Two Routers died on the same day
For the past 5 years I have had two separate networks in my house. The first used a Linksys WRT310N and the second used an AirPort Extreme Base Station and used an Airport Express to extned the range of the Airport's Network.
The Linksys was connected via Ethernet to a Cable Modem supplied by the cable company. An Ethernet cable went from the Linksys to the AEBS which also had a USB printer connected to it. There also is a Wi-Fi printer.
Based on setup advice from this forum, all of the Mac laptops could print from either network to either printer. (The PC laptop can access the Internet but I could never get it to print.)
We've had a few snowstorm this past week and lost power a few times. One morning, the Linksys network was down so I performed the unplug and replug routine on the modem, router and computer. That didn't fix it. The lights on the Linksys were flashing.
The Linksys support site said to install/upgrade the firmware. Using the router's standard address of 192.168.1.1, I could not reach it. I tried resetting it and that didn't help. I connected a MacBook to the Linksys via Ethernet and could not get an Internet connection. Connecting the MacBook directly to the modem worked. Do you think the Linksys died completely?
I then plugged the Ethernet cable into the AEBS. While the MacBooks do connect wirelessly to the AEBS, they cannot access the internet.
Connecting the MacBook via Ethernet to the LAN Port on the AEBS does connect it to the Internet.
So, bottom line, it appears the Linksys is completely dead and while the AEBS connects to the laptops wirelessly and its WAN and LAN ports seem to connect to each other, there is no connection between the WAN port and the wireless transmitter.
This would sound like a voltage surge but none of the other electronics in the house seem to have been damaged. If the surge came via the cable, I would think it would have damaged the modem and/or TV. Agree?
Is there any way to confirm that they are both dead and cannot be fixed via software fixes?
As a replacement, I am considering a Time Capsule unless using a USB drive connected to the new AirPort Extreme is now supported. Any suggestions?
MacBook Pro (17-inch 2.4 GHz), Mac OS X (10.6.8), Acer X221W Display 500GB Hybrid Int