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Caesar1948
Aspirant
Oct 29, 2018
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Link rate LEDs quit working

I walked into my home office this morning and found my Apple Airport Time Capsule's ready light was blinking amber. It's connected by Ethernet cable to my EX6200 Range Extender. The link rate LEDs on...
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  • DexterJB's avatar
    DexterJB
    Oct 29, 2018

    Hi Caesar1948,

     

    You can connect to the extender's signal (NETGEAR_EXT) and go through the setup procedure as described here.

     

    Regards,

     

    Dexter

    Community Team

DexterJB's avatar
DexterJB
NETGEAR Moderator
Oct 29, 2018

Hi Caesar1948,

 

Welcome to the community!

 

It looks like the extender is on its default settings. Have you tried reconfiguring it as an Access Point?

 

Regards,

 

Dexter

Community Team

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Caesar1948
Aspirant
Oct 29, 2018

Hello, Dexter, and thank you for replying. This device has worked almost flawlessly just as it was for about three years, maybe longer. All of a sudden it went off track. Just a few days ago, my laptop (MacBook Pro) connected to the Internet via this range extender. As of this morning, I'm using the signal from my Xfinity X1 router two rooms away. Why? I don't have a clue.

 

To answer your question, no, I have never configured the device as an access point. To be honest, I can't claim to understand the difference. I hope you can help me understand. Anyway, how do I configure it as an access point when I can't get into its dashboard? I tried to enter the dashboard this morning, but it reported that it could not access the device. That makes sense, given that the LEDs are both turned off. I'll appreciate your help.

  • DexterJB's avatar
    DexterJB
    NETGEAR Moderator
    Oct 29, 2018

    Hi Caesar1948,

     

    You can connect to the extender's signal (NETGEAR_EXT) and go through the setup procedure as described here.

     

    Regards,

     

    Dexter

    Community Team

    • Caesar1948's avatar
      Caesar1948
      Aspirant
      Oct 30, 2018

      Good morning, DexterJB: 

       

      Thanks for your expert advice. Everything's now back to normal—back-up drive, printer, network. I don't know why it never occurred to me that all I needed to do was repeat the steps that I took back when I first took the range extender out of the box. Duh! The bonus: This exercise forced me to clean up my messy cables and dust behind my desk! 

    • DexterJB's avatar
      DexterJB
      NETGEAR Moderator
      Oct 30, 2018

      Hi Caesar1948,

       

      Thank you for the update. Glad to know you got it working again!

       

      Regards,

       

      Dexter

      Community Team