Trouble connecting powerline to routers

jtangm04

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I am having issues connecting my Zyxel 4201 powerline adapters to my ASUS routers.

My main router is the RT-N65U with my second router RT-N56U acting as a wireless bridge and is in AP mode. This setup has been successful for me, but I have heard I lose connection speed and wanted to optimize this issues through powerline adapters. When I connect the powerlines together though my connection suddenly freezes. From what I gather from other sources I have a bridging loop issue. However, I have not found any articles that tell you how to fix this.

Details on my setup
Main router: RT-N65U running on both 5GHz and 2.4GHz. 2 computers in study connected via LAN. Powerline #1 connected to LAN directly to outlet plug.
Second router: RT-N56-U running on 2.4GHz in AP mode. IP address set to 192.168.1.2 AP mode is set to hybrid. Powerline #2 connect to LAN.

Again when I do not have the powerline adapters connected everything works perfectly. However when I plug them in, my internet freezes.
Any ideas will be helpful.
 

jtangm04

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ehhh-- I figured out what my problems was.
I had the routers bridged wireless prior to the powerline adapters. When I hooked up the powerline adapters, I created a bridge loop because the routers were communicating both wireless and through the powerline. I went into the AP router, disabled WDS to AP only and the problem went away.

My increase in speed has been mild. On speedtest, my speed had gone from 18 MBps to 22MBps on the 2.4GHz. My 5GHz on average gets 25MBps.