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Max length of power cable?
Hello, I have an old model of powerline adapters (HDX101) running at 200M.
They work fine within the house.
The problem is that when I run a power cable to the shed at the bottom of the garden (~80m cable, 4x20m extension cables) to get internet access there it no longer works.
Is this likely due to too much attentuation due to the length? Is there any solution to this? I have read that getting higher bandwidth adapters could help, e.g. 500M? Any other suggestions!?
Thanks!
They work fine within the house.
The problem is that when I run a power cable to the shed at the bottom of the garden (~80m cable, 4x20m extension cables) to get internet access there it no longer works.
Is this likely due to too much attentuation due to the length? Is there any solution to this? I have read that getting higher bandwidth adapters could help, e.g. 500M? Any other suggestions!?
Thanks!
2 Replies
- NETGEAR does not recommend using power strips, surge protectors, UPS and extension cords with Powerline products. These devices filter out some or all of the high frequency signals used in Powerline communications. Connecting a Powerline to one of these devices can greatly reduce the data rate of transfers, or block communications entirely.
http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/20233 - Only using extension cord . Should ok.
Question is how much length it will support which URL will not answer
