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Aspirant

Apr 05, 2016

Powerline AV5001 not showing on the Netgear utility(sam)

I reset the powerline Av500 to factory setting then installed the powerline utility v2.0.0.8 on my new pc. when I ran the utilty application,it found the device but says "unknown" with the lock icon ...

NETGEAR Employee Retired

Apr 11, 2016

Hi sunnyhouse1,

1. What is the exact model number of your adapter?

2. What is the OS of your computer?

3. Can you try to use a different computer?

Aspirant

Apr 12, 2016

I tested with two different computers. one with window 10 and the screenshot came from window 7.

the model is XWN5001

JamesGL
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Apr 26, 2016
Hi sunnyhouse1,

Please try the version 3.1.0.4.

https://www.netgear.com/support/product/XWN5001#Powerline Universal Utility Version 3.1.0.4
JamesGL
NETGEAR Employee Retired
May 02, 2016
Hi sunnyhouse1,

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