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Eno75
Aug 07, 2016Tutor
PL1200 causes router performance issues.
As soon as I plug one of these units into my router (and into the wall of course) my internet speed / consistency becomes garbage. I go from a 120-130 download 30 upload down to around 20-30 down an...
Eno75
Aug 07, 2016Tutor
Based on some feedback I was getting in another thread I tried plugging in a PL1200 adapter in the same room and while the network speed was really still laughably slow it still managed to connect. And it was also equally able to disconnect for seconds at a time at the rate of about 5 times a minute.
I'm very disappointed in this performance but unfortunately with plug and play items like this I'm not sure there's much I can do.
- JamesGLAug 17, 2016NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi Eno75
Reset the adapters to factory default and test again the connection.
JamesGL
Community Team