TPLink powerline adapters slow only on apple
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Have some TPLink av500 powerline network adapters working as access points to extend WiFi coverage. They were initially set to clone the original router WiFi but that caused issues with everything and so I made it it's own SSID etc.
However, works perfect on my android devices but it's excruciatingly slow on all my apple stuff. Like waiting minutes for a Google search slow. Whilst on android I can stream HD YouTube no problem.
What gives? Anyone have any ideas because I'm stumped!
However, works perfect on my android devices but it's excruciatingly slow on all my apple stuff. Like waiting minutes for a Google search slow. Whilst on android I can stream HD YouTube no problem.
What gives? Anyone have any ideas because I'm stumped!
As above. The tp link kit only offers 2.4GHz. on my router the 2.4 And 5 GHz networks are separate and have separate SSIDs.
I am thinking there is some kind of conflict going on with how the tp link talks to the virgin superhub. Despite the separate SSID the tp-link box appears to be trying to look invisible to devices. Ie if I connect with the iPad I might get a DHCP IP address of 192.168.0.11. if I disconnect and go connect directly to the superhub I'm given the same address.
I'm not sure why that would be, why wouldn't I be given 192.168.0.1 on the tp-link or something?
I am thinking there is some kind of conflict going on with how the tp link talks to the virgin superhub. Despite the separate SSID the tp-link box appears to be trying to look invisible to devices. Ie if I connect with the iPad I might get a DHCP IP address of 192.168.0.11. if I disconnect and go connect directly to the superhub I'm given the same address.
I'm not sure why that would be, why wouldn't I be given 192.168.0.1 on the tp-link or something?
Just tried something
had a look in the superhubs connected devices.... shows only one wired device (a small Western Digital network hard drive). When I move my phone from being connected directly to the superhub wifi to being connected to the TP link power line adapter wifi, my phone then re-appears, as a wired device on the superhub and with the same IP. As if the superhub is assigning the IPs. It just had 192.168.0.2, so disconnecting briefly, it gets given the same address.
If I plug in a Netgear PR2000 travel router (does many things, can be a WiFi repeater or if you plug in via ethernet can then broadcast its own WiFi network), then that appears as a wired device on the superhub and when I connect my phone to it, my phone disappears completely from the device list. It doesnt reappear anywhere, its now being handled by the PR2000.
as I say the TP link kit appears to be trying to be transparent even though I essentially set it up as an individual device and not one that was cloning a wifi channel off the router.
had a look in the superhubs connected devices.... shows only one wired device (a small Western Digital network hard drive). When I move my phone from being connected directly to the superhub wifi to being connected to the TP link power line adapter wifi, my phone then re-appears, as a wired device on the superhub and with the same IP. As if the superhub is assigning the IPs. It just had 192.168.0.2, so disconnecting briefly, it gets given the same address.
If I plug in a Netgear PR2000 travel router (does many things, can be a WiFi repeater or if you plug in via ethernet can then broadcast its own WiFi network), then that appears as a wired device on the superhub and when I connect my phone to it, my phone disappears completely from the device list. It doesnt reappear anywhere, its now being handled by the PR2000.
as I say the TP link kit appears to be trying to be transparent even though I essentially set it up as an individual device and not one that was cloning a wifi channel off the router.
I had something similar with a TP-link wifi extender. It would work for a few days and then need resetting. Never got to the bottom of it, but it was definitely related to DHCP issues (was handled by router not TP-link)
Cured by replacing main router for a TP-link device and never had a problem since.
Cured by replacing main router for a TP-link device and never had a problem since.
Yeah its gradually slowing down, looks like I'll need to flick the switch every few days. This is a known problem at least, the one I had I could find nothing on, but there are a few reports of the damn things grinding to a halt. I'm just gonna bin em I think.
I mean I can't even load up the latest firmware. I downloaded it direct from the TP-Link product page. There are actually two files which isn't useful because, which one? And it didn't matter anyway because neither were in a format the plug recognised!
I mean I can't even load up the latest firmware. I downloaded it direct from the TP-Link product page. There are actually two files which isn't useful because, which one? And it didn't matter anyway because neither were in a format the plug recognised!
Edited by Otispunkmeyer on Sunday 26th June 22:13
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