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Tutor

Nov 30, 2015

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Ac1900 (r700) - LAN led is ambar (or red), not white, for Powerline av500. Is it ok ?

I have just purchased a AC1900 (R7000) Nighthawk Netgear router. It is installed and working fine, except tha the LAN Led for the ethernet port that my powerline AV500 is connected is not white. ...

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TheEther
Nov 30, 2015
What's the exact model number of your adapter? The XWNB5201, for example, is a Powerline AV 500 adapter but it only has a 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet port.

Guru

Nov 30, 2015

Am amber/red light indicates that the Ethernet port is connected at 100 Mbps. Your Powerline AV500 probably has a 100 Mbps Ethernet port.

PASBM
Tutor
Nov 30, 2015
Hi TheEther,

Thank you for the reply, but the tech epec of the AV500 say:
   Bridge Performance
      MAC addresses: 64
       Bandwidth 500 Mbps
   Powerline Performance Compatibility:
      HomePlug AV, IEEE 1901
      Data Transfer Rate: Up to 240 Mbps
      Frequency band: 1.8 – 68.5 Mbps
      Modulation type: OFDM symbol modulation

So I think it is more than 100 mbps.

May be there is some where a configuration to be ajusted ?

Thank you again,

Paul
- TheEther
  Guru
  Nov 30, 2015
  What's the exact model number of your adapter? The XWNB5201, for example, is a Powerline AV 500 adapter but it only has a 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet port.
  - PASBM
    Tutor
    Dec 01, 2015
    The Ether,
    
    My powerline network is:
    XAV5201 connected to a XAVN2001v291 (129 Mbps Rx and a 129 Mbps Tx) and to a XWN5001-13 (73 Mbps Rx / 72 Mbps Tx).
    
    I don't know why the XWN has a lower Rx/Tx than the XAVN. Both are set up to up to 300 Mbps.
    
    Thank you again,
    
    Paul