Good point. The "master" HomePlug (they are all the same, but whichever one you designate...) is connected to an Ethernet port on the router, and any other HomePlugs on your mains circuit then communicate with the router through the master HomePlug. The router acts as the intermediary for all communications on your home network, any other arrangement is asking for trouble.
Yes, do that - and copy/paste the whole output into a forum post.
No it's not. Do you not know about Automatic Private IP Address assignment?
I think neither is likely.
It won't make any difference, and even if it did it's a bodge and leaves a problem waiting to happen at some future point.
It won't as that appears to be the wireless network's IP address.
Maybe, but it will at least provide information about the quality of the HomePlug link. Have you experienced a dicky HomePlug? Weird things happen. There is also the possibility that the HomePlugs have linked to next door!
No, I refuse to have anything to do with them.
OMG. Well that's a damned good reason not to use them then. Surely there must be some sort of security enforced?
I thought the electricity supply to adjacent properties usually came from a different phase so that the link might be to a property three doors along. I became aware of this when we rented a property for a weekend and had a power failure and you could see that it was only one phase that was affected so every third house was in darkness.
It might have compared to an isotropic radiator. It does seem to have a reflector after all.prpr said:
