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Adding PLW1000 to Network with an R6400 causes network to go haywire
I have an R6400 Netgear router hooked up to ATT Uverse NVG589 for internet access. Both wired and wireless devices connected to the R6400. Everything works great until....I wanted to get better WIFI ...
I think figured out my own problem. I already had a different brand powerline connection on the router for our security camera DVR. By removing the router side adapter for the PLW1000 I am still able to utilize the receiving end of the PLW1000 with the existing powerline network.
You had two "host" adapters plugged into the router?
As you have discovered, you can use different brands and speeds of Powerline plugs on the same network.
You just have to add the new pluigs to the existing network using this advice:
Adding a powerline adapter to an existing powerline network
If your plugs are different speeds, I would use the fastest plugs as the "host" and then pair everything to that. Plugs will communicate at the speed of the slowest plug, but if you have "fast" plugs as the main network, then they may communicate between each other faster than the slower plugs.
Yep. Thanks for the information.