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arb_arb_arb
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Jul 16, 2016
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R8000 Nighthawk X6 LAN ports 1 and 3 have stopped working

I noticed that LAN port 1 and 3 have stopped working on my router. The LEDs come on at start up, but connecting a device to ports 1 and 3 does not work. The router is workign fine otherwise (wireless, as well as ports 2 and 4). I have tried resetting the router to factory defaults both via software and hardware reset button. The firmware is up to date (Firmware Version V1.0.3.4_1.1.2). But it has not helped.

 

Please help.

 

  • Tried deivice connected to port 2 to 1 or 3?  If it does not wokr. Am afraid two prts are dead. Those problem is infrequent but known to happen.

    One quick fix is getting a cheap dumb switch to expand the number of LAN ports.  You can get switch with 4, 8, 16, 32 ... ports.