Powerline 1200 not working with new R6700 router

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Just finished installing a new Nighthawk R6700v3 router and my previously working Powerline 1200 won't work.&nbsp; I was running the Frontier provided Netgear D2200 as both a modem and a router and plugging the PWL1200 into that D2200 worked just fine.&nbsp; I now have the wireless turned off on the D2200 and have connected the Nighthawk and D2200 with the ethernet cable.&nbsp; I have plugged the PWL1200 into one of the four available ports on the Nighthawk (just as I did when it was just the D2200) but it doesn't work.&nbsp; I have the Nighthawk set on AP and have tried resetting the PWL1200's (have two) but still nothing.
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Could someone help?
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Thanks!

hedotwo · Answer

My bad, it's not a Powerline 1200, but a PLW1000.&nbsp; Not sure if troubleshooting would be different between the two.
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michaelkenward · Answer

hedotwo&nbsp;wrote:
My bad, it's not a Powerline 1200, but a PLW1000.&nbsp; Not sure if troubleshooting would be different between the two.
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The PLW1000 does wifi.
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Have you reset the plugs and set them up from scratch?
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There is a manual for the PLW1000 somewhere at the end of this link:
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 &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; PLW1000 | Product | Support | NETGEAR &lt;&lt;&lt;&lt; 
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See pages 5 and 6.
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I have plugged the PWL1200 into one of the four available ports on the Nighthawk (just as I did when it was just the D2200) but it doesn't work. I have the Nighthawk set on AP and have tried resetting the PWL1200's (have two) but still nothing.
With the R6700 in AP mode, you should probably connect the plug to the D2200.
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In AP mode the R6700 loses a lot of features. A better approach might be to get the D2200 to work in modem only mode, if that is possible.
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hedotwo · Answer

I was able to get the Powerline wifi transmitter (the destination unit with the rabbit ears) plug to work by moving to another outlet.&nbsp; Not sure why I had to do that as the previous outlet worked fine for over a year in conjuction with the Frontier supplied D2200.&nbsp; After that, however, we began losing the internet regularily (every hour or so) and by rebooting the D2000 first, then the Nighthawk, we'd have internet for another hour or so.&nbsp; This got to be too much to deal with so I disconnected the Nighthawk and turned the wifi radio back on the D2200.&nbsp; All is well again, but I have a $89 router sitting here that I'd rather not try and return to Amazon.&nbsp; I used the Nighthawk wizard when setting up, after turning off the wifi radio on the D2200 and I believe my connections are correct.&nbsp; The yellow cable is connecting the two via WAN.&nbsp; What I feel is strange is that the D2200 still has the blue internet light on when the Nighthawk is hooked up.&nbsp; By turning the wifi radio off I would think I'd only see the green DSL light.&nbsp; But what do I know?
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Thanks!

michaelkenward · Answer

I have lost track of what is going on in there. My first move with a new router would be to check that it has the latest firmware.
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There is support for the R6700V3 at the end of this link:
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&gt;&gt;&gt;R6700V3 | Product | Support | NETGEAR&lt;&lt;&lt;
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If your router is in AP mode, as you said earlier, then it is a bit of a pointless toy for most purposes. 
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Disabled Features on the Router when set to AP Mode | Answer | NETGEAR Support
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But the thing will not have got into AP mode unless you set it up that way. If it isn't in AP mode then it can clash with the existing modem/router, which is why I suggested getting that into modem only (bridge) mode.
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hedotwo&nbsp;wrote:
The yellow cable is connecting the two via WAN.&nbsp;

I don't understand that. The WAN port on the router is there to connect it to the modem.
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If the R6700V3 is in AP mode, the powerline "host" should probably be plugged into a LAN port on the modem.
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hedotwo · Answer

No doubt I'm confusing.&nbsp; I'm not the greatest when it comes to networking and in the past have just used the modem/routers that are supplied from our ISP.&nbsp; I'll try and explain a bit better.&nbsp; The powerline issue is taken care of I believe.&nbsp; It was working fine (after figuring out, after resets not changing anything, that it was likely a problem with the outlet that the wifi broadcast unit was using) when using the Nighthawk and now again with only the D2200 router/modem.&nbsp; My problem then changed to continual loss of internet every hour or so.&nbsp; Everything worked fine as to performance it seemed, but we'd just lose internet every so often.&nbsp; I'd then reboot the modem and then the Nighthawk.&nbsp; Things would be good again for an hour or so then drop again.&nbsp; I thought I had the yellow cable installed correctly via the WAN ports (the Powerline cable was in a LAN port on the NIghthawk).&nbsp; I turned off the the wifi radio on the D2200 which I assumed then turned it into just a modem, but the blue internet light still was lit.&nbsp; Not sure how to "bridge" this D2200 as you suggest.
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Thanks for your time!

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