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TrickyDicky

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#196105 19-May-2016 12:31
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Hi

 

After many months of waiting to get fibre (Spark) installed and running, it finally happened the other week - prior to this I had Vodafone VDSL with predominately a wireless setup. Trying to eke out some more speed (for my boys' gaming and Sky) I put in some powerline adapters (TP-LINK TL-PA4010P) which connected flawlessly. Since my fibre upgrade they no longer work. When these worked they had all the three status indicators lit, which are power, internet/network activity and connection status. They now show only the power and connection status.

 

Has anyone else experienced or know of this and if so is there a solution / workaround I could try?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Rich

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  #1555556 19-May-2016 13:04
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So you have an ethernet cable going from one of the (looks like yellow) ethernet ports on the back of the router into the first powerline unit? Temporarily connecting something like a laptop up to this same port should verify its working (if you are using a laptop you may need to disable wifi while you test this)

 

If the powerline units have not been used for a while do they need to be re-paired (not repaired!).

 

From the TP-link manual:

 

Create a secured Powerline network using the Pair button：
Step 1. Press the Pair button of Powerline adapter A for one second, the Power LED will start flashing.
Step 2. Press the Pair button of Powerline adapter B for one second, the Power LED will start flashing.
(This must be done within 120 seconds after pressing the pair button of powerline adapter A.)
Step 3. Wait for about 60 seconds while your Powerline adapter A and B are connecting. The Power LED on both adapters will stop flashing and become solid light when the connection is made.




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