Speaker 1
So I've been having this ongoing issue with my Linksys nodes, and I'm not sure if we're at the end of the rope or not. But what it amounts to is, I had the fancy customer service people call.
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Speaker 2
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Speaker 1
Call me, you know, like I did the regular customer services and then the other guys called me like the next level people and so the next level people I thought fixed it yesterday meaning that so what happened in the past was, you know, understand like these nodes have been working for a while. Okay, so they were fine and then about a week ago they stopped working. So after about four phone calls or so, um they escalated it and what was happening was I wasn't getting, um, a connection to my modem. So I have an Xfinity modem and the Xfinity modem works fine. It works without the computer, the PC works without Wi-Fi, with Wi-Fi, you know, that works fine with that. When I try and use the nodes, what was happening before was they were all red and they wouldn't recognize anything. So after a long time, um, they we got them to turn the right color. where it's like that light green light, um color. So they're quote, you know, so in theory they're communicating and we typed everything in. But when I went to actually use, and I should also mention that we made the Wi-Fi name for the nodes different than the Wi-Fi from the modem. Uh which is new for us, but they told us to do that. So that said, the Wi-Fi from the nodes, even though the nodes are that good color, don't work. So, in other words, I log in, or I try and log in, it, it, but then it says no internet connection. And I tried turning off the modem, meaning unplugging it, and unplugging the the parent node. And then I plugged them back in after the two minutes in that, and then still nothing. So, I'm not sure if this is the final thing, where for whatever reason, just my nodes are bad and I need new nodes, or If there's something else there. Because, because we've tested the cable, we know my ethernet cable works. We know that, you know, like I said, and we've unplugged it and we've done everything. So I don't know what else to do. So that's, that's where I'm at. But if you want me to give you the phone number, you can look up the account, but like I said, that's, it's part of the same issue, but it's different than what they were dealing with, right? Because, I mean, I still don't have internet. It's just that now the nodes recognize the network. It just doesn't do anything. Yeah, sure. 630-917-0933. You got it. [silence]
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Speaker 2
I see. I see. Let me just the pull up your recorded number. Please. 6 3X3 917-9 17X0 9 33.
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Speaker 1
Yeah, yeah, no, I understand, it's a long, right, and he, and so the thing is, he, after I mean, like an hour or troubleshooting that, he finally figured out, you know, like he had to manually type in like a combination, and I guess it's a DHCP or whatever, but he typed in ones and eights essentially, and it it um it connected, but we never checked that it surfed the internet with the node. It did the right color, and I put them throughout the house like you said, and they're the right color throughout the house, but there's no internet when you log in. Um.
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Speaker 2
Hello, customer. Let me just pull up your records here. So, yeah, you called, you were assisted yesterday. Hmm. Oh. Hmm. Hmm. I see. Okay. Got it. You log in on where, the user interface on the app?
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Speaker 1
No, I'm talking about I'm logging in, you know like they ask you when I, when I did the the website and we picked a, a name, a name of the network and the password, I put those in on my phone, my iPhone 14. And it, it signs in, so I know I have the right password, um, but it doesn't do anything. Then when you go to the internet, it says, you know, page, you know, not available, no internet connection. And, of course, when I turn it off and I go to the original name of the modem, internet, then it works. And um, and, you know, and of course if I turn it off totally and I just use cellular, then of course it works too. So, there's something for whatever reason. And, and at least when I was chat GPTing it, it said, well, sometimes it's a setting thing where it's like, has it like refreshed. So, I turned off, I unplugged my modem.
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Speaker 2
yes. I see.
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Speaker 1
unplugged my parent node and I let them kind of reboot after over two minutes, really I waited three, um, and it still didn't fix it. So, which is why I don't know, does this just mean, you know, is this like the, are they toast or or what? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, sure. Yes, sure. [silence]
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Speaker 2
I see. Um, let me just check on your case here and yeah, I was able to confirm that this was an escalated case. Um, am I speaking to Mr. Ed Lippman? Optimize okay, yeah, got it sir. Let me just check on your case, sir. Can you give me to the 7 a.m.? Optimize okay. Thank you, sir. I'll be right back. Okay? Stay online.
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Speaker 1
Yeah. yeah. Okay. That's fine. Okay. hold on. Okay. what's the ticket?
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Speaker 2
Hello, sir Edward. Hi, sir. Thank you so much for patiently waiting. So, um, I was able to uh confirm or check on your case, sir, and it seems that we need to re-escalate this back to the uh level two support for further checking, sir. Okay. So, um, let me provide your ticket number, sir. It seems that you don't have your ticket number yet, just for uh your reference. Uh-huh. Yes, that will be TE Tango Echo 0013595.
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Speaker 1
Okay. Okay. Is there, are we able to pick up time? Like, you know, I, can we just say, you know, like sometime around, like 11:30 in the morning? Yeah, and I'm Okay, that's, we're central time. Okay. Thank you. Bye bye. [silence]
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Speaker 2
Okay. Okay. So they will be again calling you back, sir, to help you fix the concern with your nodes, okay? okay. 1130 in the morning. I'll take note of that, sir. Okay, yes, sir. Okay, so I'll take note of that preferred time, sir. And yeah, I'll inform them about this same concern you have on your nodes. Okay, thank you, thank you as well, sir. Have a good day, please stay safe and keep your line. [silence]
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