Shortly after receiving this upgrade, yesterday, I noticed that the two Devolo mains network plugs that connect the two parts of my home network, lost sync. And, despite, prodigous effort on my part today, I couldn't successfully get them to re-establish an enduring link between the two parts of the network.
In desperation, I removed the pair of Devolo units (Dlan 1000 Duo +) and substituted a 25 foot cat 6 network cable to bridge the gap and . . . the connection was re-established at 1 Gbps (Full speed of the Smart Hub/computer) Similarly, disconnecting the cat 6 cable and substituting a pair of Devolo units from a previous generation, the dlan 500AV plus, established the connection, at near full speed (480Mbps+) and maintained it.
The Dlan 500's established the link over the mains very quickly, whereas the dlan 1000's took several presses of the sync button on each unit before a connection was made and, even then , it was well less than half speed and was lost within a short space of time.
After doing some testing in various configurations, with the Smart Hub 2 connected and disconnected, and with the dlan 1000s co-located next to each other on the same trailling socket and, later, remote from each other, it was clear something was degrading the signal produced by the dlan 1000s and that is degradation increased with distance of mains cable run and the presence of the BT Smart Hub.
So, in summary, on the 30th June, the two higher speed Dlan 1000s were fine, achieving connection speeds of 700-800 Mbps between the two parts of my network, then they suddenly crash after this Firmware upgrade on the 1st July and can't be restored to a usuable function. Yet the lower speed Dlan 500av + are OK.
No other variables in my home system have changed during this period. All the cabling is cat 6 and the Dlan 1000s were usually inserted directly into double sockets which, although on separate circuits, both emanate from the same fusebox. The Dlan 1000s are just a year old from new.
I suspect that Imay have fallen victim to some preliminary effect associated with introduction the G.Fast negative effect on powerline plugs - I'm on the as was BT Infinity 1 service, 50/10, (Impacted line group ?).
Is it possible to roll-back the Smart Hub 2 firmware to the previous version - as usual,even though G.Fast is slated as being available in my area, I have no requirement for a faster service, or the video, sports or on-line gaming capability that G.Fast would offer.
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