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Powerline Utility by Netgear
I got a pair of PL devices XAVB1601 the passwords for each device is different. I downloaded on PC Netgear "Powerline Utility D 3.1.0.4" anticipating to access the ethernet port of each device chang...
It seems, Netgear's Powerline Utility is for the birds. So, there are two choices either to use Netgear's Genie or ZyXEL powerline utility.
I will look at ZyXEL's since I am not familiar with that yet.
Thanks.
Pretty well any Powerline Utility seems to work. I have also looked at Devolo's version.
Another thing to consider is Netgear's desktop genie for your operating system. It can map your Powerline Plugs. (Takes time to get there.)
Powerline Network Map
If you right-click on the plugs (arrowed) you can get at the security settings:
If you want the desktop genie for Windows start here:
genie Landing Page | Apps | Discover | Home | NETGEAR
You may have to dismiss an annoying pop-up that tries to push a mobile app down your throat.
I observed strange performance of Netgear's Genie Ver. 2.4.62 ( latest update ): it discovers in my home network only 3 of 4 powerline
devices (XAVB1601 ) and does not show transmission Tx & Rx link speeds between those powerline devices.
Previous version of Genie 2.2.27.1 had no problems in discovering all four devices and showing transmission speeds.
