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FragrantBeauty
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Sep 18, 2012

XAV5101 Not Connecting Consistently

I'm using a XAV5101 Powerline Adapter set in a simple straight forward setup, but I'm consistently having problems getting it to connect. I'm going from a Linksys WRT54G router to an adapter right be...
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Simonch
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Oct 13, 2012
mseth wrote:
Someone really needs to contact NETGEAR... I am having the same dropped connection issue. It keeps dropping about once a day, I am using two XAV5101 with link speeds of 300-350Mbit/s.


I have the same problem. The powerline would drop the internet connection about once a day. The computers connect directly or wirelessly to the router have no problem connecting the internet at the same time. So it must be the problem of the Netgear Powerline. I have two XAV500 and two XAV250. :(