Hi all,
I have been having problems for quite some time with my internet connection on my desktop.
I currently connect to the internet through tp-link av500 mini powerline adaptors model number: ta-pl411. I bought these a few years ago now but I have never had a very stable connection. Considering this is the closest thing to being hard wired I have found this very frustrating. Its great when it's working but seems to lose the ip address or just lose the connection from my router. I'm on Windows 8.1 so when I lose the connection I just click the icon and resolve issues I think and it will reset the adaptors but this only occasionally resolves the issue. Most the time it comes back saying that it can't find a valid ip address or the default gateway isn't open or something a bit like that. I've tried resetting the router and that works sometimes. I've also tried resetting all of it and unplugging the adaptors etc. Then sometimes it just won't connect to the network. I have run out of ideas and really need some help trying to make this a stable connection. Have I forgotten to do something when setting up? I thought the adaptors were basically plug and play aside from clicking the buttons to sync them. Do I need to do something on Windows that I didn't know I needed to do like actually setting up a network? I thought you would only do this if I was using a wifi/wireless connection on this computer.
Please help.
I have been having problems for quite some time with my internet connection on my desktop.
I currently connect to the internet through tp-link av500 mini powerline adaptors model number: ta-pl411. I bought these a few years ago now but I have never had a very stable connection. Considering this is the closest thing to being hard wired I have found this very frustrating. Its great when it's working but seems to lose the ip address or just lose the connection from my router. I'm on Windows 8.1 so when I lose the connection I just click the icon and resolve issues I think and it will reset the adaptors but this only occasionally resolves the issue. Most the time it comes back saying that it can't find a valid ip address or the default gateway isn't open or something a bit like that. I've tried resetting the router and that works sometimes. I've also tried resetting all of it and unplugging the adaptors etc. Then sometimes it just won't connect to the network. I have run out of ideas and really need some help trying to make this a stable connection. Have I forgotten to do something when setting up? I thought the adaptors were basically plug and play aside from clicking the buttons to sync them. Do I need to do something on Windows that I didn't know I needed to do like actually setting up a network? I thought you would only do this if I was using a wifi/wireless connection on this computer.
Please help.
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