Internet shuts off after connecting second pair of Netgear Powerline 200 adapters.

morningtoke

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Mar 30, 2015
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Hello all,

I'm having an odd issue where my internet seems to turn off when I install a second pair of powerline adapters. I connected one downstairs to my blu ray player, and the other one upstairs where my modem/router is. I have another pair of powerline 200's that I've used for over a year with no issue, so this is definitely odd.

Taking the second 200's out of the wall socket brings the internet back, while plugging it in gives me "no internet access". At first, I thought it could've been the wall socket, so I put it on a different socket, but the issue persists.
 
Solution
You really don't want to run them as 2 pair. You want to run 3 as 1 network using only a single device at the router. It will still significantly slow your network down but at least now they are coordinating their traffic. When you run 2 networks they stomp all over each other.
You really don't want to run them as 2 pair. You want to run 3 as 1 network using only a single device at the router. It will still significantly slow your network down but at least now they are coordinating their traffic. When you run 2 networks they stomp all over each other.
 
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