Airport Extreme Cuts Out

This is something I have never dealt with much less heard of before - Our home network is an AX (n) working off of a Comcast cable modem, the AX is also tied into two small (5 port) Leviton hubs in a structured media panel. So through the AX we get wireless and an Ethernet network for all the computers, home theatre and Apple TV. On Sunday (two days ago) the signal became very intermittent, and then yesterday died all together. After much trial and error I have the AX back up (and the family mutiny under control) but the AX has to be completely isolated form the Ethernet connections and downstream hubs, and if I even power up the hubs (no connections) the AX goes to the Amber Light of Misery. The only common point of connection currently is that all the devices are powered off of a common 12v power. If anyone has any insight in how to deal with this condition I would really appreciate you help - Thanks

big hat no cattle wrote:
This is something I have never dealt with much less heard of before - Our home network is an AX (n) working off of a Comcast cable modem, the AX is also tied into two small (5 port) Leviton hubs in a structured media panel. So through the AX we get wireless and an Ethernet network for all the computers, home theatre and Apple TV. On Sunday (two days ago) the signal became very intermittent, and then yesterday died all together. After much trial and error I have the AX back up (and the family mutiny under control) but the AX has to be completely isolated form the Ethernet connections and downstream hubs, and if I even power up the hubs (no connections) the AX goes to the Amber Light of Misery. The only common point of connection currently is that all the devices are powered off of a common 12v power.
When that amber light is on, does AirPort Utility give you any detail on why the AirPort Extreme is unhappy?
Can you test your 12v. power source to see if it's providing reliable voltage and current?
I'd start by testing one component at a time. Disconnect the AirPort Extreme from your cable mode. Cycle power on the modem, then connect a computer to it with an Ethernet cable. Verify your Internet connectivity. Then disconnect the computer, cycle modem power again, and connect your AirPort Extreme to the modem again with nothing else connected to it. Turn off AirPort on one of your computers and connect it to the AirPort Extreme with an Ethernet cable. Use that method to test each Ethernet port on the AirPort Extreme. If all tests so far are successful, then connect one of the hubs. Continue adding equipment until something no longer works. Eventually you should be able to isolate the problem part.

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