[stewarth]

Hi,

I have a homeplug network set up with a pair of TP-Link PA211's. They were working fine until we moved the PC to a different room - the network more or less stopped working (upload OK, but download more or less non-existent).

I tried connecting the homeplug into a different socket (actually not on the same ring) and it started working (even though it was plugged into an extension lead).

So i figured maybe it was the wall socket.

I just replaced the face-plate on the wall socket & it seemed to work (had my laptop plugged into it & nice & fast). But when i plugged the PC into the same socket, the connection died again.

Various configurations later it seems certain that the PC itself is killing the signal.

What is weird is that it worked OK in a different room...

It looks like the PC is generating noise on electrical line which is causing poor performance. I have tried plugging PC into a surge protected strip (NOT the powerline adaptor), but no change.

Do you have any suggestions - e.g. a specific type of surge protector to use etc. - i dont know if the one I have tried has got any EMI/RFI filter - would this make any difference - i.e. would it reduce any interference coming out of the PC, or does it only do it in the other direction?

This is a new PC build with good quality components.

I've currently gone back to trailing an extension lead into the room & plugging the home-plug into that, with the PC in the room's wall socket.

Thanks.