Netgear rangemax wireless router stopped working

cabot30 · 07-09-2009, 11:02 AM

I have a netgear WPN824v3 wireless router. It has worked fine, but all of the sudden, the internal antenna blue lights stopped working...They are not blinking at all. I get no wireless reception. I have the cable modem plugged into the router, and the desktop computer plugged into it as well. I have that connection successfully, but no wireless connection. Any ideas? Would appreciate the help. This happened once before, and I updated the firmware, but this time, that did not work. Thank you for any help.

help4u · 07-12-2009, 01:31 PM

<>Open router setup page
<>Change channel to either 1, 6 or 11
<>Change SSID
<>Remove all wireless preffered n/ws
<>Connect wirelessly to the router. It should work.
<>Else disable and enable the wireless card and then try reconnecting wirelessly

RustyShakelford · 07-13-2009, 04:39 AM

You can also try holding the reset button on the router for about 20 seconds to restore the router back to factory defaults. I am not sure about this specific Netgear model but some you will need to have a pc to hardwire to the router to setup again after a hard reset.

I would try what "help4u" posted 1st and if that doesn't work try the hard reset.

cabot30 · 07-13-2009, 11:06 AM

That worked! Thank you so very much!

heyimjason · 07-14-2009, 07:52 AM

If that happens again, check your router config page and see if there's an option to disable wireless. It may have somehow become enabled.

Also, some (though few) routers have a button on the physical router itself that can be pressed to enable and disable wireless functionality.

07-09-2009, 11:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
cabot30 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 2 OS: windows XP Home	Netgear rangemax wireless router stopped working I have a netgear WPN824v3 wireless router. It has worked fine, but all of the sudden, the internal antenna blue lights stopped working...They are not blinking at all. I get no wireless reception. I have the cable modem plugged into the router, and the desktop computer plugged into it as well. I have that connection successfully, but no wireless connection. Any ideas? Would appreciate the help. This happened once before, and I updated the firmware, but this time, that did not work. Thank you for any help.

07-12-2009, 01:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
help4u Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 14 OS: xp	Re: Netgear rangemax wireless router stopped working <>Open router setup page <>Change channel to either 1, 6 or 11 <>Change SSID <>Remove all wireless preffered n/ws <>Connect wirelessly to the router. It should work. <>Else disable and enable the wireless card and then try reconnecting wirelessly

07-13-2009, 04:39 AM	#3 (permalink)
RustyShakelford Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 9 OS: MAC OSX 10.5/XP SP3	Re: Netgear rangemax wireless router stopped working You can also try holding the reset button on the router for about 20 seconds to restore the router back to factory defaults. I am not sure about this specific Netgear model but some you will need to have a pc to hardwire to the router to setup again after a hard reset. I would try what "help4u" posted 1st and if that doesn't work try the hard reset. Last edited by RustyShakelford; 07-13-2009 at 04:41 AM. Reason: add info

07-13-2009, 11:06 AM	#4 (permalink)
cabot30 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 2 OS: windows XP Home	Re: Netgear rangemax wireless router stopped working That worked! Thank you so very much!

07-14-2009, 07:52 AM	#5 (permalink)
heyimjason Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 78 OS: various	Re: Netgear rangemax wireless router stopped working If that happens again, check your router config page and see if there's an option to disable wireless. It may have somehow become enabled. Also, some (though few) routers have a button on the physical router itself that can be pressed to enable and disable wireless functionality.