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Multiple AV500
I already have a connection from my router to my TV with a AV500. Can I create a second connection to another room with another AV500? Or do I need a whole new connection?
Thanks
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Netgear has set up a community forum specifically for the Power Line products. Most of the people who watch that forum are more likely to have experience with Power Line (PL) products. Might be more likely to find someone who has a solution if the question is posted there:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Powerline-Networking/bd-p/home-powerline
Please use this link to the main forum product list to review and choose where to make your posts.
https://community.netgear.com/t5/NETGEAR-Forum/ct-p/en-netgear
Thank you.You can add more powerline devices to an existing network.
https://kb.netgear.com/22165/Adding-a-powerline-adapter-to-an-existing-powerline-network
plemans wrote:
You can add more powerline devices to an existing network.
https://kb.netgear.com/22165/Adding-a-powerline-adapter-to-an-existing-powerline-network
The only time that I have seen problems with adding plugs is when people get up to six plugs. And that may have been tied to a particular model. It hasn't come up here in some time.
jzellman wrote:
Can I create a second connection to another room with another AV500?
As plemans says, it should work. The problem comes when you try to get hod of an othern plug.
Netgear, like many suppliers of Powerline systems, does not sell single plugs. You have to buy the bundle. However, one or two brands do sell standalone plugs, including AP plugs. (Check the usual places.) Then there is the second-hand market.
Most recent Powerline devices follow the AV standard, which means that you can mix different makes and different generations. The only issue if that if you add "1000" plugs to a network with "500" plugs they will talk to each other at the speed of the slowest plugs on the network.
