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Powerline adapters and wifi extenders not showing up in network map
I have two Powerline kits on my LAN (a Powerline 200 adapter and wifi extender and a Powerline 500 adapter and wifi extender) but only the Powerline 200 shows up on my network map when using the Netg...
PatDofNJ wrote:
I have two Powerline kits on my LAN (a Powerline 200 adapter and wifi extender and a Powerline 500 adapter and wifi extender) but only the Powerline 200 shows up on my network map when using the Netgear Genie app or the Powerline Utility app.
Do they all feed from the same plug on the router? Or two separate Powerline networks?
Which Netgear Genie app are we talking about here? Mobile device or the desktop program?
By the way, mixing different plug speeds works, but the Powerline network then runs at the speed of the slowest plugs.
Do they all feed from the same plug on the router? Or two separate Powerline networks?
- They each feed into a different ethernet port on my router.
Which Netgear Genie app are we talking about here? Mobile device or the desktop program?
- I only use the desktop programs: Netgear genie and Netgear Powerline Utility D 3.1.0.4
By the way, mixing different plug speeds works, but the Powerline network then runs at the speed of the slowest plugs.
- I understand that to be the case.
When I look at Netgear Genie, when I first bring up the Network Map I only see my two wifi extenders (the XWN5001 and the XAVN2001). But when I click on the Network Map Netgear Icon, than I get to see only the Powerline 200 adapter (XAV2101) and its wifi extender (XAVN2001). Should I be able to see my Powerline 500 Nano Adapter (XAV5201) and my Powerline 500 WiFi Range Extender (XWN5001)?
When I look at Netgear Powerline Utility D 3.1.0.4 I only see the Powerline 200 adapter (XAV2101) and its wifi extender (XAVN2001). Shouldn't I be able to see the Powerline 500 devices as well?
PatDofNJ wrote:
When I look at Netgear Powerline Utility D 3.1.0.4 I only see the Powerline 200 adapter (XAV2101) and its wifi extender (XAVN2001). Shouldn't I be able to see the Powerline 500 devices as well?
You've probably confused the heck out of it. The networking software isn't likely to work with, or even find, two competing networks. I doubt if Netgear's codeheads anticipated users who "broke the rules". Don't forget, Powerline plugs aren't network infrastructure with unique IP addresses that a router can map.
You could experiment with putting the plugs on a single network. I've tried that from time to time, adding a third plug to my existing pair.
I have never seen the need to run two separate networks, so that is one experiment I haven't tried.