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Please beware that this person is a bit of a noob when it comes to networks and stuff like that so sorry if i cause any cringes during the following!
We have had fttc installed fairly recently with utility warehouse (I believe it's through talktalk) and have reached a very satisfactory speed of around 66/18-19 on speed tests. So as a result I felt like it would be best after a month or so of use (with poor reception and speed at times to the upstairs office) to get a wired connection to the office and the best solution seemed to be a powerline.
So having installed it yesterday it seemed to be working all ok but today we started noticing how unstable our whole internet connection has become. So i looked at our router stats and there seemed to be a really big number of FECs (in fact there were just as many FECs the day it was installed) which i gather are errors of some sort and what seemed strange to me was that it seemed to affect all devices, even the ones on the router wireless connection (so nothing to do with the ethernet powerline connection).
So having tried taking both the sender and receiver parts out completely the FEC count has significantly decreased as i expected however what I wanted to get someone's expertise on is whether it could possibly not be an issue with our home's mains circuit and just the way the ethernet cables have had to run or something. I would hope it isn't the house's fault as it is only around 20 years old.
https://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/products/23623-thomson-tg589vac/specifications/
This is our router supplied by UW
http://www.tplink.com/uk/products/details/cat-5034_TL-WPA4230P-KIT.html
This is the TL-WPA4230P KIT powerline stuff we're using
I'm sure there must be other info you would need but since I'm not sure what I'll supply whatever is needed later.
Cheers for any responses
We have had fttc installed fairly recently with utility warehouse (I believe it's through talktalk) and have reached a very satisfactory speed of around 66/18-19 on speed tests. So as a result I felt like it would be best after a month or so of use (with poor reception and speed at times to the upstairs office) to get a wired connection to the office and the best solution seemed to be a powerline.
So having installed it yesterday it seemed to be working all ok but today we started noticing how unstable our whole internet connection has become. So i looked at our router stats and there seemed to be a really big number of FECs (in fact there were just as many FECs the day it was installed) which i gather are errors of some sort and what seemed strange to me was that it seemed to affect all devices, even the ones on the router wireless connection (so nothing to do with the ethernet powerline connection).
So having tried taking both the sender and receiver parts out completely the FEC count has significantly decreased as i expected however what I wanted to get someone's expertise on is whether it could possibly not be an issue with our home's mains circuit and just the way the ethernet cables have had to run or something. I would hope it isn't the house's fault as it is only around 20 years old.
https://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/products/23623-thomson-tg589vac/specifications/
This is our router supplied by UW
http://www.tplink.com/uk/products/details/cat-5034_TL-WPA4230P-KIT.html
This is the TL-WPA4230P KIT powerline stuff we're using
I'm sure there must be other info you would need but since I'm not sure what I'll supply whatever is needed later.
Cheers for any responses