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I bought four TP-Link PowerLine Adapters ( two TL-PA7025P KIT ) 1000 Mbps. By replacing four Netgear 200 Mpbs Powerline Adapters I got a faster and more reliable connection. Great!

But sometimes, when a computer (directly plugged to one of the adapters) is downloading, I experience a network problem which seems to be related to downloading through a peer 2 peer protocol (Steam or World Of Tank for example). Here's the network problem:

  • When it happens, no computer can ping the router ( SFR Box NB6 @ 192.168.1.1 ) through the Ethernet connection.
  • Computers can ping the router through WiFi connection.
  • Because the router/gateway is unreachable, Internet can't be reached.
  • Computers can ping each others through the router ( PC1 <--Ethernet--> router <--PowerLine--> PC2 )
  • Communication with the router works again after about 5 minutes

I know this seems router related, but this never happened with Netgear Powerline adapters. The router's IP adress seems blacklisted for 5 minutes, but I'm not really sure what's going on.

I tried so many things that it would be too long to write here. Any information or suggestion is welcome.

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  • Are you getting any different color lights on the adapter when this occurs?
    – NetworkKingPin
    Jun 8, 2016 at 9:34
  • No, the three lights on the adapter stay green. When this happens I can ping any other computer through the powerline adapter except the router.
    – Toz
    Jun 8, 2016 at 9:43
  • Have you tried resetting the powerline adapters when this occurs? ive read a few times that steam has had issues with powerline adapters and its fix is to reset the connection after you close a steam game and open it back up.
    – NetworkKingPin
    Jun 8, 2016 at 10:39
  • I tried to reset it, but because it fixes itself after about 5 minutes even without touching anything, I'm not sure reset helps.
    – Toz
    Jun 8, 2016 at 11:56

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I finally fixed this by replacing the router with another model.

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