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I believe that my getting a Netgear Powerline 500 Power over Ethernet was a big mistake, and well, I'm going to explain why that is. To back up a bit, I should have gotten a network card with antennas instead. My original logic to avoiding WiFi was due to the bad luck I've had with it in the past, however, at my parents house, it is more stable than any other living situation I've been in (my apartments for instance). That, and Comcast uses a dual-band router/modem box for all our networking needs. Yes, WiFi drops and does get wonky from time to time, such is the nature of it, however, my problem is more bizarre. Power over Ethernet, or POE for short, can be just as wonky, as I've been doing some research on various sites including Tom's Hardware, regarding random disconnects.
By disconnects, I mean being unable to ping data packets to Google's IP address and back, it will tell me that it couldn't reach the host, however, the icon on the corner of the desktop never changes to "disconnected" but stays connected all the time. Running the command ipconfig or ipconfig /all shows all the correct information. The weird thing is, it's using the ipv6 protocol instead of ipv4 when I run ping tests, I don't know if that has any relevance to my issue or not, or whether or not changing Windows 7 to use ipv4 will make any difference. The thing is those who use WiFi, i.e my family members, do on occasion disconnect, but not as much as I've been. I don't know if this is related to the house's electrical system being old or if it's just a piece of crap adapter, I can't seem to find much more information.
The threads I've found include these:
http://superuser.com/questions/794744/tp-link-powerline-adapters-randomly-disconnect
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1724324/wired-internet-randomly-disconnecting.html
Would it be more conducive to get a wireless card and not those garbage USB wireless adapters? I tried one from Asus before and it failed miserably, a wireless card with antennas would provide a more stable signal IMHO
http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-WD...ords=wireless+network+card&tag=donations09-20
Any help and suggestions would be appreciated
Edit: Should I need to get a USB adapter, would this suffice?
http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-Arche...four_browse-bin:7899513011&tag=donations09-20
By disconnects, I mean being unable to ping data packets to Google's IP address and back, it will tell me that it couldn't reach the host, however, the icon on the corner of the desktop never changes to "disconnected" but stays connected all the time. Running the command ipconfig or ipconfig /all shows all the correct information. The weird thing is, it's using the ipv6 protocol instead of ipv4 when I run ping tests, I don't know if that has any relevance to my issue or not, or whether or not changing Windows 7 to use ipv4 will make any difference. The thing is those who use WiFi, i.e my family members, do on occasion disconnect, but not as much as I've been. I don't know if this is related to the house's electrical system being old or if it's just a piece of crap adapter, I can't seem to find much more information.
The threads I've found include these:
http://superuser.com/questions/794744/tp-link-powerline-adapters-randomly-disconnect
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1724324/wired-internet-randomly-disconnecting.html
Would it be more conducive to get a wireless card and not those garbage USB wireless adapters? I tried one from Asus before and it failed miserably, a wireless card with antennas would provide a more stable signal IMHO
http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-WD...ords=wireless+network+card&tag=donations09-20
Any help and suggestions would be appreciated
Edit: Should I need to get a USB adapter, would this suffice?
http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-Arche...four_browse-bin:7899513011&tag=donations09-20