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R7000 Internet port no longer working
The Internet port on my R7000 Nighthawk seems to have stopped working. Whenever i plug a standard or patch cable from my router the R7000 displays no Ethernet cable is connected. Router that used to...
Right, well the information posted in that status window is the result of the Link Auto-negotiation process, which should work even if you were to connect the WAN port to something like a PC rather than a modem. If it’s showing Link Down then I suspect the R7000 is faulty. If you contact Tech Support they may be able to help or offer an RMA.
I suppose one remaining thing you could try if you’ve not done so already is a Factory Reset, you may want to save the router configuration to a file first if you do this.
Right, well the information posted in that status window is the result of the Link Auto-negotiation process, which should work even if you were to connect the WAN port to something like a PC rather than a modem. If it’s showing Link Down then I suspect the R7000 is faulty. If you contact Tech Support they may be able to help or offer an RMA.
I suppose one remaining thing you could try if you’ve not done so already is a Factory Reset, you may want to save the router configuration to a file first if you do this.
Thanks for your help.
I've tried many a factory reset :)