So this friend of mine has a problem with he powerline adapters after upgrading her modem. (yeah I was talking about powerline adapters on a different thread but it's not for me )
Her hubby is in military and is gone most of the time. He set the new modem up and is gone again...
They NEVER used the router for actual wifi - (They think wifi affects their brain waves). So their setup was all wired: Modem, Router and PL adapters all over the place.
with OLD modem: everything worked fine. The speed with PL adapters, even downstairs, was the same as the speed with modem directly connected to PC. (or so she says).
Today the modem was connected due to speed upgrade by TWC.
When she plugs in PC direct to modem, she gets the New, higher speed. 120 mbps
But powerlines are only bringing like 18 mbps. (which is lower than what it was before which about 20-24 mbps, she says).
I asked her to look at connections.
She says a desktop AND a powerline adapter is connected to the NEW modem.
And that router is NOT EVEN ON or connected.
How can this be?
I thought a modem supplies internet to only ONE thing, a pc or a router etc but not two items.
(This new modem does have its own router function but she swears they never changed anything in the plan, and still only use it as a MODEM only, and NOT as a router)
If she's correct: (and my assumption is correct that you cannot hard-wire connect 2 devices to a modem unless its router function is enabled):
How come the powerlines are getting any internet at all?
---EDIT---
she just called her husband has said he simply plugged in PL to modem because it has "enough ports in the back and old modem only had one" -
so it does work like that? all ports are active on a modem ?
then why are the PL speeds LOWER than before?
do they need to be re-paired /re-initialized in some way?
(I have no PL experience)
Thanks for any feedback.
Her hubby is in military and is gone most of the time. He set the new modem up and is gone again...
They NEVER used the router for actual wifi - (They think wifi affects their brain waves). So their setup was all wired: Modem, Router and PL adapters all over the place.
with OLD modem: everything worked fine. The speed with PL adapters, even downstairs, was the same as the speed with modem directly connected to PC. (or so she says).
Today the modem was connected due to speed upgrade by TWC.
When she plugs in PC direct to modem, she gets the New, higher speed. 120 mbps
But powerlines are only bringing like 18 mbps. (which is lower than what it was before which about 20-24 mbps, she says).
I asked her to look at connections.
She says a desktop AND a powerline adapter is connected to the NEW modem.
And that router is NOT EVEN ON or connected.
How can this be?
I thought a modem supplies internet to only ONE thing, a pc or a router etc but not two items.
(This new modem does have its own router function but she swears they never changed anything in the plan, and still only use it as a MODEM only, and NOT as a router)
If she's correct: (and my assumption is correct that you cannot hard-wire connect 2 devices to a modem unless its router function is enabled):
How come the powerlines are getting any internet at all?
---EDIT---
she just called her husband has said he simply plugged in PL to modem because it has "enough ports in the back and old modem only had one" -
so it does work like that? all ports are active on a modem ?
then why are the PL speeds LOWER than before?
do they need to be re-paired /re-initialized in some way?
(I have no PL experience)
Thanks for any feedback.
