Re: My netgear router light has gone orange....

kornealius wrote:
> My mistake was to go on holiday and turn off my router which has
> worked fine for a couple of years.....
>
> I use a dell insipron laptop and connect to the internet via a netgear
> wireless hub.
>
> When I came back and turned on my stuff and my connection suddenly
> didn't work. My wireless doesn't pickup my own connection.
>
> So I connected wired to the router and it doesn't give me a dhcp and I
> noticed that the power light is solid amber rather and I think it used
> to be green.
>
> Just to be sure it is the router, if I connect the laptop wired to the
> internet modem then all is well so I figure the laptop and ISP are not
> the problem.
>
> Any ideas for my amber light router? I've tried a reset/restore
> factory settings and neither have any visible effect at all....
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> K.
>
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What order did you turn the equiptment on in? Used to have that problem when
I turned both the modem and wap/router on at the same time... Now I do the
modem FIRST, give it a minute or so and THEN turn on the wap/router... You
didn't say what order, but you may want to give it a shot (hey, it's free!