Solution to PA-8030P broadcast failures (causes DHCP, ARP issues etc)
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Solution to PA-8030P broadcast failures (causes DHCP, ARP issues etc)
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Probably not a solution for everyone but I thought I should put it here.
I have 3 dd-wrt access points (Archer C9) to get wifi all round the house (thick walls!). One of them is connected to the others by a pair of PA-8030P devices.
Unfortunately I've had the same problem as a lot of other people in that broadcast packets are for some reason not going properly over the powerline. This appears as DHCP failure, along with services that use broadcast not working properly (eg connecting to my LG speakers), and the internet appearing to disconnect when ARP packets not getting through means that the device cannot 'see' the router. Obviously you'd only know it was broadcast failure if you've been playing with packet capture.
Static IP addresses had partly solved the issue (no reliance on DHCP) but it was still irritating and yesterday I decided to have a play.
I set up an 'EoIP tunnel' between the two routers on either side of the powerline devices, in the hope that broadcasts would go through there but I'd hopefully avoid it leading to packet loops. I'm not that familiar with STP but turned it on anyway in case it would help avoid loops forming.
Result seems to be success - and as far as I can see from monitoring the tunnel, only a small amount of traffic (presumably only broadcasts) whereas other packets are taking a more traditional route directly over the powerline.
Obviously not a solution for everyone, but it's worked for me, and perhaps some other people also have something capable of EoIP on each side of a powerline connection with the broadcast problem.
Hardware Version :
Firmware Version :
ISP :
Probably not a solution for everyone but I thought I should put it here.
I have 3 dd-wrt access points (Archer C9) to get wifi all round the house (thick walls!). One of them is connected to the others by a pair of PA-8030P devices.
Unfortunately I've had the same problem as a lot of other people in that broadcast packets are for some reason not going properly over the powerline. This appears as DHCP failure, along with services that use broadcast not working properly (eg connecting to my LG speakers), and the internet appearing to disconnect when ARP packets not getting through means that the device cannot 'see' the router. Obviously you'd only know it was broadcast failure if you've been playing with packet capture.
Static IP addresses had partly solved the issue (no reliance on DHCP) but it was still irritating and yesterday I decided to have a play.
I set up an 'EoIP tunnel' between the two routers on either side of the powerline devices, in the hope that broadcasts would go through there but I'd hopefully avoid it leading to packet loops. I'm not that familiar with STP but turned it on anyway in case it would help avoid loops forming.
Result seems to be success - and as far as I can see from monitoring the tunnel, only a small amount of traffic (presumably only broadcasts) whereas other packets are taking a more traditional route directly over the powerline.
Obviously not a solution for everyone, but it's worked for me, and perhaps some other people also have something capable of EoIP on each side of a powerline connection with the broadcast problem.