On 05/12/2019 21:39, Julian Hall wrote:
Hi All,
I hope someone can suggest fixes for these two issues, short of
buying new adaptors that is. In the house I have several
adaptors of different makes and standards, obviously I will only
list the ones in use, bought in pairs, previous to the Netgears
below I had two Zyxels and a couple of Trendnets on the network
at different times;
2 x Netgear Powerline PL1000 Bridge
Wall-pluggable 1000 Mbps - call them N1 and N2
2 x Zyxel Powerline [don't know
model number but 500 Mbps with pass through socket, twin
Ethernet ports], Z1 and Z2
N1 in bedroom connected to NAS and
router - via router to Virginmedia 'Superhub' in Modem Only
mode. Same connection to VM Tivo in bedroom.
N2 in newly set-up office connected
to PC via Ethernet.
Z1 connected to Tivo in lounge.
Z2 connected to Internet bridge for
TADO [Smart heating system] also in newly set-up office.
Problem 1. Both Netgears have
'Smart' network connections which search for the fastest
connection on the network and show green, amber or red - red for
slow connection. N1 connects and shows green for fastest
connection speed located. N2 shows red every time for slowest
speed found. Any ideas how to make them both connect at the
fastest speed possible?
Problem 2. Z1 refuses to establish
a connection to the network but Z2 works fine.
What has changed is that N1 and N2
are new, previously the PC was in my bedroom, but I wanted
faster speed in the new office so bought the Netgear adaptors.
N1 and N2 need to be where they are or else there is no point in
having them as I will not have Gb connection speed from the PC
to the router. Also I need Z1 where it is as the passthrough is
required due to having only a dual socket but three devices to
plug in - TiVo, TV and Powerline adaptor. I've had grief with Z1
previously, the BD player in the lounge would not connect to the
network suddenly; I then found out it has WiFi so changed to
that and probably did not look further. My bad. Any thoughts?
I tried turning off Z1 and N2 then
turning N2 on first but it still shows red for the network
speed.
Could N2 be finding Z2 first which
is 500 Mbps and whinging, as they are in the same room? N1 could
be finding the router and be happy as that is Gb? Is that
possible? I'm loathe to test that by moving Z2 as the TADO is a
menace to reconnect when it loses the network.
Kind regards,
Julian
I recently bought some extra powerline (devolo) adapters and
encountered a split brain issue,
I connected a new Powerline adapter and did the normal pairing
routing, pressing the button on the existing powerline adapter
that connects to the router, then pressing the pairing button on
the new powerline adapter, what I found was that the powerline
adapter paired with another existing powerline adapter (not the
one that it was supposed to be pairing with) and created a second
network in my house. So I had two pairs of networks, one of which
had no uplink to the Internet.
In the end I factory reset (with a paper-clip) the two adapters,
set them up individually connected to the Internet, upgraded all
their firmwares to the same latest version, and started again,
this time they seemed to co-operate together and I've got a single
powerline network again.
I have a lot of old powerline adapters, but I don't use them, as
I've had endless issues with co-operability between not just
different manufacturers, but different firmware versions from the
same manufacturer.
Powerline can be a real pain to set up, once it is done it seems
to remain stable, and even get more stable with time.
My advice is gather all your powerline adapters together, connect
each one individually to your Internet router, factory reset, and
load on the latest firmware available, disconnect them all again,
and pair them up to each other individually on a 4 or 6-gang
extension lead with the master connected to your Internet router,
once you have them all paired up, move them all back to their
proper locations and they should remain paired.
--
Giles Coochey