Mathwiz Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 (edited) For several years I've been using a set of four TP-Link TL-PA2010 powerline adapters to network various devices throughout my house. Came home today and they were all disconnected from each other. The center LED is off on all four. Normally when this happens to one, I just unplug it and plug it back in, and it reconnects to the other three. At worst I may need to "pair" it with one of the others. But today all four were disconnected, unplugging/plugging back in does nothing, and none of them will "pair" to any of the others. Right now my PC and Roku are limping along on WiFi but I still have two devices completely disconnected from the network. Anyone have any idea what could possibly be going on? Edit: OK, this is getting spooky. Everything just came back on! I did nothing. Do I have a poltergeist? Edited August 8, 2019 by Mathwiz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dencorso Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 1 hour ago, Mathwiz said: Do I have a poltergeist? Best way to find out is to call the original 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Probably some loose connection somewhere. I have a similar issue occasionally with my DECA network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Little green men have come a long way since when they were just stealing socks ... green men 2.0! jaclaz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathwiz Posted August 8, 2019 Author Share Posted August 8, 2019 Definitely one of the weirdest (not to mention most frustrating) things I've had happen in a long time. My working theory is that some sort of power surge or interference "stunned" them all overnight, then when I found the problem and unplugged and re-plugged several of them, they woke up and eventually found each other, even though nothing seemed to happen at first. Although that does make me wonder if they're quite a bit smarter than they're letting on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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