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WNR2000 suddenly stopped working
Last night while I was streaming a movie to my Chromecast the wireless signal stopped working. I power cycled down/up both the cable modem and the wireless router, but it didn't help. Tried again thi...
AGINCO wrote:
The only lights that appear are the 2 green ones at the top.
There is a manual for the WNR2000v1 somewhere at the end of this link:
>>>> WNR2000v1 | WiFi Router| NETGEAR Support <<<<
That should tell you what the LEDs are supposed to show. Check the section Troubleshooting Basic Functions.
Look at the bit Disable the wireless router radio.
AGINCO wrote:
I'm now at work and trying to access it remotely using Genie but that's not working either.
Did you set it up for Remote Access?
AGINCO wrote:
Could it have just stopped working after almost 8 years or can I do something?
Who knows? But this is a basic and inexpensive bit of kit, with poor specifications. For example, the LAN and WAN ports are limited to 100BASE-Tx. This is slower than many modern internet services and certainly slower than a lot of the PCs and other hardware sold in the past decade or more. The wifi may well be equally slow. No support for 5 GHz devices.
AGINCO wrote:
The only lights that appear are the 2 green ones at the top.
There is a manual for the WNR2000v1 somewhere at the end of this link:
>>>> WNR2000v1 | WiFi Router| NETGEAR Support <<<<
That should tell you what the LEDs are supposed to show. Check the section Troubleshooting Basic Functions.
Look at the bit Disable the wireless router radio.
AGINCO wrote:
I'm now at work and trying to access it remotely using Genie but that's not working either.
Did you set it up for Remote Access?
AGINCO wrote:
Could it have just stopped working after almost 8 years or can I do something?
Who knows? But this is a basic and inexpensive bit of kit, with poor specifications. For example, the LAN and WAN ports are limited to 100BASE-Tx. This is slower than many modern internet services and certainly slower than a lot of the PCs and other hardware sold in the past decade or more. The wifi may well be equally slow. No support for 5 GHz devices.
Thanks for your suggestions! I actually got home last night and although I had already tried it 2-3 times previously, this time when I hit the reset button it worked! Strange. But things seem to be working for the time being and I'll look into a more robust router for the future. Thank you!