Re: Trendnet 200 Mbps Powerline AV Issues

[Bob F <bobnospam@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 6/2/2017 11:17 AM, cameo wrote:
> On 6/2/2017 8:49 AM, Bob F wrote:
>> On 6/1/2017 4:42 PM, cameo wrote:
>>> I've been using the TPL-303E2K Powerline adapters for several years
>>> to connect my IP surveillance cameras through them to Internet via my
>>> home's 120V power lines. The setup worked for me better than WiFi but
>>> a few weeks ago it stopped working. After some experimentation I
>>> found out that the cams would still work from electric outlets closer
>>> to my router but that's not where I needed to have them. The best
>>> guess I could come up is that perhaps my power lines got much
>>> "noisier" recently but I can't figure what could have caused that
>>> because I have not introduced any new electric appliances that could
>>> account for it.
>>> I wonder if any of you experienced similar unexplained problems and
>>> had come up with an explanation, and hopefully a fix for it.
>>
>> It could be like X10 signals. Plug something new into a socket, and
>> suddenly the signal on that phase of the power gets sucked down to
>> where it rarely works. The something new could be in any house
>> connected to the transformer that feeds your house. Check whether the
>> places the signal doesn't work are all on one phase of the power.
>
> Hm. Thanks. Of course I could not do much if the power noise comes from
> a neighbor. I was also wondering if the power company itself puts some
> carrier frequency on its lines as a means to remotely read the meters.
>


It isn't necessarily "noise". It could be that something has a filter"
in it that shorts the frequency of your cameras to ground at that
device. You could be right about the power company equipment though.
That one you can ask them about. They might be able to add a filter to
your meter to keep their signal out of your house.