I had my network equipment plugged into a battery backup but apparently I had a surge come in over the Internet cable. I lost the modem and now I believe maybe the router was affected as well but opinions are appreciated.
I traded the defunct modem in today and received an identical model from my ISP. I figured all I would need to do is plug it in, let it go through the motions of lighting all its signal lights, then plug in the router, next the computers and I should be good to go. When I plug in my router and then a PC, the PC activity light on the modem doesn’t flash but if I plug a computer directly to the modem, I get PC activity signal and connection to the Internet without a problem. I’ve tried different ports for the PCs and different cables but I’ve not had any success.
I’ve also turned off the firewall to take it out of the equation.
The router does recognize the PCs but it won’t let me upgrade it to the current firmware to bring it back up to date. I log into the 192.168.1.1 webpage but I cannot enter any information because the page keeps flashing and reloading.
I’ve about decided the router is toast? Agree or disagree? I will appreciate a judgment on this puzzling piece of hardware.
Thanks!