Home plug info

Andybtsn · 2 May 2012 at 16:30

Hi all,

Excuse my lack of knowledge on this subject so bare with me

Some time ago I bought a pair of Devolo 200mb Home Plugs (Separate boxes)

I have one setup to my Xbox 360, the other to my PC. Now I only had to use one homeplug downstairs by the router, does this make the left over plug useless? I take it I can't use this homeplug on another networked device?

If this is useless can I buy another homeplug, different brand and it not affect the network at all?

d_brennen · 2 May 2012 at 16:43

Each one is just an ethernet bridge to the routing device, so you can use as many (compatible) devices as they allow. You're wording suggests you are using just one, which wouldn't do anything useful? :confused:

Andybtsn · 2 May 2012 at 16:50

Yeah sorry, struggling to explain.

In each box there are a pair of homeplugs, out of the four plugs I have, I've only used three. One for the PC, one for the Xbox then I have another homeplug downstairs plugged into the router which is providing the bridge to the two upstairs.

Which means I have one left over.

d_brennen · 2 May 2012 at 16:56

Hoard it!? Use it!? The choice, as they say, is all yours

IIRC most brands can address up to 254 other devices in theory*, so by all means use it for something else. Anything with an ethernet socket, devices don't see the plugs, they are an invisible bridge

Andybtsn · 2 May 2012 at 16:58

Well the reason I asked is it doesn't work

I did have some crazy logic that when buying homeplugs, the two in the box are like a master and slave and they must connect to each other.

Not sure why it didn't work then

d_brennen · 2 May 2012 at 17:01

Stupid Firefox

/uninstalls

Andybtsn · 2 May 2012 at 17:28

So this setup should allow three networked devices then the other plug at my router?

iraiguana · 2 May 2012 at 18:06

Yes, that will work. You may need to tell them to sync to each other though.

d_brennen · 2 May 2012 at 18:09

Pretty much. Network topography isn't my strong point but that diagram is a little off in that the plugs create their own network as far as I understand it. Kind of similar to a token ring (shudder) network.

Do those plugs have a "Pair" and reset button? The one that isn't working may be a member of a now no longer existing pair, if that makes sense. If so you could try to reset it