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Johnny_Normal
Aug 11, 2020Initiate
Netgear powerline plp1000 ethernet light not turning on
Hi, I have my netgear powerline wifi 1000mbs for the best part of a year and they worked great until today. I am not sure why. The ethernet light won't turn on on the adapter near my pc, but the ot...
michaelkenward
Aug 12, 2020Guru - Experienced User
Johnny_Normal wrote:
I've used 3 different ethernet cables, I've tried swapping the adapters around, I've tried different wall sockets. Nothing seems to work for me.
And this is with something plugged into the LAN port? They don't come on when empty.
- Johnny_NormalAug 12, 2020InitiateYep, my pc was on the entire time (only reason I saw it was broken was because I had no Internet access on it). I bought a new set of the same ones and realised that it was the ethernet port on the pc. Same thing happened with a brand new pair. But for some reason it is working again with the original set. I have no idea why to be honest. But its working again so that's the main thing!