Hiya guys,Is my access point dead?I have a WN802T, which i have had for about 6 months. I came home today to do some work in the office. The Network connection light is out, the wireless light is out. The power light is still on.It wont respond via its Ip address, and wont let me do a factory rest nether. When i try the power light just flickers slightly ( and i mean slight ). Any ideas be really good thanksjon

What IP address? The default IP address or the IP address that was given by the DHCP server?Are you plugged into the access point?

hiyaits http://192.168.0.233/index.html.its not replying to nothing. i done everything i can think. the Power light is on but flickers slight. When u do a factory rest, it dont change from green. regardsjon

If you can't communicate with the access point by pinging it logging into the interface after a reset, it is probably dead.Make sure your computer is on the same network.

Very odd, my WN802T died exactly the same way yours did on Oct 1st.... Perhaps this is a firmware issue.Only the power LED is on, with a slight flicker to it. Can't reset. Can't connect to it. It is a pretty brick.Did Linksys have any words of advice or RMA it?Johngyc_uk wrote:Hiya guys,Is my access point dead?I have a WN802T, which i have had for about 6 months. I came home today to do some work in the office. The Network connection light is out, the wireless light is out. The power light is still on.It wont respond via its Ip address, and wont let me do a factory rest nether. When i try the power light just flickers slightly ( and i mean slight ). Any ideas be really good thanksjon

I got even two of those new bricks now :mad:One went dead 1-2 weeks ago the other one like 2-3 days.Finally searched this forum and am worried that that actually the same happen to other guys, too.Anyone contacted the support already and got a reply?Ciao,cgnschuec

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keith721
Novice
Oct 25, 2008
I recently purchased a factory refurbished WNR854T from geeks.com for a ridiculously low price. The first thing I did was put away the 12VDC power adapter that came with it. It wouldn't start with a 6VDC power adapter, but runs perfectly using a 9VDC adapter. If I had a 7.5VDC adapter, I'd try that next, because I suspect this unit might operate using that voltage. Why they over-supply the board with three (or more) excess volts of power is beyond me. But I'd think it might have contributed to the high failure rate. If all you want is a replacement radio card, buy one of these refurb units and get a perfect replacement. The worst part is unsoldering :eek: the mini-PCI retaining clips on either side of the board. But definitely find a lower voltage power adapter to supply your units. It can't hurt (unless your wireless coverage becomes too weak) and it may very well help extend the life of your unit. Hope this helps someone. :)
brcisna
Aspirant
Oct 28, 2008
Here at school were I work we have bought 10 of these units approximately 1.5 years ago. To date only 2 are working. Found this interesting article. How would one determine if this is actually what killed these units. The Netgear wn802t does use this Marvell chipset on teh radio. Seems very likely could be this but how would a person clear it? I know of these dead units if I unsolder and take out the Marvell mini pci card the unit then does show the ethernet light lit?

http://www.juniper.fi/security/auto/vulnerabilities/vuln30976.html

Thoughts?

Take Care,
Barry
tester272001
Aspirant
Aug 21, 2011
Confirmed. I took apart my WN802T and pulled the Marvel pci board - pluch back in and BANG! :D Ethernet now working...At least we know the problem is not really Netgear but their choice of the Marvel board :p - oh well. Maybe it s bad soler joint ??? I will have a look with a magnifying glass to see.

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