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Powerline PL1200 and PLP1200 on same network
I recently bought a pair of PLP1200 adapters and was very happy with how they performed so I bought an additional two PL1200 to cover the rest of the house. I'm having trouble getting all four powerl...
Correct. The "client" for the modem network cannot act as the host for the second network. You'd have to create a second powerline network.
As I said, you could get round the wifi issue by using dual-purpose powerline plugs that come with a wifi repeater.
One scenario that I haven't tried is to add a separate wifi repeater on the powerline ethernet network and then to use the repeater's LAN ports to join the network. That would avoid losing the plug's LAN port.
After thinking about this a little more I think I understand why two adapters will work in the way I have set it up and 3 cannot.
If the adapter connected to the router is the master, the adapter connected to the modem would look like any other client. But when a third is connected it becomes essentially a peer to the modem which is why it breaks down.
I could indeed move the router to directly connect to my modem. The reason I separated them in the first place was that the cable company installed the one line for my modem in a spot in the house that isn't very good for WiFi to get to the other side of the house.
Correct. The "client" for the modem network cannot act as the host for the second network. You'd have to create a second powerline network.
As I said, you could get round the wifi issue by using dual-purpose powerline plugs that come with a wifi repeater.
One scenario that I haven't tried is to add a separate wifi repeater on the powerline ethernet network and then to use the repeater's LAN ports to join the network. That would avoid losing the plug's LAN port.