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Orbi, Circle, and Powerline 2000 help needed
I have the Orbi RBR20 with three RBW30's attached throughout the house. We use Circle to limit the kids time on the devices. The internet connection wasn't good enough for gaming though, so I bought ...
Where have you plugged the Powerline adaptor that provides access to the Internet? Make sure the ethernet cable from the Powerline is connected directly to the Orbi Router and NOT a router that is connected to your broadband connection (ISP). It seems like you are bypassing the Orbi in which case Circle can't filter the connections.
You might also find that if the wireless backhaul of the Orbi devices isn't providing enough bandwidth then you might be able to use the Powerline adaptors as a way to provide a wired backhaul. That is how our RBK53 system is setup although using a different manufacturer for the Powerline adaptors...
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These provide enough bandwidth that easily exceeds the devices we use plus Cirle introduces such a reduction in throughput that again the Powerline adaptors easily match or exceed the wireless backhaul Orbi can provide.
DatabaseJase wrote:Where have you plugged the Powerline adaptor that provides access to the Internet?
I've tried it both ways. When I initially plugged everything up, the computer would show up on the network with the same MAC address. I would add it as I should have. Then once it disconnected, then reconnected again (on power-up), it was as if it was a brand new device. It had the same MAC and computer name, except the name had some thing like "-1", "-2", etc added to the end. Then, mysteriously, that computer disappeared from the list, and now it's just connected all the time, and unmanageable through Circle.
Sounds like it is something the Netgear Powerline devices are doing then as has already been suggested.
I realise this doesn't help you directly but I can confirm that Devolo devices work for us without interferrng with Circle. The Develo devices have their own IP address assigned by the Orbi using DHCP and those IP addressses also appears in Circle which we have just put into "unmanaged".
I'm sure you don't want to spend any more money on this. Hope you find a solution.
Thanks for the info. I changed some connections and currently, Circle seems to be picking up, and managing each device. Maybe I had connected something incorrectly to begin with when adding the Powerline devices. I will continue to monitor that and report back if there is any change, or after a week or so if everything continues to work properly.
A few days later and one computer changes it's MAC every time it connects. And neither Playstation shows up on Circle either. Kind of frustrating.
DatabaseJase wrote:Sounds like it is something the Netgear Powerline devices are doing then as has already been suggested.
I realise this doesn't help you directly but I can confirm that Devolo devices work for us without interferrng with Circle. The Develo devices have their own IP address assigned by the Orbi using DHCP and those IP addressses also appears in Circle which we have just put into "unmanaged".
I'm sure you don't want to spend any more money on this. Hope you find a solution.
Are your devices connected to the Devolo by wire, or wifi only? Would this make any difference in speeds for gaming consoles and the ability to monitor/control them with Circle?
So yeah, nevermind, it looks like Devolo is just for that weird European type electricity. :-)