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Is the PL1000 compatible with Windows10
Hi, I just bought a new PC which is additional to the main location PC connected to my router. My old PC (located away from the router) had windows 8.1 and had fast internet access using the PL1...
Charlie15 wrote:In my Windows control panel both ethernet and wi-fi show connected. Should I disable the ethernet and just leave wi-fi on or is Windows 10 just not compatible with PL1000?
Powerline devices don't care about your operating system. As long as you have the correct drivers for your PC's LAN hardware, it will work fine. Unfortuntaley, Windows 10 sometimes turns up with crummy generic drivers, so you may have to track down the best drivers for your PC. Windows update is not good at finding chipset drivers.
If you see slow network speeds and the Windows drivers are OK, look at the network, not the computer.
The red light is an indicator of the network speed. That is another sign of mains network issues and has nothing to do with the PC.
Charlie15 wrote:I just bought a new PC which is additional to the main location PC connected to my router.
Not sure that I understand this. Is the new PC near the router? In which case you don't need to connect it to the powerline network.
Charlie15 wrote:In my Windows control panel both ethernet and wi-fi show connected. Should I disable the ethernet and just leave wi-fi on or is Windows 10 just not compatible with PL1000?
Powerline devices don't care about your operating system. As long as you have the correct drivers for your PC's LAN hardware, it will work fine. Unfortuntaley, Windows 10 sometimes turns up with crummy generic drivers, so you may have to track down the best drivers for your PC. Windows update is not good at finding chipset drivers.
If you see slow network speeds and the Windows drivers are OK, look at the network, not the computer.
The red light is an indicator of the network speed. That is another sign of mains network issues and has nothing to do with the PC.
Charlie15 wrote:I just bought a new PC which is additional to the main location PC connected to my router.
Not sure that I understand this. Is the new PC near the router? In which case you don't need to connect it to the powerline network.