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Powerline adapter packets dropped by Router
Setup my first powerline adapter yesterday and noted that I was getting request drops when pinging my routers gateway address. I decided to bypass the router and plug straight into my modem and, wal...
Packet loss is just when the signal gets so garbled from interference the system discards it. All powerline devices are sensitive to interference. These can be so simple as a cell phone charger to cause issues. Other things that cause interference are gfci breakers, arc fault breakers, high draw appliances, cell phone chargers, etc.
Its a challenge since you don't have the issue without the router. Maybe the routers power adapter is adding interference. Are you using surge protectors or outlet multipliers? its not recommended to use this with powerline devices.
plugged straight into the wall outlet, works great plugged into the cable modem, just not the router
LoXodonte1 wrote:
plugged straight into the wall outlet, works great plugged into the cable modem, just not the routerWhat's the router and what's the modem?
