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XAV5421 & XAV5201 powerline devices won't give an IP on electrical outlets in living room only
Hi everyone, I have a XAV5201 cabled into my R7000 router and I have an XAV5421 which will ONLY give an IP adress 169.... in my living room but will work fine giving out my 192.168.0.x addresses in o...
My first guess is, they are two different powerline devices, and won't talk to each other. Typically one would use same type pair of powerline devices (purchase in pairs).
Second guess, (if they are compatible) is that there is a possibility that they do not see each other as the issue at hand could be a house wiring issue, or a phase issue, or electrical interference issue. As a test, try a different outlet other than the living room, to see if these devices see each other.
http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/datasheet/en/XAVB5421.pdf?cid=wmt_netgear_organic