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Hoju662
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Mar 28, 2016

Netcomm 500Mbps powerline adapter with Netgear d6300 and shared windows 10 folders

Hey guys,

I got a weird problem, I've been searching everywhere for a solution. Maybe someone a lot smarter than me can help me out..

I got a computer that is running windows 10 in the study that is connected directly to a netgear d6300. When I'm in the lounge room, the wifi signal was quite poor so I bought a netcomm 500 mbps powerline. Which I plug my android media player. When I access the wifi/powerline I can access my shared folder from the windows 10 computer fine. But when I'm on the other end of the house and connect to the routers wifi on my phone or laptop. I can't access it unless I unplug the powerline adapter or connect thru the powerline adapter wifi

I guess the main question is, shouldn't I be able to access my shared folders from any of devices regardless going thru the powerline adapter or routers wifi?

Looking forward for any responses.

Thanks

1 Reply

  • Sounds like the encryption key for both powerline units may be different so they are not 'talking' to each other.

     

    I would factory reset both powerline adapters and try the connections again.

     

    Hope this helps