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R7000 online dashboard says wifi is off but lights on unit say it's on
I have an R7000 router. I moved over the weekend and now I have no wifi. It was working fine when it was packed in a box but now there's an issue. It has been rebooted multiple times. I have done a f...
chele519 wrote:
It was the power cord. I was using the one from the switch by mistake. As soon as I swapped them it worked. Of course I had already picked up a new one just in case with snow coming and needing to work from home. An AX 2400, RAX29 for $100. Since I was constantly having to reboot the r7000 I might keep the upgradeNow you know! Please mark this thread as resolved so others may benefit.
I kept my modem that works fine if I go directly from modem to laptop by Ethernet cable. And it’s fine if I go from Ethernet out to the laptop. It’s just the wifi
chele519 wrote:
I kept my modem that works fine if I go directly from modem to laptop by Ethernet cable.
And that modem is?
Even if you have the same kit, moving house means that you will have a different connection to the Internet. That will affect the settings that the router sees as it connects to the router.
The usual advice is to reset both devices – modem and router – and to set them up as a new connection to the Internet.
Hard to see how this would affect just the WiFi. (Hence the modem question.) But a reset would be the first thing that tech support would ask you to do.
- The modem is Arris SBV2402
chele519 wrote:
The modem is Arris SBV2402Nothing of a router nature to get in the way.