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Power (& Internet LED) - Solid Amber
Hi, For several years I've used my Netgear router as Access Point. This worked great. A few days ago I moved the Netgear to another room, and since then it does not work anymore. The Power LED ...
Since I was not able to get it working, I went back to the shop, which concluded that the device was broken. So I bought another one.
Thanks for your kind support.
-wim
> [...] I selected "Use the following IP address and set the IP address
> like below picture." but Default Gateway => 192.168.1.1 seems not to
> work, since pinging 192.168.1.1 yields "Destination host unreachable".
The problem is not your computer's "Default gateway" address. If you
set your computer's IP address to "192.168.1.X" (X > 1), then it doesn't
need a gateway to talk to a router at "192.168.1.1" (or to anything else
at a "192.168.1.Y" address).
If the LED indicators are not responding as they should, and you
can't communicate with the router, then I'd worry about the hardware (AC
adapter, router itself).
your router is a R4500 correct? If it is that model it is known that power surges and power outages seem to affect those router's firmware. You can fix that by uploading back the firmware using the tftp method.
I tried to upgrade the firmware with tftp2, but using 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1 does not work. The power LED stays solid amber, and in the tftp2 the progress bar does not fill. I'm afraid I've to buy a new router. Thanks for your advise!
> I tried to upgrade the firmware with tftp2, but using 192.168.1.1 or
> 192.168.0.1 does not work.
"tried to upgrade the firmware with tftp2" omits many details of a
multi-step procedure. Unless you're changing your computer's IP address
between "using 192.168.1.1" and "or 192.168.0.1", then you can expect
some failures. According to the R4500 User Manual, "192.168.1.1" is its
default address. See also:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/1533866#M87578
One advantage of the command-line TFTP programs is that you're more
likely to get a useful error message from them. But, again, if the
router does not respond to "ping", then there's little hope for TFTP.Since I was not able to get it working, I went back to the shop, which concluded that the device was broken. So I bought another one.
Thanks for your kind support.
-wim