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Cant get connection to internet - no Pick A Plug light
Purchased the Powerline wifi 1000 today. (PL1000v2 ad plw1000v2)
i've spent the last few hours trying to get this damn thing to work.
1. I have plugged in the main adapter (PL1000v2), and con...
Thanks michaelkenward but that makes no sense to me. Fortunately for me, i don't live in a third world country. The power supply is very solid. And most of the points in question were recently updated in a renovation. So problems with the mains circuit can be eliminated.
Based on my limited understanding of this product, i think the issue is directly related to the 'proximity' of the second adapter from the base adapter??
When it is 1metre away, all lights come on within seconds. (however this is no use, as i might as well continue to use my telstra router)
When i move the second adapter to the next room (approx 6m away), the lights come on but they fluctuate between green and amber. Wifi connection in the far rooms works, but it is pretty flakey and very slow.
When i move the second adapter to the room to the centre of the house (approx 12m away from base), the PICK A PLUG LED light might come on for a short time, and then drop off. The inconsistency of the connection is so weak, it doesn't hold the wifi connection long enough to be of any use.
That being the case, i think it has nothing to do with power supply... rather it has to do with the netgear's limited wifi range.
If my assumptions are correct.... I have just spent $180 to extend my wifi coverage from half the house .... to maybe 3/4 of the house. Money well spent!!!!
I guess, leaving the far room, and sitting on the floor in a hallway could be considered a solution!!!!
4754simon wrote:
Fortunately for me, i don't live in a third world country. The power supply is very solid. And most of the points in question were recently updated in a renovation. So problems with the mains circuit can be eliminated.
By all means ignore the main circuit, but it is silly to dismiss things without investigation. The fact that there was a recent renovation is less then reassuring. Done badly, that sort of thing can mess up the integrity of a mains circuit. I was talking to our electrician this week and he has some wonderous horror stories of having to fix that sort of problem.
4754simon wrote:
....i think the issue is directly related to the 'proximity' of the second adapter from the base adapter??
I think we can safely eliminate that theory. There are limits to the distances – another question today asked about spanning hundreds of metres – many people have successfully installed Powerline networks in large premises. That is the whole point of Powerline.
In my case Powerline covers the whole house. I have even managed to break the rules and get a Powerline network to "jump" a two fuse boxes and connect two separate buildings. (Netgear says this won't work.) The networks is not as fast as it might be, but the pick-a-plug lights behave as expected.
Then again, I have used a professional electricians to work on my mains circuit and they have conducted various tests and have ensured that, for example, our earth circuit is as required. Get that wrong and anything can happen.
4754simon wrote:
That being the case, i think it has nothing to do with power supply... rather it has to do with the netgear's limited wifi range.
Powerline plugs will never be as good as wifi access points as more powerful hardware that is designed to fill a large space – those things with an array of fancy antennae – but they can deliver a perfectly acceptable local wifi signal irrespective of their distance from the router.
In my case I use Powerline to eliminate the need for wifi to connect a smart BluRay player and Internet radio.
I have tried many different layouts and have successfully created a strong wifi signal from a Powerline access point that is well away from the router.
The Powerline access point will not, of course, provide adequate wifi if it cannot establish a good link over the mains LAN. That seems to be your problem.
There appears to be something wonky in your local circumstances that gets in the way of creating a decent LAN link over the mains. If that can't happen, then the wifi from the access point will suffer.
You may have to look for alternative solutions.