Homeplugs

[Steevo]

Anybody else have trouble with TP Link homeplugs losing connection? Quite often I'll come to it and find the "house" light has gone out. Turn the right one off and in again and we're going.

I know they have a power saving mode, and I'm pretty sure I ran the mod to disable this but still have troubles.

 

[milkloss]

They're crap sorry to say. Buy something else, I got netgear ones now and much, much better but far from perfect. Whether it was the router not liking them I don't know but they just kept blocking internet acces for some reason.

 

[Dman2]

I have the same problem with my Tp link plugs
Somedays ok others constantly having to reset them

 

[Steevo]

Thanks for the replies. Sorry to hear there's no simple fix I'm missing, but at least knowing others have the same issue is rather reassuring. They're certainly not something I'd ever want to be relying on.

 

[zyklon]

It's a well known problem with them. Older models were more prone but the newer models are better but still have dropouts.

I have ditched most of mine and I am currently wiring my house with cat 6. Hundred times better.

 

[milkloss]

It's a well known problem with them. Older models were more prone but the newer models are better but still have dropouts.

I have ditched most of mine and I am currently wiring my house with cat 6. Hundred times better.

If your pulling cable and need good all over wifi without swapping between access points use leaky feeder cable as well The one thing I wish we did/knew about.

 

[Dust Raker]

leaky feeder cable as well

Whats that?

I am currently looking at this because we have had TP homeplugs too... and they work most of the time but that's not really good enough. So looking to put some cable in.

 

[Steevo]

Whats that?

I am currently looking at this because we have had TP homeplugs too... and they work most of the time but that's not really good enough. So looking to put some cable in.

Cable that emits a wifi signal. A bit like having an antenna from your router in every room of the house.

https://www.solwise.co.uk/wireless-leaky-feeder-cable.htm

 

[milkloss]

Whats that?

I am currently looking at this because we have had TP homeplugs too... and they work most of the time but that's not really good enough. So looking to put some cable in.

It's a cable that's an aerial. Use it in hotels down the corridor to cover every room. Wish I had known about it as I would have gone right round the floor of the house upstairs.

 

[Steevo]

It's a cable that's an aerial. Use it in hotels down the corridor to cover every room. Wish I had known about it as I would have gone right round the floor of the house upstairs.

I never knew til now that was how they did it!

 

[Dust Raker]

It's a cable that's an aerial. Use it in hotels down the corridor to cover every room. Wish I had known about it as I would have gone right round the floor of the house upstairs.

ah, just what we need to stop the kids using their phones all night then..

but seriously , what sort of wifi performance can you get from that ?

 

[milkloss]

ah, just what we need to stop the kids using their phones all night then..

but seriously , what sort of wifi performance can you get from that ?

To be honest, I don't know. It seems from the PDF I linked to above that you would need a more powerful access point than average but the range would be at least 5 to 10m metres for good reception with less blank spots.

I have the problem at home with two ap's and iPads and iPhones not switching between the two. The first you know is that the internet is slow and crappy so you check in settings and have to force them to swap. I have had many people saying your doing this and that wrong but none of them have been able to come up with a solution. It is even worse if you give the aps the same name because then you don't know if you're connected to the stronger signal or not!

Edit: in your router settings you could make a wifi access for the kids that had a timer on it. Keep the password to the 24hr access one secret for yourself.

 

[Greenbeast]

To be honest, I don't know. It seems from the PDF I linked to above that you would need a more powerful access point than average but the range would be at least 5 to 10m metres for good reception with less blank spots.

I have the problem at home with two ap's and iPads and iPhones not switching between the two. The first you know is that the internet is slow and crappy so you check in settings and have to force them to swap. I have had many people saying your doing this and that wrong but none of them have been able to come up with a solution. It is even worse if you give the aps the same name because then you don't know if you're connected to the stronger signal or not!

Edit: in your router settings you could make a wifi access for the kids that had a timer on it. Keep the password to the 24hr access one secret for yourself.

what access points are these?

At my parents place i used some scrounged APs all over the farm and set them all to the same SSID, could generally faultlessly walk around and devices would roam fine

 

[milkloss]

what access points are these?

At my parents place i used some scrounged APs all over the farm and set them all to the same SSID, could generally faultlessly walk around and devices would roam fine

Tp link and a draytek . Think the problem is black spots but being in relatively close proximity to both.

 

[Greenbeast]

oh shame, draytek are good.

you had them set on different channels i guess?
i don;t know how good apple devices are at roaming between stations

 

[milkloss]

oh shame, draytek are good.

you had them set on different channels i guess?
i don;t know how good apple devices are at roaming between stations

Yep, different channels. Re Apple devices: furking crap!