Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!peer03.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!buffer1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2017 20:46:24 -0500 From: ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) Subject: Re: Hot Linksys RE4000W's front lights are blinking. Can't seem to fix. Need new extenders? Newsgroups: alt.comp.networking.routers,alt.comp.networking.connectivity,comp.networks,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.networking References: <27ydnccoWvuuP_bEnZ2dnUU7-RfNnZ2d@earthlink.com> <4l9nmcpua0o97f53eikpk37cvq7aca0auh@4ax.com> User-Agent: tin/2.4.1-20161224 ("Daill") (UNIX) (Linux/4.11.5-200.fc25.x86_64 (x86_64)) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2017 20:46:24 -0500 Lines: 45 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 71.103.224.66 X-Trace: sv3-OO8dt4sUNXBGxnVpYLNdmcAXgSjOYL00Px6fbcBemMBarpmFj00TVIJOChPrsPu2G0METiIlV2NgnCr!PDkF5hyqKfcRXUTjAboEX3XvYfc5sPLIRHAVdRmtrr+0gywEjWV1CI5BE9S9hnpUnnBc3wP8B16P!PUm3wN1Mk9sM6TnBygqr6D/YxahZ X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 3745 X-Received-Bytes: 3836 X-Received-Body-CRC: 1269471689 Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.networking.routers:2138 alt.comp.networking.connectivity:88 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.networking:152 In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.networking Char Jackson wrote: > >This new wifi range extender seems a lot better than Linksys'. Even > >online ratings and comments show more positives. I also forgot to > >mention that my Debian/Linux box's arpwatchd show lots of IP address > >fights with these Linksys wifi range extenders. With Netgear's, none! :) > I'm guessing the IP conflicts on the Linksys units were a simple > misconfiguration issue. It's possible that both Linksys units were being > used with their default IP addresses, which would show up as conflicts > but wouldn't/shouldn't have affected performance* because range > extenders operate at OSI Layer 2 and IP addresses live at Layer 3, so > IPs are only used for admin access. I doubt it. I did notice the issue got worse and over as the time went on. It even tried to take 192.168.1.1 IP address own by the router. No disconnections though. > Regarding performance, since they're range extenders, performance is > expected to be pretty bad, but if it's what the folks are used to > they'll never know. > It sort of bothers me that you were never able to access the Linksys > units to reset or configure them, even after I provided step by step > directions, but all's well that ends well. Now that you've removed them > from service, maybe you'll take a minute or two and log into them to see > what their problem was, just out of curiosity. I think I finally resetted them with their holes and their lights finally stopped flashing. I can see their SSIDs, but MacBook Pro refuses to connect to it. Same for their network cables. Weird. I wonder if they got burned out since they get very hot (almost can't touch them) when in used. -- Quote of the Week: "I made my list for my birthday." --Christopher. "Yeah, what'd you put on there? - A basketball or an ant farm." and "This could be an ant farm. This could be a microscope or anything." --Chris from The Pursuit of Happyness movie. Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | \ _ / Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail privately. If credit- ( ) ing, then please kindly use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link.