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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 Sat, 15 Jul 2017 10:22:22 -0700, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

>On 7/15/2017 9:03 AM, Char Jackson wrote:
>>> Yes, I did mention that in my original post -- "... 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 saw that in the original post, but I didn't understand what you were
>> saying. Assuming an RE has been reset to defaults and its IP address is
>> now 192.168.1.1, how are you trying to access it? I recommend connecting
>> an Ethernet cable from a PC to the RE, then temporarily assigning, for
>> example, 192.168.1.2 (Netmask 255.255.255.0) to the PC. At that point,
>> you should be able to ping the RE at 192.168.1.1 and hopefully access it
>> at port 80 with a web browser.
>
>Yeah, I cannot get to it. Mac OS doesn't even show any IP addresses from 
>its network cable connection even when disabling wireless to avoid 
>confusions.

OK, what you wrote makes no sense, so let me Google it. :-)
http://www.macinstruct.com/node/550
My assumption is that your Mac is on a different subnet, so follow those
steps, or similar steps if you have a different version of Mac OS, to
set a static IP address on your computer. The RE is in the 192.168.1.0
subnet, so you have to match it. The RE is .1.1 and you'll be .1.2.

WiFi: Off
Configure IPv4: Manually
IPv4 Address: 192.168.1.2
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Router: leave blank, or if necessary enter 192.168.1.254
Configure IPv6: Automatically

Now connect your Mac to a switch with an Ethernet cable. Connect the RE
to the same switch with a second Ethernet cable. Now you can ping and
access the RE from your Mac. If you don't have an Ethernet switch, you
can use two LAN ports on the back of your router. 

From your Mac: ping 192.168.1.1
You should see a series of replies.

From your Mac, using a browser:
http://192.168.1.1
You should see the RE GUI.

>The lights keep blinking. Supposedly, it is not supposed to 
>blink after resetting to defaults. It sounds like it is NOT. :(

I expect that you'll see some helpful status indications once you log
into the web GUI of the RE.

Once you're done poking around inside the first RE, disconnect it and
connect the second RE. If you've done a full reset to defaults on both
devices, you should be able to access the second RE just as you did for
the first unit. Ping it first, to make sure basic network connectivity
is in place, before accessing it with a browser.

>> If the folks in the house have been living with *two* range extenders
>> all this time, then they obviously have very low expectations for their
>> WiFi experience. That gives you more room to work. Almost anything you
>> do will be better than what they had.
>
>Yeah, they had no problems until recently.

I assume they didn't realize how bad things were, but that's good. It
means the first priority is probably to get the REs working again.

>> I don't have a clear idea of the problem yet. It sounds like you want to
>> bring WiFi (2.4GHz only? 5GHz?) to one or more additional areas of the
>> house or property. What's your budget? Would networking over power lines
>> be an option? Would networking over TV coax be an option? Do you have a
>> stash of dusty WiFi routers on a shelf somewhere that you can configure
>> as matched sets of WiFi clients and Access Points?
>
>No, cables. Power method? Maybe? Is that safe?

All methods are safe, so if you can't get the REs to come back to life,
you have the option of new REs, or switch over to using the existing
phone lines, the existing power lines, or the existing coax lines. Coax
is my current favorite, but all work, to varying degrees.

>I have an old Linksys WAP11 (no newer security encryptions though) and a 
>WRT54GL router (likes to drop connections to the Internet locally though).
>
>I am not handy. I have physical disabilities and they're old. :(

OK.

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