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snicolay
Dec 20, 2016Aspirant
powerline 1200
I have 4 Powerline 1200 units that worked flawlessly for over a year. Not one issue. Just today, 2 of them have the ethernet lights not lighting. I tried reseting all of them, the router and modem bu...
michaelkenward
Dec 21, 2016Guru - Experienced User
snicolay wrote:I tried reseting all of them, the router and modem but nothing. I switched out the 2 not working with the one plugged into the router and they work.
There are different types of reset. Do you mean you have reset them to the factory defaults? (The tiny button on the bottom.) Or that you have taken them through the setup process again? (The security button operation.)
It sounds like the "broken" ones have forgotten that they are supposed to talk to the one connected to the router. If you haven't done so, take them through this process:
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