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

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From	Ant <ant@zimage.comANT>
Organization	An Ant Farm
Subject	Hot Linksys RE4000W's front lights are blinking. Can't seem to fix. Need new extenders?
Date	2017-07-14 21:05 -0700
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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. 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.

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. :(

Thank you in advance. :)
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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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