Hi all,

I have a very strange issue with my TP Link Powerline network. I have a 9020p plugged in to the wall and connected to my router via ethernet (I will call this Room 1). I then pair two additional devices (one is the other 9020 and another is the wifi 8630 - Rooms 2 and 3) and move them to locations throughout the house. When I first do this, the Room 1 device shows at the bottom of the powerline network as the local device as I would expect feeding the other two. Then within 24 hours, the room 2 device replaces the one connected to my router at the bottom of the network map and the only way to change it back is to unplug everything and start again.

It is incredibly infuriating as my understanding is the whole point is you have a 'base' connected to the broadband and then feeding additional devices, not for one of those remote devices to suddenly become the central point and a network bottleneck.

Has anyone else experienced this, or have any advice on how to fix it?

PS, when the swap happens, 'room 2' is the base at the bottom of the diagram,with a diagonal line to the left connecting to 'room 1' and a diagonal line to the right connecting to 'room 3'. If i then click on 'room 1' on the left, I can change the setup so the connecting lines now flow from this device to 'room 2' and 'room 3' but it stays on the left. This is also only temporary as it always flips back to the default, sometimes within minutes and other times it takes hours.

Hope this makes some sort of sense and that someone can offer some advice here.

cheers

Steven