Homeplug adapters and long lines

[pctech]

While this maybe coincidence, it maybe worth thinking about if you have a long line (high attenuation) and you are considering purchasing these.

Back in February I placed an order for a pair of D-Link Powerline adapters to link my Xbox 360 to the net.

I put them in and all seemed well.

However I began to notice a lot of disconnections and it happened a few times while I was on Xbox Live so contacted my ISP (Not IDNet)

They said they had noticed a lot of reauthentications (up to 10 times a day) since February and advised me to do the usual stuff, change router, filter, leads etc.

Put BT 2700 and it seemed to stabilise.

I keep that as a backup so bought a Zoom router with IPv6, sadly I couldn't leave that on long enough to thoroughly test as it was taken down by a DDOS.

So bought a DGN2200 and again noticed some disconnections.

In the meantime I was in discussion on another forum regarding these adapters and potential interference and I read some stuff that alarmed me about potential interference with aircraft communication bands.

As quite a few aircraft fly over here I decided to pull the adapters and ask for my money back.

Amazon agreed and I've notced since the connection has become more stable again.

[Steve]

It's not something I've seen, I do get a fair bit of  low level overhead activity from two RAF locations. I guess if it stabilises your connection one can't argue with that.

[pctech]

Attenuation is currently 62 dB so downstream signal is quite weak.

Will be interesting to see if that changes when they go about fixing the voice fault.