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Holymoly's avatar
Holymoly
Aspirant
Feb 26, 2016
Solved

R6400 Won't broadcast SSID all of a sudden, can't manually type either

  Hi all,   Left for work this morning and came home to no wifi.  We have internet fine and all the lights are white on the router but no wifi.  Now I don't know much about this stuff but I know i...
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  • TheEther's avatar
    TheEther
    Feb 26, 2016

    There is a physical button on the router to toggle the Wi-Fi radios.  You may have inadvertently pushed it.  Push it for 2 seconds.  See page 11 in the manual (link).

netwrks's avatar
netwrks
Master
Feb 26, 2016

Did you reset your router to factory default, after the firmware update? If you didn't, you should..

Holymoly's avatar
Holymoly
Aspirant
Feb 26, 2016

 

Thanks, I just did.  Nothing.

 

Matter of fact, I'm getting no lights at all on the 2.4 and 5 ghz buttons.  The power button, the next one, and the ethernet port 1 (hardwire) is the only thing lit white.  Everything else is out still.

  • TheEther's avatar
    TheEther
    Guru
    Feb 26, 2016

    There is a physical button on the router to toggle the Wi-Fi radios.  You may have inadvertently pushed it.  Push it for 2 seconds.  See page 11 in the manual (link).

    • Holymoly's avatar
      Holymoly
      Aspirant
      Feb 27, 2016

      Unbelievable by the way.  I did hit them earlier and nothing happened but this time it worked fine.  Thanks all.