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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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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.


> 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.
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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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