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PL1200 Is a piece of junk!!!!!!!!
Don't buy!!!!!!! It loses connection all the time. Get a ZyXEL PLA5202 You will be happy you did, because the Netgear PL1200 wil give you nothing but headachces. The ZyXEL lets you turn off power...
I find power saving mode/standby mode causes no end of problems with Netgear powerline adapters. Netgear will tell you that the PL1200's don't have standby mode, or that it cannot be switched on or off, however Zyxel's powerline software finds the setting and changes it.
Check out my earlier post here:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Powerline-Networking/Netgear-Powerline-1000/m-p/1129924#M3771
This explains the software version you can use to turn off standby mode on the Netgear units
I have done this on all my newer Netgear adapters (PL1200 and PLP1200) and they work perfectly well now.
The link to the Zyxel software is here:
ftp://ftp.zyxel.com/PLA4201_v2/software/PLA4201%20v2_V7.0.2.14.0611.zip
Hope this helps
It is just my opinion but I have a feeling that it has something to do with the power saving feature. I don't think we will ever know because it has been almost two years and Netgear still hasn't updated their software to recognize the adaptor properly (atleast on the Mac). I have used it on the PC put it was spoty wether it found it or not. Even than there is no option to access the power saving.
I find power saving mode/standby mode causes no end of problems with Netgear powerline adapters. Netgear will tell you that the PL1200's don't have standby mode, or that it cannot be switched on or off, however Zyxel's powerline software finds the setting and changes it.
Check out my earlier post here:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Powerline-Networking/Netgear-Powerline-1000/m-p/1129924#M3771
This explains the software version you can use to turn off standby mode on the Netgear units
I have done this on all my newer Netgear adapters (PL1200 and PLP1200) and they work perfectly well now.
The link to the Zyxel software is here:
ftp://ftp.zyxel.com/PLA4201_v2/software/PLA4201%20v2_V7.0.2.14.0611.zip
Hope this helps
That Is what I have thought from the very beginning. Thanks for sharing. I wonder if I can run the windows program in a Virtual Machine on my Mac or if I need to use BootCamp to get a native Windows system
Yah. I looked but couldn't seem to find on the ftp server. I will try and see if the Mac version for the PLA5202. If that doesn't work I will just install bootcamp. I've got a copy of Windows 7 some were in my desk. i'll let you know how it goes.
