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TP Link Powerline

Drewe13 — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 17:27:16 GMT

Hi, I'm thinking of joining Sky but am concerned that my 3 existing Poweline extenders won't work on the sky hub? Currently with BT

Re: TP Link Powerline

cookiemonsteruk — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 17:28:56 GMT

@Drewe13

Powerline adapters will be fine unless you have a g.fast connection

Re: TP Link Powerline

Drewe13 — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 17:29:55 GMT

Cheers

Re: TP Link Powerline

jamesn123 — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 17:35:45 GMT

@Drewe13

Note you may need to change the ethernet setting on the hub if you are not using fully gigabit compliant cables

Re: TP Link Powerline

Drewe13 — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 18:04:26 GMT

The house had a rewire 10yrs ago and they work ok with the current BT Hub so fingers crossed 🤞🏼

Re: TP Link Powerline

Skull+Treaty — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 18:06:51 GMT

@Drewe13 wrote:
The house had a rewire 10yrs ago and they work ok with the current BT Hub so fingers crossed 🤞🏼

@jamesn123 was referring to the ethernet cables, rather than the electrical ones in the house ; )

Re: TP Link Powerline

Drewe13 — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 19:21:58 GMT

😅

Re: TP Link Powerline

KelvinDWales — Thu, 13 May 2021 11:29:47 GMT

Thanks for your answer, what specific settings are you referrring too? I have having difficulties getting my powerline adaptors to work.

Re: TP Link Powerline

IanTFB — Mon, 06 Sep 2021 07:06:29 GMT

So am I! I can't even Ping the router IP from the Command prompt!

I have accessed the router via WiFi from another machine on our network to see if the laptop was listed as "Connected" - nada.

In the software for the TP-Link, the data flow rate was showing as around 100MB, so ensured that the Ethernet settings on the router matched the speed of the network.

Prrffftttt!

At a loss as to what to do next.

Re: TP Link Powerline

KelvinDWales — Mon, 06 Sep 2021 07:15:08 GMT

Sorry to say Ian, I gave up and put them in the draw, never to be used again 😞

Re: TP Link Powerline

Chrisee — Mon, 06 Sep 2021 07:17:21 GMT

@IanTFB Sky hubs have gigabit ethernet ports which require fully wired ethernet cables if you are using older cables thst came with kit these frequently only have 4 of the 8 pins connected. Solution is to either to use new cables - you can pick them up cheaply most nearly anywhhere - or switch the hub to use "Fast Ethernet" which is 100Mb/s.

To do that using a networked device type 192.168.0.1 into a browser and hit return. When the hub's interface loads the click on the Ethernet tab you will be required to log in the user is always admin but the password for the standard flat type of hub is sky while for the newer Broadband Hub which has an upright design is the wifi password on the hub's label. When the ethernet tab loads you will see the option to switch to Fast Ethernet.

Re: TP Link Powerline

IanTFB — Mon, 06 Sep 2021 10:23:25 GMT

Thanks - I'd already switched that over (I think it just say "Fast" from memory - they put Gigabit on there why don't they...oh, never mind.

I say "Never mind" as I was just about to jump on here and say "Got it!" as we're up and running now.

As we run a business from home, having a fast connection is crucial - but so are our CCTV cameras. It had just got to the point where the WiFi was just overwhelmed. Far too many collisions and drop outs when I was trying to check through them - as for displaying them all together, absolutely no chance.

Their locations made it impossible to wire in - they may be less than 100m as line of sight, but getting the cabling to run properly, they'd be over the limit.

Anyway, in my case I changed a couple of things and bingo . Changed the Router Mode (in Advanced tab) to DSL only, and also ticked the check box for "enable ipv6 on lan side".

Rebooted the router, reconnected the Uplink Powerline and checked via the App "tpPLC" the things were all set correctly. Whilst at it, I checked the Channels for both WiFi frequencies with "WiFi Analyzer", fixed an overlap with next door.

One very happy chappy.

Cheers to all for assistance or posting.