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WNCE2001 power led blinking green and no connection
Hello, I have a WNCE2001 wireless adapter that has worked for couple of months. Now, the power LED is blinking green instead of being solid... usb powered or AC plugged... I tried to access ...
I am a Mac user and did not see any reference to how to do the fix discussed by jalloma2. However, I was able to apply this fix from a Mac.
A couple of observations.
1. I use a MacBook air without an ethernet port. I found an older MacBook pro at work that has an ethernet port and used that machine. You can also purchase a USB to Ethernet adapter at Best Buy, the Apple Store, etc. - not expensive.
2. The link to the CNET website to download the TFTP Cient has an option to download a Mac version. You can also get the tFTP client at the Apple App Store. It works!
3. When configuring your Mac, use Network in the System Preferences ("gear wheel") app. Use the same settings for IP address, etc. specified by jalloma2. NOTE: After setting the IP address manually (and be sure to turn off WiFi on your machine), I tried to ping the WNCE2001 using the Terminal utility and I could not reach the unit; message was "timed out". IGNORE THIS.
4. In the Address field in the TFTP (Send) client, use 192.168.1.251. Press "File" and navigate to where you have downloaded the Firmware and then Start. THE WNCE2001 CAN BE FLASHED WITH THE NEW FIRMWARE EVEN IF THE PING COMMAND FAILED!!!!!
5. To test the success, with wifi still off on your computer, go to "mywifiext.net" from your browser. It will open and check that your firmware is correctly loaded an correct version (V1.0.0.26NA)
Hope that helps all you Mac users out there. Would also like to add my thanks to jalloma2 for a great post. BTW, I use this unit to connect my solar panels to my wireless network for monitoring purposes.
I fixed this problem - My WNCE2001 unit was blinking the power LED after powering it up after a move. Here is what I did:
Download WNCE2001 WNCE2001-V1.0.0.26NA firmware from netgear and store it on my machine (unzip it so i can see the IMG file directly.
Download TftpD32 and Wireshark
Turn off my computer's WiFi, set ethernet port to IP: 192.168.1.2
Run wireshark to discover the IP that the WNCE2001 was sitting on (for me it happened to be 192.168.1.251)
Run TftpD32, use a put operation to push the firmware to the device. Set the client (in my case as 192.168.1.251:69) port 69.
Push the firmware up and wait to see if the block count goes up - if not, something is wrong, change port or IP.
Wait 10 minutes before powering off the WNCE2001 box. I thought after the transfer completed I was out of the woods as the light stopped blinking. I pulled the power and the box reverted to blinking after bootup. Eventually for me it restarted on its own and it continues to work.
Oddly, all of my old settings for my WiFi were still cached.
Hope this helps someone else!
Download WNCE2001 WNCE2001-V1.0.0.26NA firmware from netgear and store it on my machine (unzip it so i can see the IMG file directly.
Download TftpD32 and Wireshark
Turn off my computer's WiFi, set ethernet port to IP: 192.168.1.2
Run wireshark to discover the IP that the WNCE2001 was sitting on (for me it happened to be 192.168.1.251)
Run TftpD32, use a put operation to push the firmware to the device. Set the client (in my case as 192.168.1.251:69) port 69.
Push the firmware up and wait to see if the block count goes up - if not, something is wrong, change port or IP.
Wait 10 minutes before powering off the WNCE2001 box. I thought after the transfer completed I was out of the woods as the light stopped blinking. I pulled the power and the box reverted to blinking after bootup. Eventually for me it restarted on its own and it continues to work.
Oddly, all of my old settings for my WiFi were still cached.
Hope this helps someone else!