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Powerline 2000 connectivity issues with Haywood pool controller
My pool builder was having trouble getting an external atennae to connect with our wifi. Connection wouldn't hold. He asked our pool equipment supplier for help and they suggested these Netgear ...
After several conversations with you and conversations with my pool builder, we have ginally fixed this problem. My pool builder was not aware that I would have problems with the Powerlines if they were not on the same circuit. What we finally did was move the Powerline device to my utility room which is the closet room to the pool controller and we plugged the Powerline into that circuit, same circuit as the ohter one. Then we drillled a hole through the wall and ran a cable from that Powerline directly into my pool controller. Now my problem is finally fixed.
Thank you for your consult and good advice.
You are exactly correct The pool and all its equipment is on a separate fuse panel and electrical circuit. So, I have one powerline box hooked hardwire to the controller and I have another powerline box plugged in near the router with the ethernet cable, but on a completely different circuit.
This did work sporadically for a few days when the pool guys first installed but nothing works now.
Also the pool controller sits on the other side of the house from the router and is about 30-35 feet away from the pool controller.
I tried plugging the powerline into a different outlet near the router but that didn't seem to make any difference.
Other thoughts?
Kim
Do you have coax cable ran out to the pool area? You could use a moca adapter (ethernet over coax)
Or how far away is the pool from the house?
What router are you using? Any ethernet extenders?
There's still a couple options if you have to go wireless and can't get anything else working.
All my electrical panels, cable inputs, etc are on the right side of the house. Only the pool controller electrical panel is on the left side. I think it would be hard and expensive to try to run new coax over to the controller.
Our router is one provided by Spectrum but we will probably change that next month.
I don't have any other wifi extenders.
Other solutions I might try?
Possible to relocate the router to the other side of the houes? potentially using the powerline device if needed to move it?
Maybe the wifi would reach then? Or after moving, add a wireless extender?
If I were going to move the router, I would have to install all new coax and if doing that might as well install coax straight to my controller which I was hoping to avoid.