ZyXel Prestige 861 Modem - vDSL Lights Flashing/Blinking Green

Hi All,
The internet used to work, but now it's just flashing/blinking green. Hence the internet has gone down, and I can't figure where is the problem.
I live in a apartment (23 Floors), and the modem is setup this way:
                                                      Telephone Cable => Modem => Ethernet Cable => Router
I changed the telephone cable a few times, and even switched to a different jack that used to work (I moved the modem from the living room to the bedroom 2 years ago).
But it is still flashing/blinking green on the vDSL lights.
Also it seems like nobody had any issues with their Verizon services, could it be a hardware issue that the 5 year old ZyXel Presitage 861 modem has broken down?
Is it possible to switch to another modem, for example, Actiontec GT701D Ethernet DSL Modem?
Thanks all

Well, I thought in the meantime while the network is down (tech is arriving tomorrow), why don't I try to debug the problem myself?
I've tested that the phone line itself works, but I don't know about the jack.
The ONT works too (The Verizon Phone Support said that ONT looks fine), so... It's some physical connection between the basement and my apartment (located 23rd floors high). I've tried all the jacks in my house, which they used to work when I was deciding the best place to put my modem and wireless router).
So it's either the modem, or the physical wiring is broken. So why not try a quick fix?
Anyways, if it's somewhere of the wiring, and also extremely difficult to fix it, I guess I need to find another apartment.

Similar Messages

  • When I connect Time Capsule to Time Warner Cable Modem, amber light flashes

    I want to use Time Capsule as my primary wireless network base. When I connect my Time Capsule directly to my Time Warner Cable Modem, the amber light flashes and Time Capsule won't appear in AirPort Utility on my MacBookPro. I've tried unplugging everything and waiting to reset cable modem and Time Capsule.
    Before I got the Time Capsule, I used a wireless router. The only way I can get Time Capsule to work is as a guest on my old wireless router network. I can't get the Time Capsule to configure itself directly with my Time Warner Cable Modem.
    Any advice would be most appreciated.

    This situation is pretty common now and it has nothing to do with the any of the routers but rather how cable modems are configured to work. They seem to latch on to the first device connected to them whether it be a router or a computer and will not allow any other device to access their network. The solution is to power off the cable modem and wait a minute. While you're waiting disconnect the old connection from the cable modem. Power up the cable modem and then connect the new device, router or computer, to the cable modem. Give it a few seconds to complete the connection and you should be ready to go. You have to do this every time you switch connections to the cable modem. This is also why you should set your router to serve addresses so that you don't have to do the cable modem samba when you want to connect a new device to the network.

  • Tablet fails boot, red light, then blinking green....GRRR!!

    Just as my tablet recieved the OS update, it no longer booted.
    It was fully charged, and plugged into a standard micro USB at the time.
    It said download was successful, restart now... so I did.
    And I never could use it again.
    When I tried to boot it, it had a red light, then the red light blinked a few times, then nothing.
    And then, it blinked green six times. then nothing.
    I tried a USB to my computer to use Blackberry Manager (latest version).
    I tried of course, the various holding down the power button schemes, including the old one of holding down ALL the keys, and the new one with just the power and forward keys.  Nothing.
    I went on EBAY to get an OEM charger stand.  I hope that works, but I don't have much hope for that.
    And now, nothing.  My blackberry is a brick after the update.
    I came to like blackberry because of the reliability of the phone.  While all of my iphone friends were crazy about tech support of apple, I replied, I don't need tech support with my blackberry (curve) nothing ever goes wrong.
    But this whole situation, is getting me down.
    Solved!
    Go to Solution.

    Connect it to the OEM wall outlet charger.
    Press and hold down the power key ONLY for 20 seconds.
    1. If any post helps you please click the below the post(s) that helped you.
    2. Please resolve your thread by marking the post "Solution?" which solved it for you!
    3. Install free BlackBerry Protect today for backups of contacts and data.
    4. Guide to Unlocking your BlackBerry & Unlock Codes
    Join our BBM Channels (Beta)
    BlackBerry Support Forums Channel
    PIN: C0001B7B4   Display/Scan Bar Code
    Knowledge Base Updates
    PIN: C0005A9AA   Display/Scan Bar Code

  • Modem DSL Light flashes

    Hello
    I posted a few days ago about my PPPOE connection dropping on my Apple router around once or twice per day.
    I have since noticed that when this happens, the DSL light on the white modem also goes out and flashes. In fact, it happened last night on an incoming call to the landline although this could be coinicidence as I cannot duplicate this.
    I phoned BT last night who said there is a fault on my line and it will be passed to engineering who will deal with it in 48 hours. They had no more details than that - anyone else had anything similar or know what this might mean? Is the IP Profile too high or something?
    Also, if the DSL stayed up but the PPPOE on the Apple router went down - does that cause the DSL light on the modem to flash or would it stay on?
    Thanks

    Ip profile wont be too high, so that wont be the issue.

  • Magsafe light flashes orange/green

    I've just bought a used MBP 2.2 MHZ which operates fine except for switching back and forth between charging modes when the battery is around 85% full. The magsafe light stays orange a few seconds, then shows green for a second, then back to orange; the charging indicator on the screen switches at the same time. I swapped to a known working magsafe charger - same result. Operating on battery power is also a bit strange, with the available percentage of battery jerking around. Looking around, I see some 2007 and 2008 threads about this issue, but no final resolution at that time. Is there now a "bottom line" to this problem? Thanks!

    No, it's not a battery calibration issue - but it could be a bad battery. The flashing MagSafe is a hardware issue. Since the SMC is the controller for power systems, resetting it is about all you can do for 'software' type of fix. If that doesn't correct it, the problem is either with the adapter itself (which you apparently ruled out), with the battery, or with an internal component (more likely the left I/O board, but possibly also the logic board itself).
    The fact that your available percentage jumps around points to a deeper problem (time remaining can jump around depending on system load, but % charge should go in only one direction when running on battery).
    Given your symptoms, I'd be inclined to try a replacement battery first, before looking inside the case for a problem.
    If there's an Apple Store near you, make a Genius Bar appointment and let them have a look - they will be able to test the battery as well.
    If you like, post your Full Charge Capacity and Cycle Count (from Apple menu > About this Mac . More Info > Power) for a preliminary diagnosis...

  • Trying to connect airport extreme to comcast provided ubee modem. Light on airport green, but no internet access.

    Attempting to connect ubee d3.0 comcast modem to airport extreme base station.
    Light on airport will go green, but I cannot connect to the internet.
    I'm sure it has something to do with DHCP/NAT - as the airport extreme is getting an IP address, but then assiging a 10.x.x.x IP to my computer
    but attempts at putting it in bridge mode just causes the light to go yellow and give warning of "No DNS Server" and "No internet connection"
    I am able to connect to the internet when I connected directly to the modem.
    I'm running OS 10.8.5
    previously had DSL modem and connected after a few easy tweaks of the NAT settings before. am unsure what the issue is on this on... have used up my rather limited tech knowledge.
    any thoughts?
    Thank you!

    Attempting to connect ubee d3.0 comcast modem to airport extreme base station.
    Light on airport will go green, but I cannot connect to the internet.
    Ubee provides both cable modems and gateway devices. What is the model number of yours?
    I'm sure it has something to do with DHCP/NAT - as the airport extreme is getting an IP address, but then assiging a 10.x.x.x IP to my computer
    By default, the AirPort Extreme would performing as a router with both NAT & DHCP enabled. Also, it would act as a DHCP server for the local network and provide out Private IP addresses in the range of 10.0.1.2 - 10.1.1.200. The WAN-side IP address of the Extreme should be a Public one and provided to you by your ISP via the Ubee modem. Did you perform a "factory default" reset on the Extreme before attempting to connect it to the modem?

  • UC320W Power/sys light keeps blinking green .

    Hi all  ,
         i currently have a UC320W which was in operation before with 10users . After a small thunder strom the PBX and phones were not registering ,
    i tired factory resetting notting seems to work i powered off for sometime and reboot still the same problem . i cant even ping or get an DHCP address from the system .
    Any help will be much appreciated thanks
    regards ,
    Chris H

    Hi Chris,
    Sounds like lightning/brownout had it's way with your box.  If you can't ping or factory reset to recover, your only option is to contact the Cisco Small Business Support center to see what your hardware replacement options are, if any.
    Chris

  • T61 Battery light flashes red and green

    Hello:
    My T61(type 8891) won't start. I'm getting a series of flashes from the battery and power lights:
    A/C power connected: power light flashes green alternately and battery light flashes green then red/green.
    AC off, battery installed: power light flashes green at the same time as the battery light flashes red/green.
    This happened twice before in the past 2 weeks. After about an hour, it booted up - no problem. This time, nothing.
    Thanks in advance for any assistance.

    It started about one month ago - no known cause. The problem happened 3 times since then but each time it booted up by itself  after a half hour or so. A new motherboard is going to set me back plenty but f it's needed, I guess I must get it repaired. I'm quite handy at taking the laptop apart. I've replaced the hinge, and bezel.
    Maybe the fan is inoperable which may cause it to not boot up. Lately, I've been feeling exhaust air much warmer than before even if it's not being used. I blew the dust off it 3 weeks ago.

  • I just bought a new Motorola modem. Do I need to reconfigure my Airport Express? For some reason we have WiFi even though the amber light is blinking.

    I just bought a new Motorola modem. Do I need to reconfigure my Airport Express? For some reason we have WiFi even though the amber light is blinking.

    Typically, when changing out networking hardware, it is always a good idea to perform a complete power reset of all of your networking equipment.
    I would recommend that you do the following as a minimum:
    Power-down the modem, AirPort base station, and computer(s).
    Power-up the modem; wait at least 10-15 minutes to allow it adequate time to initialize.
    Power-up the AirPort base station; wait at least 5-10 minutes. Note: The AirPort's status light may continue to flash amber after it has intialized. That is because, there may be some additional configuration items necessary, like setting up wireless security, before the overall setup is completed to get a green status.
    Power-up your computer(s).
    If the above steps do not solve the problem, start over with step 1 above, but then perform the next steps between steps 1 & 2. above.
    Disconnect the AirPort base station from the Internet broadband modem.
    While all of the devices are powered-down, perform a "factory default" reset on the base station. This will get it back to its "out-of-the-box" configuration and make setting it up much easier, especially if you use the "Assist me" process within the AirPort Utility. (ref: Resetting an AirPort Base Station or Time Capsule)
    After the base station resets, go ahead and power it back down.
    Reconnect the AirPort base station to the Internet broadband modem. For the Extreme and Time Capsule, be sure to connect the cable to the base station's WAN (circle-of-dots) port.
    Continue with step 2 in the first set of steps.
    In this basic configuration, the AirPort base station will broadcast an unsecured wireless network with a Network Name (SSID) of Apple Network NNNNNN. Network clients, connected to the base station either by wire or wireless, should now be able to access the Internet through the ISP's modem. Once Internet connectivity has been verified, you can use the AirPort Utility to configure the base station for wireless security and any other desired options. Please post back your results.

  • HP Officejet 6310xi won't print - keeps blinking "reset power" and all lights flashing.

    I have an HP Officejet 6310xi that won't print.  When you select print, the paper begins to feed then suddenly stops before any printing begins and all lights on the face of the printer begin blinking and the message "RESET POWER" blinks in the screen readout of the printer.  When I turn printer off and back on, the screen indicates a used color cartridge is inserted and I hit OK, then indicates used black cartridge is inserted, then I hit OK, then it says it needs to align cartridges, I hit OK.  After trying to align cartridges, it suddenly stops and goes back to all lights flashing and screen flashing "RESET POWER".   I can hit cancel during cartridge alignment and printer goes to normal ready position.  I can then print a test page.  But as soon as I try to print anything else, even the diagnostics page, it goes back to flashing all lights and "RESET POWER".  I did a semi reset (unplug, wait, plug in holding #6) and a full reset (with #9).  That did nothing except wipe out the date on the screen read out of the printer.   So I know the full reset executed correctly but it did not solve my problem.  Please HELP! I am reposting with email me selected - I'm new at this posting to forums...

    johnhp75 wrote:
    how do I reload the software in the printer?
    See link below for the software and driver downloads
    http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?cc=us&dlc=en&lang=en&lc=en&product=1120043&
    Ciara
    Although I am an HP employee, I am speaking for myself and not for HP.
    Twitter: @Ciara_B_HP

  • I changed my internet box and now my airport extreme light flashes amber what I need to do to get the green light back

    I changed my internet box and now my airport extreme light is flashing amber but I have internet connection, how can I get the green light back

    When you change modem (the internet box I presume) you should reset the AE to factory and redo the setup completely.
    However if you merely want to stop the amber flashing.. find the cause.
    Open the airport utility and click on the AE..
    It will give you a list of faults or problems... fix each one and the light will turn green.
    The most likely fault is double NAT.
    That means the AE should be in bridge mode.. but if you list the fault we can give you further help with what to do to fix it if you cannot understand the instructions.
    Apple does give a procedure to remove the problem although it may not always be the best solution.
    eg Ignore.. the light will turn green.
    Lately Apple is saying to use double NAT and ignore the problem.. I do not thing that is a good idea at all.
    To bridge however may be easier after a full factory reset than trying to do a change to the setup.
    If you run Yosemite.. then I recommend the following.. please read AE for TC.. (Time Capsule is what I mainly use but the setup is identical).
    Factory reset universal
    Power off the TC.. ie pull the power cord or power off at the wall.. wait 10sec.. hold in the reset button.. be gentle.. power on again still holding in reset.. and keep holding it in for another 10sec. You may need some help as it is hard to both hold in reset and apply power. It will show success by rapidly blinking the front led. Release the reset.. and wait a couple of min for the TC to reset and come back with factory settings. If the front LED doesn’t blink rapidly you missed it and simply try again. The reset is fairly fragile in these.. press it so you feel it just click and no more.. I have seen people bend the lever or even break it. I use a toothpick as tool.
    N.B. None of your files on the hard disk of the TC are deleted.. this simply clears out the router settings of the TC.
    Setup the TC again.
    ie Start from a factory reset. No files are lost on the hard disk doing this.
    Then redo the setup from the computer with Yosemite.
    1. Use very short names.. NOT APPLE RECOMMENDED names. No spaces and pure alphanumerics.
    eg TCgen5 and TCwifi for basestation and wireless respectively.
    Even better if the issue is more wireless use TC24ghz and TC5ghz with fixed channels as this also seems to help stop the nonsense. But this can be tried in the second round.
    2. Use all passwords that also comply but can be a bit longer. ie 8-20 characters mixed case and numbers.. no non-alphanumerics.
    3. Ensure the TC always takes the same IP address.. you will need to do this on the main router using dhcp reservation.. or a bit more complex setup using static IP in the TC. But this is important.. having IP drift all over the place when Yosemite cannot remember its own name for 5 min after a reboot makes for poor networking. If the TC is main router it will not be an issue.
    In your case bridge is most likely required.. and it is up to you how you deal with this one.. for now see if it is stable.. if it gives you issues come back and fix it.
    4. Set IPv6 to link-local only on the computer..
    This is strange one in that apple should have fixed this up ages ago.. but we are finding the auto setting even on Yosemite is still giving the wrong setup.

  • Amber Light Keeps Blinking

    Amber light keeps blinking. I have been unable to set up wireless and never get a green light. Connection to internet works via cable to the Airport base station. I have done numerous resets and with power on off cycle per instructions on page 29. This is a brand new unit, arrived today, so it has never been working. I have hit the reset button both with power on and while powering up. Did a firmware update too. Still no luck. Is this a defective unit since it will not reset? I have also done complete resets with the DSL modem cycled off and back on, Base station off and brought back to power, and MacBook Pro cycled on and off too.
    Should I call the vendor and ask for a replacement?
    Popadave

    Hello popadave. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
    A persistent, flashing amber light indicates that any of the several potential conditions may require your attention:
    o The base station has not yet been configured because it is new, or the reset switch has been set.
    o You have selected a security configuration that is not recommended.
    o One of several other conditions, such as a disconnected Ethernet cable or invalid IP address has been detected.
    (ref: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305101)
    If you run the AirPort Utility, it will show an amber circle on the summary page next to the area(s) causing the problem. Click on this amber circle and it should provide an explanation.
    Please post back what you find.

  • I am trying to setup airport express but my computer is showing no airport base found and the yellow light is blinking, I am trying to setup airport express but my computer is showing no airport base found and the yellow light is blinking

    I plugged in my airport express to my modem and my phone and iPad are both showing no base found. The yellow light is blinking on the base

    I didn't realize you had to create a network name from your computer first I thought it was all done from the airport icon. Once I setup the network from settings on my phone it worked great. Thank you for your fast reply! :)

  • Blinking Green Light! Mount & Unmount on Intel Mac mini

    Hi all.
    This is my sister's iPod shuffle, lat night she plugged into her new Intel Mac mini Core Duo, and the shuffle mounts, everything appears to be in working order, she said today she still listened to it.
    Just now she accidently plugged the shuffle while in our Dad's account (on the Mac mini as well), then seemed like "all well broke loose", this is what she told me, first iTunes was not responsive, colour wheel, so she restarted but only arrived at the blank desktop and only the shadow of the Top Menu Bar
    I reset the iPod shuffle, was successful in plugging it in, quit iTunes (all in her own account now) and update the shuffle software.
    When inside iTunes, once I started Autofill, it suddenly unmounted by itself, followed by the red exclamation error message when you accidently remove an external device unproperly.
    When I tried plugging in again, it refuses to mount. Just blinking Green, or pull out again, blinking Yellow.
    Now I plug it into my own iMac G5, and it mounts and is blinking slowly with yellow light, what seems to be normal charging.
    Has this something got to do with the Intel Mac??
    Thanks and cheers

    This probably has nothing to do with the Mini, but everything to do with the Shuffle. Like all flash memory, it is susceptible to damage if unplugged at the wrong time.
    For the shuffle, you cannot remove it while it is updating or in Disk Mode. This warning is presented in the User's Guide and is repeated in several other places throughout the Support pages as well.
    The general rule is: If it's blinking amber, don't unplug it before you unmount it. Unmounting can be done either in iTunes or in the Finder.
    About all you can do, given the symptoms you're seeing, is try to Restore it. See the instructions in the User's Guide and/or on the iPod Shuffle Support Page.

  • C6380 Unresponsi​ve. Multiple lights flashing. Screen is white.

    After several years of dependable use, my C6380 may be dead.  The following lights flash about every second: (small light by + sign, Print Photos, Red Eye Removal, On-Off and blue Wireless light.  Screen is white.  If I hold down Print Photos and On-Off buttons, screen changes to green with numbers 1 thru 5 in white.  Lights quit blinking (On-Off light and small light below memory stick opening are on).  On-Off does not work, must unplug.  Ink carriage does not move when cover is opened, so I cannot remove ink cartridges.  Is there help for this machine?

    You can reset your printer by following the steps mentioned in this post:
    http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Printer-All-in-One-In​stall-and/HP-Photosmart-C6380-All-in-One-always-pr​...
    But, this reset may reset all your wireless customizations as well.
    Hope this helps.
    I work for HP.

Maybe you are looking for