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Netgear HomePlug Adaptors Keep Dropping Out?
Jakg
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Using 2x 85 mbit Netgear HomePlug (or Power Line) adaptors - One is in my Dad's room hooked up to a BT HomeHub through a few switches, and the other is in my room and my PC is plugged into it directly.
Every 10 minutes or so, my PC seems to lose all internet connection. I don't *think* it's the modem (although on the older Belkin Vision it was fine...) as no-one else is having any issues - but I need to check this.
All the lights on the adaptor stay lit, although obviously the "incoming" data lights on the adaptor stop flashing.
When the internet dies on my PC, it also dies on PC#2 and the laptop using the Wireless access point hooked up to the same HomePlug adaptor - So I'm assuming that it's not my PC's or a software issue.
When I had a cable running from one end of the house to the other - it worked fine - but I only had the cable there for about 30 minutes before someone slammed a door on it and broke it so thats not a permanent solution.
Once the network breaks I'm unable to even connect to the router - and then about 2 or 3 minutes later it comes to life again.
If I try different sockets in my room or even something on a different ringmain I still have the same intermittent connection issues
Any ideas at all?
Every 10 minutes or so, my PC seems to lose all internet connection. I don't *think* it's the modem (although on the older Belkin Vision it was fine...) as no-one else is having any issues - but I need to check this.
All the lights on the adaptor stay lit, although obviously the "incoming" data lights on the adaptor stop flashing.
When the internet dies on my PC, it also dies on PC#2 and the laptop using the Wireless access point hooked up to the same HomePlug adaptor - So I'm assuming that it's not my PC's or a software issue.
When I had a cable running from one end of the house to the other - it worked fine - but I only had the cable there for about 30 minutes before someone slammed a door on it and broke it so thats not a permanent solution.
Once the network breaks I'm unable to even connect to the router - and then about 2 or 3 minutes later it comes to life again.
If I try different sockets in my room or even something on a different ringmain I still have the same intermittent connection issues
Any ideas at all?
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