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Major issues with combination of Nighthawk R7000P router and PLP2000 powerline.
I'm having some fairly confusing issues with the combination of my R7000P Nighthawk router and PLP2000 Powerline kit. Full backstory: I have spectrum as my cable/internet/land-line provider. Afte...
brett_net wrote:
I tested it, and when the powerline isn't hooked up to the router, everything is perfect. However, the second I plug the powerline into the router via ethernet cord, everything stops working. Then, when I unplug it and restart the router and modem, it's back to normel.
Strange. I have never seen anything like that.
It looks like your modem is just that. No router function.
Have you tried a complete network reboot with the "host" Powerline plug connected to the router??
- Turn off and unplug modem.
- Turn off router and computers.
- Plug in and turn on modem. Wait 2 minutes for it to connect.
- Turn on the router and wait 2 minutes for it connect.
- Turn on computers and rest of network.
brett_net wrote:
When the powerline is connected to the Nighthawk router, all of my devices are unable to connect to the internet. Literally all of them, including my devices that don't even use a powerline connection.
Does that include wifi devices?
What firmware version do you have on the R7000P?
A number is more useful than "the latest". (It may not be by the time people read this.) There can also be newer versions, or "hot fixes", that do not show up if you check for new firmware in the browser interface.
Not that this is likely to have much effect, but the Netgear techies will want to know if you contact them.