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g7ivp
Aspirant
Dec 27, 2018

Multiple Powerline Adapters

Hello, I have a pair of PL1000's linking my Virgin Hub 3.0 (in Modem Mode) on the ground floor to a Linksys WRT 1900 ACS router on the first floor (which provides WiFi to the whole house) and they have worked ok straight out of the box.

I would like to set up a wired network on the ground floor. If I were to get another pair of PL1000's to link an outlet port on the router to downstairs will they form an new Powerline network or join the existing one (which would be of no use)?

Thanks in anticipation.

 

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  • michaelkenward's avatar
    michaelkenward
    Guru - Experienced User
    Dec 28, 2018
    g7ivp wrote:
    If I were to get another pair of PL1000's to link an outlet port on the router to downstairs will they form an new Powerline network or join the existing one (which would be of no use)?

     

    You can do what you want.

     

    But I can see no reason why anyone would want separate wired networks. They all track back to the same router.

     

    Then again, you don't say how any existing Powerline devices are connected to the network.

    • g7ivp's avatar
      g7ivp
      Aspirant
      Dec 28, 2018

      Thanks for your reply.

      I thought I'd explained that I already have a pair of PL1000's in use on my mains electricity wiring taking the signal from my modem to my router's WAN side, I'll call that ciruit one. I want to create another link from the router's LAN side to create a wired LAN - circuit two. As both sets of PL1000's will be using the same electrical mains wiring . Will they get confused and all talk to each other, creating on big LAN which I do not want, or can they be configured as two seperate ciruits which is what I do want?

      • michaelkenward's avatar
        michaelkenward
        Guru - Experienced User
        Dec 28, 2018
        g7ivp wrote:

         

        I thought I'd explained that I already have a pair of PL1000's in use on my mains electricity wiring taking the signal from my modem to my router's WAN side, I'll call that cir[c]uit one.

         

        Really? I've never seen that arrangement mentioned before. That's why I asked.

         

        I didn't think that it would work. It isn't something I have seen in the Netgear documentation on Powerline devices. Nice idea if it works.

         

        The usual requirement is to have one (host) plug connected to the router and other (guest) plugs out on the local network.

         

        As it is, your plugs are "upwind" of your local network, before the DHCP server. (That's why I am surprised that it works.)

         

        I could understand it if the modem was doing the router role and the guest plug was feeding a router in access point mode. But not knowing anything about the modem and the configuration of the rest of your network it is hard to tell.

         


        As both sets of PL1000's will be using the same electrical mains wiring . Will they get confused and all talk to each other, creating on big LAN which I do not want, or can they be configured as two seperate ciruits which is what I do want?

         

        Given that this is an atypical topography, it is hard to know what will happen, but if you use the Linksys as the host for a separate network – in other words, two plugs connected to it as guest and host – you should be safe.

         

        The usual problems is that people want a single network and end up with two because they have not worked out out how to combine them.