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Re: Hot Linksys RE4000W's front lights are blinking. Can't seem to fix. Need new extenders?

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On Sun, 16 Jul 2017 16:32:16 -0500, ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) wrote:

>In alt.comp.networking.routers Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> wrote:
>> On Sun, 16 Jul 2017 10:28:13 -0700, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
>
>> >I finally got them resetted and see their wifi SSIDs, but I could not
>> >connect to them due to an error as shown in my 
>> >https://s14.postimg.org/x4o4pusg1/Screen_Shot_2017-07-16_at_9.25.05_AM.png 
>> >screen capture/shot. Both Linksys RE4000W and 13.3" MacBook Pro (2012;
>> >Mac OS Sierra v10.12.5) were about a few inches apart to each other! I
>> >still cannot connect to to them with a couple short network cables too.
>> >:(
>> >
>> >I gave up on them and decided to buy and set up a NETGEAR Nighthawk 
>> >AC1900 Desktop WiFi Range Extender (EX7000-100NAS). Much easier to set 
>> >up and way stronger (faster too, but not perfect) for 2.4Ghz wireless! 
>> >Although I could not get its 5 Ghz wireless stronger (very weak and red 
>> >color). I doubt they ever will use that wireless area.
>
>> Alright, sounds good. As you've seen, 5GHz doesn't travel through walls
>> and floors as well as 2.4GHz, but it sounds like you've arrived at a
>> solution that works for you and for them. Good deal.
>
>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.

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.

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Hot Linksys RE4000W's front lights are blinking. Can't seem to fix. Need new extenders? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2017-07-14 21:05 -0700
  Re: Hot Linksys RE4000W's front lights are blinking. Can't seem to fix. Need new extenders? Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2017-07-15 01:06 -0500
    Re: Hot Linksys RE4000W's front lights are blinking. Can't seem to fix. Need new extenders? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2017-07-15 07:07 -0700
      Re: Hot Linksys RE4000W's front lights are blinking. Can't seem to fix. Need new extenders? Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2017-07-15 11:03 -0500
        Re: Hot Linksys RE4000W's front lights are blinking. Can't seem to fix. Need new extenders? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2017-07-15 10:22 -0700
          Re: Hot Linksys RE4000W's front lights are blinking. Can't seem to fix. Need new extenders? Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2017-07-15 13:35 -0500
  Re: Hot Linksys RE4000W's front lights are blinking. Can't seem to fix. Need new extenders? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2017-07-16 10:28 -0700
    Re: Hot Linksys RE4000W's front lights are blinking. Can't seem to fix. Need new extenders? Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2017-07-16 12:48 -0500
      Re: Hot Linksys RE4000W's front lights are blinking. Can't seem to fix. Need new extenders? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2017-07-16 16:32 -0500
        Re: Hot Linksys RE4000W's front lights are blinking. Can't seem to fix. Need new extenders? Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2017-07-16 18:37 -0500
          Re: Hot Linksys RE4000W's front lights are blinking. Can't seem to fix. Need new extenders? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2017-07-16 20:46 -0500
            Re: Hot Linksys RE4000W's front lights are blinking. Can't seem to fix. Need new extenders? Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2017-07-16 23:11 -0500
              Re: Hot Linksys RE4000W's front lights are blinking. Can't seem to fix. Need new extenders? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2017-07-17 18:45 -0500
                Re: Hot Linksys RE4000W's front lights are blinking. Can't seem to fix. Need new extenders? Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2017-07-18 02:24 -0500
                Re: Hot Linksys RE4000W's front lights are blinking. Can't seem to fix. Need new extenders? Christopher A. Lee <c.lee@fairpoint.net> - 2017-07-18 11:30 -0500
    Re: Hot Linksys RE4000W's front lights are blinking. Can't seem to fix. Need new extenders? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2017-07-22 15:08 -0700

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