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Do more than 4 PLP2000 actually work?
Due to gifts, special and sales currently happening I decided to upgarde my old powerline NP504s. I have 7 of these installed within my house. I had ordered replacements for all when I came across th...
I provided a link to that conversation in my message. My question is has this been fixed? I have 2 out of my 6 adapters delivered and they have firmware version 3.2.4. The previous discussion does not identify the firmware version that was being discussed as being faulty. There was 4 people in that thread that stated more than 4 PLP2000 and the network failed. I'd rather simply cancel my outstanding orders if this is still the case rather than wait for them to arrive and then have to go through the rocess of returning because they do not work. Later is worse case by the looks of it. Thanks for the reply.
Does someone else have experience of the PLP200 being able to meet the defined specifications and support more than 4 adapters on the network??
Thanks
michaelkenward wrote:I have vague memories of an earlier discussion where someone unearthed a bug that means that adding a sixth plug wreaked havoc on the network.
A search might help.
Well, my other PLP2000 arrived today. Network works well with 4 adapters and soon as the 5th is connected the network essentially dies as per the message thread I linked to. I tried logging a support ticket 3 days ago to ask about this but unfortunately netgears support site has been down for 3 days and you can not raise anything. I tried sending a message via twitter to netgear saying that their support site is down. Nothing in return. So, left without any support, and no closure on the previous thread other than the recommendation to purchase another manufacturers product, I returned all 6 of my Netgear powerline adapters. As the other thread has been outstanding for over a year there is obviously no intent to fix this issue. Time to cancel my product registrations as I no longer have them. What a poor customer experience all round. Seems like the firmware uses only 2 bits for counting how many devices are on the line....soon as you exceed 2 bits everything fails. Goodbye Netgear.