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One of the main reasons the ethernet over powerline adapters don't work is if there is a GFCI on either branch circuit. Newer homes may have them in the power panel as GFCI breakers, along with AFCI breakers. The ethernet adapters over power will trip them, as the adapters send their signal when the AC voltage is 0 on the phase crossover and the breakers see that as a fault.
Currently, I have an ethernet over power feeding my shop that has GFCI outlets on the branches at the first outlet, not in the subpanel as GFCI breakers. I placed an outlet for the adapter only in between the panel breaker and the GFCI to the branch outlets, and it works well.
As someone else stated, both sides of the ethernet over power adapter have to be on the same 110v leg from the transformer feeding the house and shop. If the remote shop is on it's own meter and off a different transformer, it won't pass over. My shop has 220v from the house, so it was a mater of matching them up to be on the same leg. You may have to try different outlets on each side to find a match.
Currently, I have an ethernet over power feeding my shop that has GFCI outlets on the branches at the first outlet, not in the subpanel as GFCI breakers. I placed an outlet for the adapter only in between the panel breaker and the GFCI to the branch outlets, and it works well.
As someone else stated, both sides of the ethernet over power adapter have to be on the same 110v leg from the transformer feeding the house and shop. If the remote shop is on it's own meter and off a different transformer, it won't pass over. My shop has 220v from the house, so it was a mater of matching them up to be on the same leg. You may have to try different outlets on each side to find a match.