Powerline ethernet problems

[stoanee]

As the title says, I am having problems with my powerline adaptors dropping the internet connection to my two folding computers. When I originally put them in they worked without any configuration and were stable for over a month. Since I rebuilt the woman's computer two days ago, they have been dropping out multiple times per day. I have tried snooping around in the router settings but I do not know what I am doing so I pretty much left the settings alone. So far, only unplugging and replugging the powerline adaptors starts everything again. Any ideas? ( I have googled this to no satisfaction)

[clshades]

One thing I know about those poweline ethernet dealies is they have to be on the same phase or they have major problems this isn't normally a problem for a house though. Are they plugged directly into the wall or are you running them through a battery back up or hardcore power bar? Multiple power bars? You might try using a different power bar or plugging them in a different way?

[stoanee]

Plugged directly to wall, will experiment by plugging in different spots.

[stoanee]

Plugging in different spots did not help, I swapped out the router to see if it is causing the problems.....

[clshades]

lemmie know man... cuz the whole powerline thing would be nice. There is a lot of copper simply being wasted in most homes and to utilize it would be great. I know I could use it for a few things.

[stoanee]

The weird thing is that it worked great until I upgraded my wife's computer. Sometimes things fail at at the same time as another event happens and that may be what is going on here. The router I am using now seems to be holding things together better, I hope it was the problem. I suspect it was somehow causing the powerline adaptors to lose their connection also. Time will tell.

[3.0charlie]

Doublecheck the motherboard's ethernet settings, in regards to "Allow Windows to shut down the component when not in use". It's inside the Adapter's settings, in Device Manager.

[jumpload]

MY self id trash that junk in 2 sec and hardwire the pile,lol i wonder if someone could hack in to your netork from a diffent house if they used poweline Ethernet adapter,that be a hella funny :D