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dunc101
Dec 18, 2025Follower
RAXE500 ethernet port 3 failure?
Hi all - help please! Ive been more than happily using my RAXE500 a while now, and have enjoyed utilising link aggregation to my NAS using ethernet ports 3 and 4. But I noticed recently my NAS r...
FURRYe38
Jan 08, 2026Guru - Experienced User
Any progress on this?
dunc101 wrote:Hi all - help please! Ive been more than happily using my RAXE500 a while now, and have enjoyed utilising link aggregation to my NAS using ethernet ports 3 and 4.
But I noticed recently my NAS reporting one of the LANs was down. Also, port 3 on the nighthawk is now not lit.
Ive checked and cleaned all ports, rebooted, firmware updated, factory reset, confirmed internal cabling (cabling is fine), but port 3 will not respond and link aggregation whilst enabled remains, now, inactive.
What troubleshooting / resulution steps might I look at next? Im hoping ive not now permanently lost this port, and therefore also link agg.