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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 ...
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. :-)
I never realised that Devolo wasn't available/worked in the US.
As I suggested I'd look into using the Netgear Powerline devices as wired backhaul for the Orbi satellites as that way it doesn't matter what they are doing with MAC addresses as the devices connecting to Orbi would function as normal. If the broadband connection is fast enough for gaming then the issue is most likely the speed/reliability of the Orbi wireless backhaul.