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david23
Apr 30, 2012Aspirant
Mixed devices on powerline ???
SORRY FOR THE VERY BASIC QUESTION: I have a HOME NETWORK NETGEAR POWERLINE XE102 and WIRELESS WALL PLUG RANGE EXTENDER with WEP security. I was thinking of adding another XE102 (or two) to the ring m...
clithes
May 19, 2012Prodigy
You can add more XE102 devices to you network without worrying about the wireless wep. Generally power line adapters provide a more stable/consistent connection than wireless (although not as good as a fully wired LAN due to the noise on the AC power lines)
If you have changed the encryption key on your current XE102's you will need to do the same with the new units otherwise they will not communicate
If you have changed the encryption key on your current XE102's you will need to do the same with the new units otherwise they will not communicate