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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 20:46:24 -0500, ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) wrote:

>In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.networking Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> 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.

I think it's a safe guess to say that the LAN uses the 192.168.1.0/24
subnet, (right?), otherwise you wouldn't care if the RE's use
192.168.1.1, and the conflict you mentioned above is exactly what I
suspected. You could have fixed that by logging into each RE and giving
it a unique IP address. I'm still not sure why you didn't do that, or if
you tried, where and how it failed. 

>> 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 thought you had done a reset to defaults, maybe even more than one,
earlier in this process. What was different about your reset procedure
this time?

>I can see their SSIDs, but MacBook Pro refuses 
>to connect to it. Same for their network cables.

What does that mean? What IP address did you assign to your Mac? How did
you connect the cables? Did ping work? I thought you were going to
disable WiFi while you connect to the Linksys units with Ethernet cables
(thru a switch)?

>Weird. I wonder if they 
>got burned out since they get very hot (almost can't touch them) when in 
>used.

I'm having a hard time getting the details, so I can't make a guess.

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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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