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Tp link powerline utility not detecting11/7/2022 ![]() UPDATE APRIL 2015 – I’ve now done some testing with iPerf and my speeds are lower than those reported by the TP-Link utility – often significantly. Speed is affected (my dropped to 60Mbps when crossing phases) but I’m really just using it for web browsing and streaming some video which seems to work fine. At first I thought this would prevent or greatly hinder my use of powerline networking but my powerline networking works just fine over multiple power phases (apparently a shared consumer unit is key). The bigger variable in my case was the fact I have a three phase power supply, rather than the more usual one. Plugging them in and getting them working took all of five minutes and voila – connectivity! The speeds weren’t great (around 80M bps on average, so 5-6M Bps on file transfers) but then my house was built in the 70s so it’s not especially modern and that does affect speeds. My local computer store had a couple of TP-Link units in stock ( WPA4220 Starter Kit) and I bought them on a whim. I’d used an early set of these (85Mbps) back in 2007 but standards have definitely advanced in this area and now we have 500Mbps adapters ( well sort of) so I thought it was worth revisiting the technology. I’ve recently moved house and didn’t want to go to the time and expense of wiring up my new house with CAT6 ethernet, so opted for some Powerline adapters instead. Thanks for your help.īonus tip: Since your area receives a lot of electrical storms you might want to consider having an electrician install a whole house surge protector.Summary: Powerline adaptors are better than they used to be but they aren’t without their problems. I plugged them directly into the outlets and they’re working great now. I had both adapters plugged into surge protectors because we get a lot of lightning storms here. Resolve whatever the issue turns out to be and you should be able to connect your basement computer to your router with no further problems. If you discover that one (or both) of your outlets is wired incorrectly you’ll need to either fix the issue yourself (if you have the necessary skills to safely do so) or hire an electrician to do the job for you.īottom line: I believe one of the above situations is likely preventing your powerline networking adapters from working correctly. The pattern of the illuminated lights will tell you if there’s a wiring problem. Simply plug the tester into an outlet and compare the status lights to the chart on the adapter. If you plug them into any type of intermediary device they will often either not work at all or establish poor connections (as in your case).Ģ – One or both of the electrical outlets you’re using with the adapters is wired incorrectly. This is easy to check with an inexpensive electrical outlet tester. Powerline adapters need to be plugged directly into a wall outlet in order to work properly. ![]() Right off the top of my head I can think of two possible causes of issues with powerline networking devices:ġ – One or both of the powerline networking adapters is plugged into a power strip, a surge protector or an extension cord. The fact that you’re able to establish a connection between the computer and the router leads me to believe the devices are working as they should.Īlthough there are exceptions, these devices usually won’t connect at all if one of them is defective. ![]() ![]() Rick’s answer: Freddie, the powerline networking kit you bought is indeed a good one. This particular kit has very good ratings on Amazon so I’m thinking I either was unlucky enough to receive a bad device or I’m missing a step and doing something wrong with the setup.ĭo you have any idea about what I need to do to get these things working as they should? But after a couple of minutes the connection drops out and I have to restart the computer to get it to connect again. I installed the two adapters per the instructions and I can establish an Ethernet connection between the computer and the router just fine. I tried using a USB Wi-Fi adapter but the signal was just too weak to maintain a usable connection.Īfter reading your post on powerline networking adapters I did some research on Amazon and ended up buying this kit. I’m needing to connect a desktop computer that’s in my basement to my router which is in my sunroom (on the far end of the ground floor of my house). I hope you can help me with a problem I’m having. Note: The links in this post are affiliate links. Click here to sign up for my free Rick’s Tech Tips Newsletter! ![]()
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