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GrantL
Dec 10, 2020Follower
PLP2000 "doesn't have a valid IP configuration"
On Tuesday evening, I set up the PLP2000s (two - one connected to the modem and one connected to my computer with CAT5e; note that my computer does not have a ethernet port soI have to use an adapter...
michaelkenward
Dec 10, 2020Guru - Experienced User
GrantL wrote:
When I ran the troubleshooter, the message was "Ethernet 4 doesn't have a valid IP configuration".
The PLP2000 system is effectively a bit of wire. Plugs are just the exit and entry points that connect other LAN devices to your mains circuit.
Plugs do not have, or control, anything in the way of IP addresses.
The error you see looks like something in Windows. (You don't say what this troubleshooter runs on.) That is where I would look for solutions.
My guess is that to has something to do with this unnamed USB adapter.
One way to troubleshoot this would be to test it without the plugs in place.
You say that you have a Technicolor DPC3848V but you describe it as a "modem". I can't find a definitive description of this thing anywhere, but I assume that it is a modem/router.