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That shouldn't be happening, and is a massive security/privacy issue. Your power line devices should be configured to use an encryption key unique to them.


Yep, GP should do a factory reset on both, and pair them. If it stil happens after that, replace them with models that don't have this problem!


I was pretty horrified when I worked out what had happened.

It's from TP-Link, and supposedly does pair and create a secure connection: https://www.tp-link.com/sg/home-networking/powerline/tl-wpa8...


How does interference caused by the radio waves have anything to do with using encryption?




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