:( First drop out 36 hours of using new driver - on a positive note it resolved itself within a couple of seconds without me having to power cycle the powerline adapter.

I can confirm the firmware identified in my post above has been stable for 1 day - not a single drop out - this is a very positive result!

Hi Coredump, I got an email from TP-Link this morning with a firmware attached ( http://global.level1.com/500Mbps/PLI-4052/p-2851.htm - scroll down and click downloads, firmware 1.1.0.848-02) which I...

Thanks Zappe, it seems we have a basic fix to this issue then - I've been running with ping the last 5 days and no dropouts, stopped it again this morning and my connection had dropped within an hour...

No amount of changing my network adapters settings stopped the powerline from dropping out - I don't have those specific settings you mention, I have a 'power management' device with the option...

I appear to have rectified the issue.. I had previously tried all three power save modes for my network card (none, medium, high) to eliminate it being the cause. After making the post above I...