HomePlug Networking

I've had a network running for a couple of years using these HomePlug
devices as well has Cat5 and wireless. Recently the computer in the Garage
was unable to connect to the network. I swopped devices about but have been
unable to get this computer to connect. This week the computer in one of the
bedrooms has shown the same fault. After some more testing it seems that
computers on the same mains ring as the device connect to the router can
connect to the network, but devices on any other ring can't. There has been
no work done on the electrics recently.
Any ideas as to what's going on and how to fix it?

TIA

Iain

In article <hca6r5$gqh$(E-Mail Removed)>, Swarfmaker says...
>
> I've had a network running for a couple of years using these HomePlug
> devices as well has Cat5 and wireless. Recently the computer in the Garage
> was unable to connect to the network. I swopped devices about but have been
> unable to get this computer to connect. This week the computer in one of the
> bedrooms has shown the same fault. After some more testing it seems that
> computers on the same mains ring as the device connect to the router can
> connect to the network, but devices on any other ring can't. There has been
> no work done on the electrics recently.
> Any ideas as to what's going on and how to fix it?
>
Hopefully some pissed off Radio Ham is pointing a beam at your house and
blasting 400 watts of SSB at it.


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Geoff Lane wrote:
> Are you running some version of Windows, maybe some update has altered
> some settings somewhere.
>
> I've not used homeplugs but to the best of my knowledge the computer
> sees it as an ethernet cable connection.
>
> How many have you got, I'm assuming you have tried substituting
> devices.
> Geoff Lane
I've tried substituting devices. All of the devices will work quite happily
when on the same circuit. i.e. the downstairs mains ring.
The problem only occurs when I have devices on seperate rings. i.e. upstairs
and downstairs or garage

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> That's what I would also do. I'd check the homeplugs somehow. Is there
> any chance to borrow a spare from a friend and check it out?
>
Any mixture of devices will work whilst on the one ring. Problem only when
some devices on another ring

Conor wrote:
> In article <hca6r5$gqh$(E-Mail Removed)>, Swarfmaker
> says...
>>
>> I've had a network running for a couple of years using these HomePlug
>> devices as well has Cat5 and wireless. Recently the computer in the
>> Garage was unable to connect to the network. I swopped devices about
>> but have been unable to get this computer to connect. This week the
>> computer in one of the bedrooms has shown the same fault. After some
>> more testing it seems that computers on the same mains ring as the
>> device connect to the router can connect to the network, but devices
>> on any other ring can't. There has been no work done on the
>> electrics recently.
>> Any ideas as to what's going on and how to fix it?
>>
> Hopefully some pissed off Radio Ham is pointing a beam at your house
> and blasting 400 watts of SSB at it.

Thank you for your insightful response Conor. As the saying goes, your
advice is worth exactly what I paid for it.
If you can't say anything useful then JSTFU

In article <hccjkh$s4r$(E-Mail Removed)>, Geoff Lane says...

> I've seen you have a rant about these devices before so out of curiosity
> how far away from a ring main can it effect Ham's transmissions.
>
I live 150 metres with a row of houses between me and the one that
affected me. Quite a strong signal - enough to blank out anyone who was
more than a couple of miles away.

Got another one about the same distance in the other direction but it
seems to be quite low level so although its there, I can live with it.

Reports have shown up to 500 feet AFAIR (could be metres but they're all
old gits so its probably in english).


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In article <hccju5$gur$(E-Mail Removed)>, Swarfmaker says...

> Thank you for your insightful response Conor. As the saying goes, your
> advice is worth exactly what I paid for it.
> If you can't say anything useful then JSTFU

Homeplug networks turn your ring mains into an aerial that broadcasts
the signal several hundred feet or didn't you know that?


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Conor
www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk

I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.

Conor wrote:
> In article <hccju5$gur$(E-Mail Removed)>, Swarfmaker
> says...
>
>> Thank you for your insightful response Conor. As the saying goes,
>> your advice is worth exactly what I paid for it.
>> If you can't say anything useful then JSTFU
>
> Homeplug networks turn your ring mains into an aerial that broadcasts
> the signal several hundred feet or didn't you know that?

Conor, can you point to something in my initial post that suggests that I
needed information about the radiation characteristics of these devices? NO!
I don't believe you can.
Now, if you can answer my query, I'm all ears. If you can't answer my query
then I'm not realy interested in anything you have to say. As far as I am
aware these devices have passed all the relevant tests and are suitably CE
marked.

Iain

On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:45:10 -0000, Conor <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>In article <hccju5$gur$(E-Mail Removed)>, Swarfmaker says...
>
>> Thank you for your insightful response Conor. As the saying goes, your
>> advice is worth exactly what I paid for it.
>> If you can't say anything useful then JSTFU
>
>Homeplug networks turn your ring mains into an aerial that broadcasts
>the signal several hundred feet or didn't you know that?

If you say so.

I got mine from http://www.solwise.co.uk/ who still seem to be selling
them and I can't see any disclaimers there.

So I'll carry on using mine.

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vic

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Victor Meldrew
says...

> I got mine from http://www.solwise.co.uk/ who still seem to be selling
> them and I can't see any disclaimers there.
>
They're hardly likely to broadcast the fact they're causing illegal
interference.

> So I'll carry on using mine.

Please carry on. I'm quite sure there'll be someone in your area happy
to listen in.


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Conor
www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk

I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.