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OakenOne
Aspirant
Mar 04, 2022

Rbr 750 and powerline

I have a recent Netgear Orbi RBR750 which connects to my BT Home hub 5 and works as expected

I have a TP-Link TL-PA4020PKIT 2-Port Passthrough Powerline which works when connected directly to my BTHome hub but not when connected my Orbi.

Does anyone know why, or how i can get the powerline to work when plugged into ORBI.
Thanks in advance

5 Replies

  • plemans's avatar
    plemans
    Guru
    Mar 04, 2022

    Is the orbi right next to the hub and using the same power circuit? 

     

    • OakenOne's avatar
      OakenOne
      Aspirant
      Mar 04, 2022
      Hi,
      Yes they are next to each other and on the same circuit.

      All I did was disconnect the Ethernet connector of the powerline from the BT Home hub and connect it to the Orbi. Then I lost the signal down powerline. When I plug the ethernet cable back into the BT Home hub it worked.

      If I plug a laptop into the same Orbi ethernet port it works so I know that it works.
      Thanks
      • plemans's avatar
        plemans
        Guru
        Mar 04, 2022

        did you unplug both powerline devices and plug them back in when you switched routers? 

  • CrimpOn's avatar
    CrimpOn
    Guru
    Mar 07, 2022
    OakenOne wrote:
    I have a TP-Link TL-PA4020PKIT 2-Port Passthrough Powerline which works when connected directly to my BTHome hub but not when connected my Orbi.

    My home network includes three TP-Link TL-PA9020 PowerLine units.

    • One unit is connected to a switch that is connected to the Orbi router.
    • One unit is connected to a Tivo unit in the Living Room.
    • One unit is connected to a Tivo Remote in a bedroom.

    As far as any computer device is concerned, PowerLine appears to be Ethernet.  All they see is an Ethernet cable connected to an RJ45 jack.

     

    TP-Link PowerLine has a power saving option, that I find irritating.  I use the tpPLC utility to turn that off.  The utility is here for Mac and Windows:

    https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/tl-pa4020p-kit/ 

     

    When I have issues with PowerLine I take a deep breath, sacrifice an AA battery, and set the PowerLink adapters up from scratch.