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A while back, I bought a pair of Netgear Powerline devices (PLP2000's) as an alternative to a sketchy wifi connection. They work perfectly.
I wanted to provide wire-based network connectivity to another part of the house and bought another pair. Unfortunately, I can't get either of the new adapters to pair with the existing adapters.
I believe that the pairs of adapters are given identical network encryption keys at the factory and the device I'm trying to add doesn't match. I called support, and they told me that I need to connect two adapters to my router - and effectively have two powerline networks. I think that's incorrect, based on this video, which suggests I can add have a total of 16 adapters acting as a single network: https://youtu.be/GKy90rPLo6k?t=66 This post also suggest that it's possible to simply add a third adapter: Powerline Networking - can I just add another adapter
I notice that other powerline adapter vendors, e.g. TP-Link, have a utility app that allows the user to edit properties such as the security key. This particular model from Netgear doesn't have an equivalent utility.
There is a password printed on the label:
This wwould suggest that some sort of client or application could connect to this remotely, given the right connection parameters.
I'm curious to know how this technology works. It seems like this is a different layer of network, below TCP/IP since the powerline adapters don't have an IP address (at least, based on a quick glance at my DHCP tables).
So, does anyone know how I can connect to these devices from a client or language (Java/Python). I'm hoping I can login remotely, match the network encryption keys across all the devices, and everything will magically start working.
"I believe that the pairs of adapters are given identical network encryption keys at the factory and the device I'm trying to add doesn't match" – well, that's true for pre-paired packages, but that's why they have a physical 'Pair' button. Are you saying your model doesn't have one, or it doesn't work? – user1686 – 2018-10-23T05:09:00.790
The PLP2000 has a pair button. I'm able to pair any two adaptors. For some reason, I can't get the third device to join the network. Not sure why. – Alex Woolford – 2018-10-23T05:13:50.470