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Intermittent loss of powerline LED using AV200 (XAVB1301)
Installed 60 days ago. One unit connected via included ethernet cable to router port, other unit connected via included ethernet cable to network adaptor card on PC. Initial setup and security sync...
I haven't seen reports of those plugs in quite some time, they are a couple of generations old. 200 gave way to 500 and now 1000. It took time to get going, but powerline technology is moving on faster than most areas of PC kit.
Were these newer generation plugs I would suspect hibernation. The things go to sleep after a period of inactivity and then don't wake up again as expected. The experts way of dealing with this is to get a Zyxel (sic) powerline utility and disable hibernation.
I don't have the 200s, only 500s, and don't know if these older ones do hibernation. You might like to investigate that possibility.
The behaviour you see is certainly odd. I have powerline plugs installed for months, turning some on and off at will, and they never lose connection, even after power cuts. Once you have set up the network, the plugs should remember what has gone on. I haven't had to reset since I bought the things some years ago.
By the way, the plugs you have, mine too, are on the edge of network technology. They have LAN ports that do 100 Mbps. That is slower than some people get for their internet connection. It is certainly slower than the LAN speeds on most modern PCs. They do 1000 Mbps, which is also the LAN speed of the newer plugs.
Thanks for your reply. I'll explore the utility you mention to see if it communicates with my Powerline model and look for an automatic hibernation setting that I can disable. However, I suspect that it may not be part of the AV 200 software. I say this because the instruction manual for my model says that the user can manually enable a "power saving mode" by pressing and holding the security button for 10 seconds or more, then releasing it. However, the manual also says that if the adapter is in power saving mode, the power LED glows amber. However, when I lose the Powerline LED, the Power LED remains green. The instructions go on to say, "Pressing the Security button again powers the adapter back on." I've never bothered to play with it. Perhaps I will the next time I have to reset the adapters.
PKent wrote:I say this because the instruction manual for my model says that the user can manually enable a "power saving mode" by pressing and holding the security button for 10 seconds or more, then releasing it.
You are probably correct. But no harm in playing with this feature the next time things grind to a halt.