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mcplums
Follower
Jul 03, 2014

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 ...
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Fairytail
Virtuoso
Jul 03, 2014
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