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Arris VIP 2500 Wireless Box - hardwired
I do not want this box to be wireless so I have had a Cat5 plugged into it for months, but every time the NVG589 restarts I get the red light on far left of front of receiver (no label) on the VIP2500 wireless box and no yellow link light. I have picture & sound, but the picture intermittently freezes on every channel. I have in the past been able to restore link light (which stops the intermittent picture freezing) by restarting w/cat cable unplugged then when I'm prompted to press WPS on modem and Ok on receiver I can plug in cat and it will restart and link light is restored. However, modem restarted last week due to short power outage in the neighborhood and I can't get link light to come back on for this receiver. I have now even tried the factory reset several times (Power + OK + down arrow). I get the gears and it goes through the process, but nothing changes, still no link light and far left front of receiver has red light on + intermittent picture freezing on all channels.
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With the ethernet unplugged it's a wireless receiver again so I would expect it to try to pair with its WAP (not the gateway) when booting if not already paired. It's the WAP's WPS it's asking you to press, not the gateway's.
Assuming you have no other wireless receivers you should disconnect the WAP entirely. Unplug it's power and ethernet connection to the gateway. Then reboot the gateway (pull plug for 15 secs. and let it fully reboot) so that the gateway's device table is updated to no longer contain the WAP.
After the WAP is out of the picture you should be able to connect the wireless receiver from one of the gateway's yellow ethernet ports to the network port on the wireless receiver. If you are saying that at this point the wireless receiver does not boot then there something wrong with that wireless receiver and it needs to be replaced.
I am not sure why you are going through all this if your wireless receiver had enough signal strength from the WAP in the first place. Did it? When using it as a wireless receiver if you have 4 to 5 signal strength bars on the front of the receiver then you have enough signal strength and there is no need to ethernet connect it. 3 is marginal. And you can always use a longer ethernet cable on the WAP to give you freedom to move it around to get a better signal.
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ATTHelp
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Hi @2UTfans
It's possible the power outage fried the cable. Have you tried using a new one?
Try it out and keep us posted!
Aminah, AT&T Community Specialist
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Huh? Why are you pushing the WPS on the gateway (what I interpret when you say "modem")? And why are you seeing a prompt for it on the tv if you changed the wireless receiver to a wired receiver? Didn't you disconnect the WAP (wireless access point - little box eithernet connected to the gateway) and reboot the gateway after wiring up your wireless receiver?
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2UTfans
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No, sorry if I wasn't clear. I am not pressing the WPS button, but the receiver prompts me to do that every time it restarts if I don't have the cat plugged in at restart. If I have the cat plugged in at restart it won't even boot all the way up, I just get globe screen (black) with Restart Receiver button over and over and over again. Only when I unplug cat and restart without it does it boot to screen asking me to press WPS. Once I get that screen, I plug in the cat, press OK on front of receiver and it boots up to TV, but I still have red light, no link light and intermittent picture freezing. And yes I unplugged the WAP months ago when I changed this receiver over to wired.
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@2UTfans,
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Hello @2UTfans,
We are happy to hear that you were able to reload the firmware for your gateway, and that this has resolved your concerns! If you should need assistance in the future please do not hesitate to reach out on the community forums!
James C., AT&T Community Specialist
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The issue as stated in my original post has returned and now I have additional issue of no Guide info available, continually shows 'Getting Information'. It seems like I probably do need the wireless receiver replaced.
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