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I've got a several year old Netgear C3000 modem/router and somehow inadvertently set it to router mode which of course disabled the modem mode. So now I can't connect to the intenet to repair it. I...
Thanks for haning in there on this one! Regarding page 7, the item labeled "WiFi On/Off button" has an LED adjacent to it that used to be lit when Netgear was performing its wireless router function. It no longer illuminates. I have unplugged the device for 30 minutes, I have pressed the on/off switch at the bottom of the unit as shown on page 9 of the manual. Each time the unit comes back up, it is still lacking both the illuminated wireless LED and of course it does not perform the wireless function. All I wanted to accomplish was to return the unit to its factory default settings which as I recall had the unit operating as both a mofdem and router.
I'd like to be able to do that but in the meantime, I've attached a spare router to the C3000 and it works, so now the C3000 is acting as solley a modem while the attached router does the rest.
That's the best I can do. Happy to be told what I'm doing wrong, but I suppose it's possible that the router portion of the C3000 is shot. Thanks again for your effort.
The goal is to reactivate the wifi mode on my C3000 modem/router. I have rebooted the system several times theoretically back to factory settings, but the wireless component is not reactivated. Nothing happens when I press the wifi button next to the light that would be illuminated if wifi were working. I’m obviously a novice at this – but I did read the user manual and do note this unit can be used as an access point. But now all I seem to have is modem capability without wireless.
> [...] I have rebooted the system several times theoretically back to
> factory settings, [...]
"reboot" equals "restart", which does not affect the settings;
"reset" affects the settings. Again, what, exactly, did you do?
> [...] but the wireless component is not reactivated.
Which part of "Evidence?" was unclear?
> [...] Nothing happens when I press the wifi button next to the light
> that would be illuminated if wifi were working.[...]
What does Netgear call these things? "press" how (long)?
> [...] I'm obviously a novice at this [...]
Ignorance is often curable, but the less you know, the more important
accurate, detailed, precise descriptions become. (And the less value
your analysis may have.)
> [...] I did read the user manual [...]
Not much evidence for that, either. See "Figure 2. Modem router
front view", page 7. Which "the wifi button" is "next to" which "the
light"?
Thanks for haning in there on this one! Regarding page 7, the item labeled "WiFi On/Off button" has an LED adjacent to it that used to be lit when Netgear was performing its wireless router function. It no longer illuminates. I have unplugged the device for 30 minutes, I have pressed the on/off switch at the bottom of the unit as shown on page 9 of the manual. Each time the unit comes back up, it is still lacking both the illuminated wireless LED and of course it does not perform the wireless function. All I wanted to accomplish was to return the unit to its factory default settings which as I recall had the unit operating as both a mofdem and router.
I'd like to be able to do that but in the meantime, I've attached a spare router to the C3000 and it works, so now the C3000 is acting as solley a modem while the attached router does the rest.
That's the best I can do. Happy to be told what I'm doing wrong, but I suppose it's possible that the router portion of the C3000 is shot. Thanks again for your effort.