TP-Link Powerline system

Equaliser123

Fifer wrote: »

Three wifi access points for coverage? Is it a house or a hotel?

Just a house.

Equaliser123

Thanks all.

Yes, I think it is an association issue as the RCD in the garage is not preventing it. My trouble is that connecting more than one Homeplug knocks the other one out.

In other words, only one seems able to be used at any time.

bod1467

What model(s) are the homeplugs?

I may be wrong, but I seem to remember that certain ones worked as a pair (end-to-end connection) rather than as a network. Although I would have thought 200meg homeplugs woulf be network type.

Have you tried associating them all in the same room first, before moving them to their disparate locations?
Have you tried doing a full reset on them first?

macman

You say that they won't work 'together'. So do they both work when tried independently? If so, it's a compatibility issue. Are they both the same model, and same speed?

Equaliser123

Yes. All the same model. TP-Link AV200 mini powerline. TP-Link's website seems to suggest they are compatible but struggling!

jtk174

Not sure why you are using 3 routers. Are the Tenda devices routers or access points? No matter.
I assume the power in your garage is connected to the consumer unit of your house. If so, then the homeplug should have a connection with the other homeplugs. Can you at least temporarily plug a network cable into the garage homeplug and your PC. Does that work?
If it does then the problem is with the Tenda router or its setup ( probably its setup). If it doesn't work it would point to the lack of a connection between the house and the garage, as far as the mains electrical circuit is concerned.


Can I recommend these TP-Link homeplug kits
http://www.ebuyer.com/362875-300mbps-wireless-powerline-extender-with-ethernet-port-twin-pack-tl-wpa281kit?utm_source=google&utm_medium=products&gclid=CK3Ho8jI0rYCFXIPtAodLh8AJg
One of these units is a normal homeplug with wireless capabilities. This is the one that you would have in the garage. No router or AP required.

BTW you don't need to press the buttons to associate the Homeplugs for them to work, unless you had already done this with the first 2. All this does is encrypt the connections between each device.
The TP-Links should have come with PC software that should detect each homeplug device on your network.

I have seen problems with homeplugs not connecting to one another because they had different firmware versions. I have 2 oldish homeplugs on Version 2 firmware ( before buttons got added to the units ) and even though they are AV200's they will not connect to the newer V5 units.

macman

Assuming the the garage is on the same CU as the rest of the house, it shouldn't be an issue.
Easily tested by trying the errant plug on another remote socket in the house.

jtk174

Just to clarify a point.
You might have a Consumer Unit in the house and another one in the garage, depending on you layout. As long as they are both directly connected, you won't have a problem. Also, remember that you should not plug Homeplugs into anything containing power surge circuitry.