Simon Tunnicliffe
Member
I have a tp-link tl pa 4010 powerline adapter and randomly a couple of days ago, my internet on my desktop computer, suddenly stopped working.
I wonder if it was the powerline adapter. There is nothing wrong with the internet, checked that and it's fine on a tablet and on this phone I'm writing this post on obviously, internet is fine in my flat.
The powerline adapter has 3 lights on it, the middle one is unlit. The top one apparently shows power, the 2nd one is powerline connection and the third one is ethernet connection. The 2nd one (powerline connection) is unlit. EDIT - was unlit but now on trying again seems to be lighting up red on the one going to the computer. The adapter in my lounge doesn't light up at all.
I was thinking of buying another ethernet cable as the little plastic bit you have to hold in to plug it into the port on the computer end broke off ages ago. It was temperamental at first but I still got it to work and the internet connected fine to my computer till this happened a couple of days ago so was wondering if it was the ethernet cable but seeing as the ethernet light is lit up, I somehow don't think it's that.
Thanks.
I wonder if it was the powerline adapter. There is nothing wrong with the internet, checked that and it's fine on a tablet and on this phone I'm writing this post on obviously, internet is fine in my flat.
The powerline adapter has 3 lights on it, the middle one is unlit. The top one apparently shows power, the 2nd one is powerline connection and the third one is ethernet connection. The 2nd one (powerline connection) is unlit. EDIT - was unlit but now on trying again seems to be lighting up red on the one going to the computer. The adapter in my lounge doesn't light up at all.
I was thinking of buying another ethernet cable as the little plastic bit you have to hold in to plug it into the port on the computer end broke off ages ago. It was temperamental at first but I still got it to work and the internet connected fine to my computer till this happened a couple of days ago so was wondering if it was the ethernet cable but seeing as the ethernet light is lit up, I somehow don't think it's that.
Thanks.