I have a computer that has wifi 6E. I have a router that has wifi 6E. I have the computer attached via cat 6a cable to the router. When I start the computer, it connects to an SSID ending in 6G. it does the same when I also have the router connected to my Internet gateway via a cat 6a cable. All good here except I have wires running across entryways.
I am trying to use Powerline adapters to bring Internet to my router. When I connect the internet to the router via Powerline my computer boots up with an SSID that ends in 5G and isn’t one assigned to my 6E router. Oddly, it matches a router that used to be connected to my gateway and is now disconnected and turned off. Why?
My goal was to connect the internet and the PC to the router using Powerline adapters. When I tested the powerline adapters, I got around 200 mbps on outlets in same room and around 100 mbps on outlets in adjacent rooms. I was going to see if the internet connection would be adequate for my quest 3 PCVR gaming before I tried them for the PC connection. The quest3 doesn’t see the same SSID that the PC has when I use Powerline and so it can’t link to the PC. I don’t really want 5G anyway. When everything is hard wired, it works great. The PC and quest3 are both attached to the SSID ending in 6G.
Equipment: AT&T fiber with a Nokia modem and BGW210 gateway
MSI Aegis RS Gaming Desktop: Intel Core i7-13700KF, RTX 4070, 32GB DDR5, 2TB M.2 NVMe, Liquid Cooling, WiFi 6E, Keyboard & Mouse, DIY Friendly, Windows 11 Home-Adv: 13NUE-450US,Black
TP-Link Powerline Ethernet Adapter Starter Kit - AV1000 Gigabit Port, Plug&Play, Ethernet Over Power, Nano Size, Ideal for Smart TV, Online Gaming, Wired Connection Only (TL-PA7017 KIT)
TP-Link AXE5400 Tri-Band WiFi 6E Router (Archer AXE75)- Gigabit Wireless Internet, ax Router for Gaming, VPN Router, OneMesh, WPA3
Ok it sounds bizarre that it all worked but the weird results over the powerline when you added the router.
Does the quest work with the pc without internet? Just the 6g router.
Some games work okay without the internet . The quest 3 definitely connects to the PC even when the router doesn’t have internet.
Well, I got it partially working with the power link adapters but I don’t understand why.
I played PCVR last night. This morning, I disconnected the cable between the gateway and the 6G router. I started the PC. It showed it was connected to 6G but no internet. WiFi was off. I connected the gateway to the powerline 1. I connected powerline 2 to 6G. Now the PC had internet. I started the quest 3. I ran speed tests on PC and quest 3 which showed about 70 mbps. I started virtual desktop (VD) and it said it couldn’t find the PC. I shut down everything (including modem and gateway) and started everything in order after each one came back on fully (I waited each step). Still VD could not find the PC. I turned on wifi for PC and connected it to the gateway wifi. Now VD found the computer and I could play Kayak vr mirage. So I tried Google earth VR. It wouldn’t run. The whole point of getting internet to the 6G is so I can run Google earth VR. I also think it might have been running PCVR through the gateway on all wifi which is terrible performance. The kayak game was jittery.
Perhaps someone with more understanding of networking could get the powerline adapters to work. I will be using wires and just secure them to the floor at the two entryways the wires cross until I figure out something better.