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My network has always used Airports and I haven’t seen an issue this bad yet. My Network is set up like this: Modem—>Airport Extreme—>Airport Extreme—>Airport Extreme. They are all physically wired together after I ran CAT cable through the attic and down the walls. The middle unit in the chain started flashing amber the other day. I figured it was simply an update. I checked Airport utility on my Mac, nothing. So I ignored it. Because my room is at the end of the chain, near the 3rd Airport, I started to notice pretty bad download speeds. I attempted to reset the 2nd, problematic Airport, to factory defaults. However, the reset button doesn’t seem to work at all. Though, I hear and feel a click when attempting to reset. After I was out of ideas, I returned it to its usual spot, and now the entire chain of Airports are all out of wack and won’t reorder as they usually do. I understand I can just reset all of them to defaults but I can’t reset this problematic one… I went to best buy to get a USB3.0 to Ethernet to try and connect the Airport to my Macbook and reset it that way, but I see nothing when connected on the Wi-Fi/Network menu or in Airport utility. When it powers on, I get: solid green, solid amber, flashing amber. And I cannot get any other light sequence. Suggestions? Is it worth opening up and trying anything inside? I also think maybe lighting might be to blame, as this Airport is not on a surge protector and here in Orlando we’ve had a barrage of terrible thunderstorms.
OK you’ll need to pop the bottom cover to gain assess to the reset button header to disconnect the reset button cable.
Then see if that fixes it.
@alexrobinson did you manage to reanimate the access point? Bought a week ago on ebay and the exact same problem as yours. Maybe a problem with the power supply? @danj bought a week ago on ebay and exactly the same problem as described above :). I find it easier to find a solution than to send back.
