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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 Fri, 14 Jul 2017 21:05:05 -0700, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

>Hi!
>
>As of yesterday morning, I noticed my wireless speed was much slower 
>recently on a few years old Linksys RE4000W. I noticed their front 
>lights were blinking. One of them blink nonstop. The other one blinks 
>for a while and then stop/solid and works, and then repeats again. I 
>noticed its uptime got resetted (autorebooted?). Even if I have them 
>close to my Netgear R6300 v1 router in the same room at about 100 feet, 
>one blinks nonstops but the other blinks sometimes even if they right 
>next to each other on the same power strip. Also, both are hot to touch 
>(is this normal?). I also tried rebooting and powercycling my router.
>
>I tried to reset them, but with its included setup softwares.

Have you tried a full reset by pressing the reset button for about 30
seconds? They should go back to factory defaults, including default SSID
and default IP address, which I believe will be 192.168.1.1. If your LAN
also uses the 192.168.1.0/24 subnet, (but not that same IP!), then you
should be able to connect an Ethernet cable and access each of them with
a web browser. If your LAN uses a different IP range, you can either
temporarily assign yourself an IP on that subnet or simply use a router.

>However, 
>my MacBook Pros are using newer OS versions like Mac OS X v10.11.6 (El 
>Capitan) and v10.12.5 (Sierra). 
>http://www.linksys.com/us/support-article?articleNum=148522 shows older 
>versions. I am scared to install its software since it might hose the 
>systems. Is it safe to install and use?
>
>I read that they can be accessed with a network cable to connect and 
>configure like to reset to factory settings, but the computers don't 
>seem to get the IP address even after trying to reset the setings with 
>pushing the hole method for over five seconds. They keep blinking forever.

I believe you need to press reset for longer, like 30 seconds.

>
>If they had gone bad, then what are good replacements to buy and use 
>from local Southern CA(lifornia) retail stores (Fry's Electronics, 
>Costco, Best Buy, etc.)? I am not happy with these models after a few 
>years of using as you can see. :(

Sorry, I have nothing good to say about range extenders so I won't be
making any purchase recommendations. You're usually much better off
adding additional access points, but only you know your situation, what
problem you're trying to solve, and what you have to work with.

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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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