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r7800 and Powerline v1 2nd Port Complete Disconnect
Hello all, I have a new one for you, I bet. I have a r7800 and a powerline ethernet adapter (tk1000 ver 1, I believe). It has two ports on it, and I am successfully using the first port, no probl...
Jbenhart wrote:
Don't I have have to plug both ports from one plug into the router and both eth wires (computer and tv) into the other plug?
Not in my experience.
When I use two-plug Powerline adaptors I have just one connection to the router – from a single-port plug. Then I can run two separate devces from the second two-port plug.
What actual model number is the powerline adapter? I found a ton of adapters off the tk1000 version.
If its a dual plug ethernet model, you're not plugging both into the R7800? Correct? You should only need 1 powerline device plugged into the router.
Yep! That was it! I believed because each powerline adapter had two Ethernet ports, you needed to plug one wire into each, for both the router and the items to connect. But you only need to connect a single wire to the router, even if you're using both ports on the other end. They should spell that out a bit more in the manual.
Thank you!
Thank you!
Glad to see you got it figured out with that dual plug in setup.