · mesh wireless to 1200 Mbit/s · two gigabit sockets · three units, one lead · dLAN both named and excluded
A three-unit G.hn kit whose bullet says the older range is not supported and whose title prints the name of that older range.
Best for: A house where two floors both need coverage and one room needs a cable, and where nothing older from the same maker has to be kept working.
HomePlug AV2 · 1000 Mbps stated · no pass-through outlet · one gigabit socket per unit · two units · no Wi-Fi, despite two bullets saying otherwise · 100–240 V at 0.1 A published
A gigabit powerline pair that publishes its mains input — the first figure of its kind on this shelf — on a page whose first and last bullets describe a wireless model this product is not.
Best for: A buyer who wants the mains consumption bounded on paper and will ignore the two bullets describing the wireless model.
