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Jworle
Jul 19, 2021Aspirant
MR1100 Ethernet port will not connect
Ethernet port was working when initially setting up, then then turned off, the blinkie light on my switch turned off for the port that was plugged into the MR1100, all the other devices were showing ...
- Jul 29, 2021Thanks. It turned out that the original bad ethernet cable must have alrmed the router to turn off the port. I pulled the battery and the power cable then turned it back on, the port was alive again!
JohnPeng
Jul 24, 2021NETGEAR Expert
The quickest way to check is to connect your laptop directly to M1's ethernet port and see whether your laptop can get the connection or not.
Please make sure you power M1 with PA when using Ethernet port. If you connect M1 using USB cable to your computer, ethernet port will be turned off.
Thanks
- SistermoonJul 27, 2021Aspirant
Thats correct. i figured it out the hard way. at first i thought my Ethernet port is broken, then i tried to the wall charger and it worked!
Something else i add... Charger and Cable are very important. Specially if you dont want to use the battery inside. a 2.4 Amp charger with a high speed USB C cable. I went with Anker Power port+. Even tho the charger was great i ws using it with a normal USB cable and when i rebooted the charger could not turn the device back on. But when i switched to the Ankerpower port cable. It fixed it.
- JohnPengJul 27, 2021NETGEAR Expert
Thanks for the information on the PA and USB cable used when using the device outout battery. We will check. This will help us to select the accessories for future products.
Regards
Sistermoon wrote:
Thats correct. i figured it out the hard way. at first i thought my Ethernet port is broken, then i tried to the wall charger and it worked!
Something else i add... Charger and Cable are very important. Specially if you dont want to use the battery inside. a 2.4 Amp charger with a high speed USB C cable. I went with Anker Power port+. Even tho the charger was great i ws using it with a normal USB cable and when i rebooted the charger could not turn the device back on. But when i switched to the Ankerpower port cable. It fixed it.
- JworleJul 29, 2021AspirantThanks. It turned out that the original bad ethernet cable must have alrmed the router to turn off the port. I pulled the battery and the power cable then turned it back on, the port was alive again!