Router Wont Restart

Benvanz

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• Jun 7, 2005

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My router wont restart for some annoying reason, Ive tried actually pressing the restart button but to no prevail. Should I try leaving it unplugged overnight?

All help appreciated.

 

khiloa

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How long did you press the button? You may have to hold the button in for quite a few seconds.

 

don256us

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The D-link, Linksys, and Netgears that I've worked on needed you to hold the reset button for 10 seconds. Do this with the unit plugged in.

 

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Benvanz

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well the router is a SMC 5 port barricade router....I already tried holding it down for 1 second (for restart) then I tried 5 seconds (for factory settings). But still no luck

 

khiloa

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Have you tried longer than 5 seconds? Maybe you were about a tenth of a second short of resetting it.

 

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Benvanz

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I tried holding it down for 20 seconds, still nothing.....

 

khiloa

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It is plugged in when you are doing this?

 

JigPu

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Do you want to restart it or reset it? If all you want to do is restart it, unplugging it for about 30 seconds should do the trick.

JigPu

 

khiloa

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No, he wants to completely reset it.

 

Dell_Axim

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Are there any lights lit?
What signal (SSID), if any, does Netstumbler pick up?

 

meionm

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are you looking at the router lights once the router resets it flashes lights and continious to work as it worked before.

 

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Benvanz

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When I try to restart it, the Wan light goes off then goes back on a second or 2 later. Nothing still happens tho

 

khiloa

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Strange. I guess it could be a bad router, probably something else but you never know.