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Intermittant outage (30-60 seconds) on electrical plug networking?

pete6032

pete6032

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I have an Ethernet cable running off of my router into the nearest electrical outlet with a power line adapter, and then have another adapter in my room running an Ethernet cable to my computer. The distance between the router and the computer is too far to get wifi. My internet connection is rated 50 mbps down and with this power line setup I get about 20 down with the computer and very good ping. The problem I have is that I get random bouts of total outage. This happens for about 30 seconds to 1 minute about once every hour, but more or less at random intervals. Does anyone know why this would be happening? If I just let the computer sit there for a minute or two, then try to reload whatever page, things work perfectly fine again.
 
Ehernet over power line is very iffy.

Assuming that the Powerline adapters are OK, it means that something (appliances and the like) creating "Dirty Spiky" Electrical interface that messes around the riding Ethernet Signal.

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JackMDS said:
Ehernet over power line is very iffy.

Assuming that the Powerline adapters are OK, it means that something (appliances and the like) creating "Dirty Spiky" Electrical interface that messes around the riding Ethernet Signal.

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I thought that might be the case as well. I was just reading the news right now on my laptop and had an outage that lasted about 1 minute. Nothing else in the house is on. No lights, not TV, no music, no microwave, no furnace, nobody else home right now. So I'm not sure where the electrical interference would have come from. I've used these power line adapters in other places and had no problem. Is there any way to test the electrical interference hypothesis?
 
pete6032 said:
I thought that might be the case as well. I was just reading the news right now on my laptop and had an outage that lasted about 1 minute. Nothing else in the house is on. No lights, not TV, no music, no microwave, no furnace, nobody else home right now. So I'm not sure where the electrical interference would have come from. I've used these power line adapters in other places and had no problem. Is there any way to test the electrical interference hypothesis?
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Fridge and furnance?
 
sdifox said:
Fridge and furnance?
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Nope. The fridge is right outside my bedroom so I would have heard the compressor fire up if it turned on. Our gas furnace did fire up about 5 minutes after the outage ended, but that seems incidental as I am on my computer and the furnace turns on frequently without any outage. Our water heater and furnace are both gas. No laundry going.

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pete6032 said:
Nope. The fridge is right outside my bedroom so I would have heard the compressor fire up if it turned on. Our gas furnace did fire up about 5 minutes after the outage. Not sure if that consumes much electricity though. Our water heater and furnace are both gas. No laundry going.

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Furnance needs a blower :biggrin:
 
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