I have two smart TV's in my house, and I use PL1000 for both instead of cables. It has worked well for half a year, but during the past month I had 2-3 times suddenly no more internet. I tried to take both PL1000's out from the electrical outlets. Shortly afterwards I connected again and the TV's worked well again. The PL1000's get very warm, maybe is that the reason that they suddenly stop working?I have three PL1000's: One connected to the wifi router and one for each smart TV. I did not plug into extention cords etc. I have a very good fiber internet with as much as 250 Mbps.

Both are going down at the same time? Many things can impact powerline devices because they suffer from interference from other electrical devices. Any device that injects interference into the powerline system can cause issues. This includes: cheap cell phone chargers electronics going bad or cheaply made high draw appliances old/bad/poorly done wiring gfci outlets arc fault breakers surge protectors

Netgear Powerline 1000 stops working

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plemans
Guru - Experienced User
Sep 03, 2021
Both are going down at the same time?

Many things can impact powerline devices because they suffer from interference from other electrical devices.

Any device that injects interference into the powerline system can cause issues.

This includes:

cheap cell phone chargers

electronics going bad or cheaply made

high draw appliances

old/bad/poorly done wiring

gfci outlets

arc fault breakers

surge protectors
- Tomsko
  Aspirant
  Sep 03, 2021
  Thanks a lot for the fast reply. I am not 100% sure, but think that both TV's stopped working. Well, it is an easy fix just to take out and put in place. I hope that the problem will not occur to often.
  In the case of problems one often start to consider buying something better. Is the PL1000 good enough, or would you recommend a better one, maybe because of my 250 Mbps line?
  - michaelkenward
    Guru - Experienced User
    Sep 04, 2021
    Tomsko wrote:
    Is the PL1000 good enough, or would you recommend a better one, maybe because of my 250 Mbps line?
    
    I doubt if "faster" powerline would help. The ports on the PL1000 are Gb, rather than the 100 Mbps of older plugs.
    
    Powerline will never reach those speeds anyway, and even 100 Mbps plugs should be fast enough for smart TVs.
    
    I have used slow plugs for years on a VDSL line (max speed 60 Mbps) without problems.

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