Problems with devolo 200 aveasy

bowest · 15-10-2010, 10:33

Issues with Devolo 200aveasy

PLease, please - I would appreciate any help.

Network:-

- sky netgear dg834gt router connected to devolo 200 aveasy to provide internet access and wireless network in study
- desktop pc - hardwired to devolo 200 aveasy
- Devolo wiress G router connected via powerline ethernet acting as bridge to boost wireless network in other part of house
- netgear eva8000 video receiver hardwired to Devolo wirelessss G router
- laptop using wireless network through out the house

All devolo plugs running firmware 4.1.1 (the latest as far as I'm aware)
Devolo wireless g router running firmware v2 (the latest as far as I'm aware)

Software regularly used:-
Devolo - configuration
Devolo cockpit software

PLEASE HELP.

I have a decent sized house - with the further devolo plug a run of about 30 meters away from the router and attached desktop computer.

I have been running the above network for over a year with very little trouble, the occasional outage, but easily solved by reconfiguring the devolo passwords and assigning the av easy plugs and router to the network via the Devolo software. I get great speeds between the router supplying the internet and the desktop pc (both located in the same room) of anything upto 180mbps.

The second router (the devolo wireless g) is located in the lounge 30m away and supplies the wireless network there along with the wired network for the netgear box and did get a reasonable connection speed not sure how strong as I didn't have the cockpit software at the time but I could browse the internet fine and could stream movies ok, even HD at times.

However, all of that changed about 3 weeks ago. All of a sudden I can't get internet access in the lounge. I still get great connections speeds in the study, and the devolo router can be seen by the network (i.e. I can configure it by adding the mac address) but when I run the cockpit software the connection speeds are anything from 6mpbs to about 20mpbs, and when I try to connect to the internet all I get is a msg saying limted or no connectivity to the internet.

I have tried everything - unplugging anything else from the home mains to see if that helps, swapping the plugs about, putting new ones in. But it seems that the signal through the house has deteriorated for some reason.

Strangely it seemed to occur around a time when a lot of lights in our house were fusing We have loads of lamps and around 7 of them blew a fuse within the space of a week.

So a few questions:-
- is there a way to boost the signal of a power line adapter running 4.1.1 - I have read alot on this great post about v3... firmware and the ability to use an additional tool to configure - but nothing about 4.1.1
- would changing from homeplug to powerline work for me?
- might it be a problem that actually I have 2 ring mains in my house and all of a sudden that hampere4d things
- should I run a spur some where
- do I need to get an electrician in to have a look at it
- have any other people suffered issues all of a sudden with homeplugs?

I haven't tried the devolo support as yet as I tend to find forums so much more helpful.

Also, has anyone else used the devolo cockpit software? the fact it shows the connection speeds is useful - everything else is sh*t - the help is laughable.

Am grateful for any help or suggestions.

many thanks
Tim

Waldo Pepper · 15-10-2010, 19:18

Two ring mains in a house should not be a problem as long as they are on the same phase.

Seven lamps in a week is a problem. Bulbs normally blow at power on. I have had the odd one go in 20+ years of owning a house.

I would start with an electrician to do a full check on the wiring and then move on to the electricity supplier. If there is something on the mains blowing bulbs, then the same problem may have damaged the Develo kit.

I have used Develo Ethernet over mains adaptors for years without any problems.

Another point might be that your next door but two neighbour maybe also using them. It depends on the layout of your neighbourhood, but generally speaking every third house up or down the road on your side will be on the same phase.

Sorry can't offer anymore help.