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freddieb91
May 01, 2025Aspirant
Cax80 ethernet port went out
hello im having trouble with my cax80 this morning the t=ethernet ports just went out and ive done the soft reset hard reset and tried new cables but the only thing that is showing is the 2 port on t...
freddieb91
May 02, 2025Aspirant
The led number 2 lights up and then cuts off the other ethernet ports are not working besides the multigig port
- plemansMay 02, 2025Guru - Experienced User
Ok. That helps. You're showing locked in. Can you access it via wifi?
Did you try other cables? And different devices?
How old is it?
- FURRYe38May 02, 2025Guru - Experienced User
What is connected to the LAN ports? Anything or are these coming on by themselves?
Have you tried a factory reset and setup from scratch with the ISP Coax cable disconnected from the modem at first then give a minute, reconnect it and walk thru the Setup wizard?
Try connecting any ethernet PC to each of the LAN ports to see the color behavior...
- freddieb91May 02, 2025AspirantYes ive soft reset and hard reset
There are 2 cyptro miners that are connected i will plug my laptop up but I'm just going to grab and switch with 4 ports and us the ethernet from there if issue can't be resolved and the light for 2 port come on orange and turns off after a few sec and this is the only one that turns on and off but no data coming thru it- FURRYe38May 02, 2025Guru - Experienced User
Ya disconnect these miner devices to see if the lan ports come back. Wondering if these minder devices slowly caused the problem.
Something you can do if the LAN ports fail and you have other LAN ports that work, connect up a non managed 1Gb LAN switch to the working port and connect your devices there. Check into a NG GS10# or GS30# series. They come in 5, 8, 16 and 24 port versions...