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I seem to have a bottle neck in my home network somewhere. Ive got quite a bit connected up poe cameras, powerlines, 2 network swtiches. The computer in the office sometimes cant get an ip address. At first I thought it was the powerline so replaced the brand. Still happens. I tried bypassing the HP fs116p ethernet switch and went from the powerline in to the back of the pc and it could then get an ip address. Is there any software that could tell me why things are running slow. Also the internet is 35mb on wifi but on this office pc either through the hp switch or direct from powerline its only 5mb.
Passler do free software prtg that does work. The free version limits the number of probes you can have
but really, I would remove powerline adapters. They were the reason for my network problems.
Cat6 is hard to beat, though I would probably have tried a mesh these days rather than spend hours stuffed in loft spaces and voids.
but really, I would remove powerline adapters. They were the reason for my network problems.
Cat6 is hard to beat, though I would probably have tried a mesh these days rather than spend hours stuffed in loft spaces and voids.
t on powerlines. You can't analyse network traffic in any detail without managed switches. Regular switches don't log or report anything.
Your bottlenecks are almost certainly your powerline adapters. They are slow (in comparison to other methods of networking) but they do work (I stream TV from a slingbox over a pair just fine). They also can create some odd networking issues. For example, I have a second router hanging off one and you can't see the router's IP address in the table of addresses on my main router, yet it is definitely there, and works, but won't reposnd to pings. Bypass the powerlines (TPLink) and all works again.
DHCP problems are not a bottleneck - that's a total network failure somewhere, or, router issues (assuming your main router is your DHCP server), or an issue with the computer that is failing to get an address - driver or lan hardware.
You need to go through a process of elimination. Putting a different device in it's place for starters, and seeing if that also has IP lease problems
Your bottlenecks are almost certainly your powerline adapters. They are slow (in comparison to other methods of networking) but they do work (I stream TV from a slingbox over a pair just fine). They also can create some odd networking issues. For example, I have a second router hanging off one and you can't see the router's IP address in the table of addresses on my main router, yet it is definitely there, and works, but won't reposnd to pings. Bypass the powerlines (TPLink) and all works again.
DHCP problems are not a bottleneck - that's a total network failure somewhere, or, router issues (assuming your main router is your DHCP server), or an issue with the computer that is failing to get an address - driver or lan hardware.
You need to go through a process of elimination. Putting a different device in it's place for starters, and seeing if that also has IP lease problems
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