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WiFi Lights Blinking Pattern
Been having WiFi Connect/Disconnect issues over the last few weeks. After recycling power, everything is fine for a random period of time in days. This happens on 2G and 5G. Saved image, reset to...
Sorry for the late reply. I wanted to wait and verify/confirm that it was indeed fixed.
At this point, everything is fine, have not lost any WiFI connections, the lights are displaying the same as my other Netgear R6350 which is physically right next door.
It seems it was the power brick; fortunately I had many other power bricks and managed to find one with the exact same electrical specs and checked the power connecter that goes into the router with my electronic caliper, the OD was .005 millimeters smaller, but fits tight and doesn't wiggle.
Will get a new one this week.
Mystified wrote:
Today, I noticed that the WiFi lights are blinking rapidly and in unison 4 or 5 times then go off for about half a second. This is repeating and has been for about an hour.
Manuals are always a good place to start.
Visit the support pages:
Support | NETGEAR
Feed in your model number and check the documentation for your hardware.
Check the section in the manual Troubleshoot With the LEDs.
In general, other than the patterns explained there, the LEDs and the pattern their behaviour are no use in diagnosing problems.
Blinking wifi LEDS just mean traffic.
Mystified wrote:
Been having WiFi Connect/Disconnect issues over the last few weeks. After recycling power, everything is fine for a random period of time in days. This happens on 2G and 5G.
Start by trouble shooting that. Forget about the blinking LEDs.
What firmware version do you have on the device?
A number is more useful than "the latest". There may be newer versions, or "hot fixes", that do not show up if you check for new firmware in the browser interface.
If there is one it might also help if you told people the make and model number of the modem/gateway/ONT that sits between this router and the Internet. Is it, by any chance, also a router, with a set of LAN ports on the back?
I ask because a lot of people turn up here trying to put a router behind a modem that is also a router. That can complicate troubleshooting.