Netgear Powerline AV 200 XAVNB2001

NetGear Powerline Av 200 Wireless-N Extender Kit XAVNB2001

Netgear's Powerline Av 200 Wireless-N Extender Kit XAVNB2001 is similar to the company's other powerline kit, the Netgear XAV2001 with added functionality: it can extend the network via the home's electrical wiring and can also create another wireless network at the far end of the powerline connection. This kit contains the XAV2001 and the XAVN2001. The kit performed well in our testing and proved itself worth the $160 price tag. It's not perfect, however; it's bulky and has a snap-on design and therefore can obstruct adjacent sockets. The included setup leaflet isn't clear, and one of the included steps didn't work in our trials. If you are comfortable with setting up home networking, the XAVNB2001 is definitely a good buy for a large home. It's the first product that offers a well-designed combined solution of powerline and Wi-Fi connectivity. The new XAVNB2001 kit comes with two adapters that look just like a two-pronged power adapter of a small electronic device. These two adapters are of different sizes, however. The one used at the far corner, model XAVN2001, is much larger, about twice the size of the other, model XAV2001, which is to be connected to the network's router.