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stanleytf's avatar
stanleytf
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Feb 09, 2018

powerline 1000 power saving mode issue

i recently brought a powerline 1000 because the wifi doent quite reach my room. i have it plugged in to the router with an ethernet cable but not using an ethernet cable to connect to my laptop in my room as my laptop does not have a place to plug it in. this means it enters powersaving mode after 10 mins even while im still using it. 

 

does it even extend the connection without having your device plugged in or am i completely wrong aboutb what the powerline is for? 

 

i have a macbook air if this is also useful info

 

is there a way to stop it going into powersaving mode?

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  • gneuner's avatar
    gneuner
    Aspirant
    Mar 23, 2018

    I have PL1200s with a similar problem - they enter power save mode approximately whenever they feel like it ... even when actively in use ... and then hang forever.  Whe it happens, I have to reboot (pull out / plug in again) one of the units to get the bridge operating again.

     

    I have had no luck using the ZyXel software:  it is able to turn on/off the power save _setting_ in the PL1200s, but they seem to ignore the setting and power save is always enabled.  Don't know if that's also the case for the 1000s.

     

    My solution [on Windows] was to set up a high priority ping task that runs at startup.  I find that if I continually ping across the powerline bridge, then it stays up for me.  The downside is the units never  go into power save mode, and there is a bit less bandwidth available due to all the ping packets. 

     

    I've experimented somewhat using [SysInternals] psping.exe which can vary the timing of the pings and the size of the packet payload.  I had thought maybe I could limit the "maintenance" bandwidth by pinging once every 20 or 30 seconds, maybe using an extra large packet.  Unfortunately I've found that my PL1200s continue to misbehave unless I ping once every second ... though fortunately I can use the standard 32 byte payload.

     

    YMMV,

    George