NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
JamesJM
Apr 17, 2019Aspirant
PLW1000 stopped working when I tried to using it in a different electricity socket
PLW1000 stopped working when I tried to using it in a different electricity socket. Using with Virgin Media broadband.
- Adding an extension shouldn't wreck it. It just won't work as well. Did something arc? Arcing something could wreck it.
You could try a reset by holding the reset button in for 10 seconds while its plugged in.
6 Replies
- plemansGuru - Experienced User
so you're saying it works but when you moved it to a different outlet, it doesn't?
Powerline is sensative to arc fault curcuits, gfci curcuits, and different types of interference. here's an article that goes over some of the devices that cause problems with powerline and what you can do to minimize those.
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/6-tips-improve-speed-powerline-network/
- JamesJMAspirant
No it stopped working completely. It won't power up anymore. I had mistakenly connected an extension/strip. Now it does not power up in any type of socket.
- plemansGuru - Experienced UserAdding an extension shouldn't wreck it. It just won't work as well. Did something arc? Arcing something could wreck it.
You could try a reset by holding the reset button in for 10 seconds while its plugged in.