Speaker 1
Yes, I just plugged in a new uh Wi-Fi I guess mesh system and I can't as soon as I click like setup router it just says something went wrong call us. [silence] Spectrum? [silence] Yes, I have the box here. Where which is the serial number?
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Speaker 2
Welcome to Linksys support. To ensure quality service, your call may be monitored. Certain products will be supported, while end of support products will have self-help options available. Please have your serial number ready and stay on the line for assistance. [silence] Thank you for calling Linksys. This is Al, how may I help? [silence] Who is your internet ISP, sir? [silence] Um, okay. [silence] And can I have the serial number of the Linksys that you're trying to set up?
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Speaker 1
Uh, uh, uh. Oh, the little, the actual extender. All right. Oh, here it is. All right. It is 2-0-J-1-0-C-67902932. Yes. Um a few months ago and I we just moved so I got it out of the box.
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Speaker 2
on the physical nodes or a physical router at the bottom. There's a sticker there. The actual, yes, the actual node. Let me repeat that one, sir, just to make sure that is 2 0 J, 0 C 679 0 2 9 3 2. Thank you, sir. And when did you purchase this one, sir?
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Speaker 1
Oh, no, I couldn't even possibly begin to tell you when that was. Yes, I just opened the box.
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Speaker 2
Uh, okay. Do you still know, say, the date of purchase, so I can register it from the date that you purchase the device for the warranty. Okay, that's fine, sir. No worries. Um, so, this is the first time that you're trying to set up that one, right? Okay. Okay. Because just to let you know, sir, according to our data, here, with the serial number, the serial number, sir, actually shows as out of warranty. So, in case, sir, we can support you with the troubleshooting. It's just that, in case there is a hardware related issue with the unit, we cannot process any replacement. But, if you can provide us the proof of purchase after we resolve your concern, then we'll be able to update the warranty...
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Speaker 1
Okay. Okay. Uh, yes. My email is Adam, Jacob, that's a D a M s J A C O B 32 at Gmail.com. Jacob Adams. Yes. Like how many units came in the box?
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Speaker 2
then we'll be able to um you know in case there's any hardware issue we can try to escalate that one in case yes but we'll but you can actually do that one later we'll resolve your concern first and then let me create a case ticket before we move forward can you provide me sir an email address. Thank you sir. and first name and last name for the account holder. okay. and this is the best call back number in case the call get disconnected the one that ends in one five five five. okay thank you so much sir. and how many WHW03 sir do you have? Yes.
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Speaker 1
three. Yes, I'm trying to connect it to my router as just like a Wi-Fi extender. What is my router? Uh, it's just one that they gave me from spectrum. No, uh, they're, it is a separate router and modem, but they're both from spectrum. Correct.
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Speaker 2
three. Okay. And you're trying to connect this one, sir to the modem, right? From your internet service provider. What What's your router, sir? Yes. So you have a modem router all in one, or you have a separate modem and router from Spectrum? Oh, okay. And then you're trying to connect this WHW03 to extend more your network. Okay.
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Speaker 1
Yes, so I downloaded the app and I did the email address verification. Then, as soon as I went to like, I clicked on the app and went to the setup part of it, as soon as I clicked, like, connect to the router, it just said there was a problem, call us. Yes. Uh, so I'm doing it on my phone. My phone is connected to the router, Wi-Fi, and it just said there was a problem. Yes, so I have, uh, right, so I have ethernet ran throughout the house. So, this is plugged into one of those.
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Speaker 2
And did you try to set it up sir using the linksys app? Since you've mentioned you've encountered an error earlier. [silence] Um okay. But you're connected to the wi-fi name of the router while you're doing the linksys app, okay. You have one node sir, or one router that is connected to your router, right? wired? Because you have three WH W003.
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Speaker 1
ports and I'm only plugging in just the one just so I can get that one set up to see if it covers enough area. But I bought three just in case. Uh it is like a pinkish purple. Um on the white links, this box, not on my router. Okay.
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Speaker 2
sorry. Um, um, okay. And then, then what's the LED lights, sir, of the, the, the main one that's connected to your internet source? Okay. Uh, maybe we can do this one, sir, before we move with the app. So since that one is connected to your main source, can you try this one? Um, I need you to press the reset button of your main node five times. Do not hold it. Just press it five times. Not too fast, not too slow. Just, a minimum amount of speed. Yes, not on your router, sir. Um, on the, on the linksys router. The main one that's connected to the mann router.
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Speaker 1
with the other that this one only [silence]
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Speaker 2
Yes Push it five times Light pink okay So let's sit that one, Sir, for like three minutes. Let's see what's gonna be the LED light. Did you plug in, Sir, the other two nodes or just this one or for now? Okay So I'll just...
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Speaker 1
okay. [ silence ] Yes, the light is blue now. okay. Now, when I actually open the app, it says add an existing router or mesh Wi-Fi system, or set up a new router or mesh Wi-Fi system.
08:00
Speaker 2
Send you later Sarah an email. And then you can just take your time looking for the proof of purchase for the WHW03, and then you can respond to that email whenever you're available. All right. Any changes there with the lights? How's the lights so far? Solid blue? Okay. Let's keep that one, sir, for like 60 seconds. Let's make sure that that one will be steady solid blue. And then I may need you, sir, to close. Yes. Yes, sorry. Um, setup there in you.
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Speaker 1
Okay. Um, I'm not sure what this means. So I have, like I told you, I have a modem downstairs that a router is plugged into. Um, and then I have ethernet run throughout the whole house. So this is run to one of the ports. ports in the wall. And so it says, "What are you setting up? Is it a Velop or mesh routers or is it non-mesh routers?" Okay. So this is, wait a minute, is this saying disconnect and remove your old [silence]
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Speaker 2
Um, so let's just say the Mesh1 because this WH03 is a mesh router.
09:00
Speaker 1
System, unplug the old router and any nodes or extenders, so is this replacing my router? Yes. OK, it's connected, plug additional nodes into power near the router. All right, so the node light is still blue, so now I click, node light is solid, says
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Speaker 2
not exactly Sir this is just for the setup usually it will just follow the normal setup will it will recognize your router as a modem as long as it has the internet source what's your option do you have an option to click next ok, just click next on the one, sir
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Speaker 1
We can't find your router. Say that again. I'm sorry. My Wi-Fi cells. Like where? Oh, I got you. Okay. I do. Yes. Okay.
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Speaker 2
Okay. Then let's pause her on the app, and then... Can you double check? Uh, let's pause her on the Linksys app. Let's close that one, and then let's go to your wifi settings. [pause] The wifi list on your phone. Like, go to settings, and then wifi. [pause] And then this once you, usually since you haven't changed anything yet on this one because this is the first time that you're trying to set it up. Um, usually it will broadcast its default wifi name, which is develop setup FB7. Do you see that one on the list for your wifi? [silence] Okay. I need you to connect on that one, sir.
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Speaker 1
Okay, hang on, I ran downstairs to my router and I'm going back upstairs. Yeah, yes. All right, so the password, okay. Okay
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Speaker 2
It's the one underneath the physical router or the physical node at the bottom. Um not the not the spectrum routers are the node that you press the reset button five times and then once connected, go back sir to the lynksys app
12:00
Speaker 1
Gold says let's connect it. Okay, so this, I guess I'm confused. It says name your Wi-Fi is this replacing my Wi-Fi now? [silence] Okay.
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Speaker 2
No, so this is creating your second network because you have a main Wi-Fi for your Spectrum router. So since you connected this one, this will create a second network for your home. So you have to create a different Wi-Fi name for this router that's that is different from the Spectrum router because if you have the same name with Spectrum, it will overlap the Wi-Fi and then it will
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Speaker 1
Okay. Okay. So, now I have a desktop computer that is not near one of my ethernet ports, so when I go to connect that, I would connect to the Velop system, right? Okay. Okay. So, this -- says this linking my account. No, it doesn't have that option. It just says configure your Wi-Fi network. But the bar is going pretty fast.
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Speaker 2
If you confuse your devices, you'll probably have connectivity issues. So you have to name it differently, correct? Sir, yes. Do you have an option, sir, to skip that one for now or no? Okay. Oh, okay.
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Speaker 1
[silence] Yes. So I'm like three fourths of the way loaded. All right. It says my Wi-Fi name has been created. Looking for my child nodes. I'm only have the one.
15:00
Speaker 1
I'll go and set the other ones up later. okay. Okay. All right. Next, um, it says send diagnostic data to link sys, do I need to do that? Okay. [silence]
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Speaker 2
Yeah, that's fine, sir. It will just Yeah, you can actually set the other ones later. So Yeah, just just leave the app as it is. It will just route you to the next page since you don't have any child nodes connected right now. [silence] uh yes, I just click next on that one.
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Speaker 1
It says it's ready. Connect your devices to your new Wi-Fi. So I clicked next. Get notified, okay, okay. All right. So it looks like I'm gonna do a speed check really quick just to see how good this is. Cause my router is in the basin. umcause I have it hooked up to all the other ethernet ports. It says my ping is 28. That's not actually ping is that is good for ping. I'm sorry.
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Speaker 2
And yes, you can click next. [silence] To be started now, yes. [silence] Yes.
17:00
Speaker 1
So I'm good to connect my computer to this new Wi-Fi, this mesh Wi-Fi, correct? Okay. Uh, it's running a speed test right now.
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Speaker 2
I am correct, sir. Wow, so where are you at in the app? [silence] Wow.
18:00
Speaker 1
It says my download speed is 8.6 and my upload is 10, which is pretty bad. Yeah. A thousand. Uh, cat six. Yes.
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Speaker 2
8.6 mbs. How much is your subscription speed, sir? 1 gig. One gig. Okay. The ethernet cord, sir, that's connected between the internet source and to this one, um, what category of ethernet cord you're using? Cat 6. Okay. And that also goes from the router that's on your basement, right? Okay. Where did you run, sir, the [silence]
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Speaker 1
I ran the internet speed test on the app. Um, let me see. Hang on. uh, OK, so on the app, say that again? Yes. OK. um, it just starts testing the ping.
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Speaker 2
Okay. Okay. Uh, if you go to the menu there's a menu, sir, on the upper left-hand corner. It's the three lines. So, go, sir to speed check. Hmm. And then what are your options under speed check? Okay.
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Speaker 1
And so when I connect to my Wi-Fi to this new Wi-Fi on my computer, like the new Wi-Fi name, it says that there's no internet. It says that it's just bad. It's still solid blue. Yeah, it says my megabits per second is 5.4 and my upload is 10.
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Speaker 2
Mhm. What's LED light sir, for the node? Did it change from solid blue to a different light? Still solid blue. Okay. Okay. Can you try say to loop.
21:00
Speaker 1
Okay. Uh, if I go to account? All right, log out. Okay. So, do I click manage your Wi-Fi? Okay. I just logged in with my email. Yeah.
22:00
Speaker 2
log out using the Linksys app. log out sir on the app. Go sir to account and then log out. And then you have to, sir, select, they are manage your wifi. And then, what's your option sir for login? Can you try sir login using router password? Okay. And then earlier, during the set up, after you create your own Wi-Fi name and password, did it ask you sir to create an admin password?
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Speaker 1
uh no it it did not hang on uh so you want me to sign in with my email or router password okay it says go to your phone settings and tap on wi-fi select Wi-Fi from the list once connected return here what okay so connect to this one okay i'm connected to hmm
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Speaker 2
or router password? Ah, okay. So, um, you have an option though for reset password. This is just for router password. So it will not affect the Wi-Fi password that you have created. So let's say the reset password. Again. Router password, sir. Um, let's go back sir to your Wi-Fi list. Maybe we got disconnected to the Wi-Fi.
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Speaker 1
the Mesh Wi-Fi. OK. OK. Uh, so, get the recovery key from under there node. Okay. OK. So I need to change the new, the router password? Okay.
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Speaker 2
Okay. Let's go sort of the - let's go back to the Linksys app and then log in using router password. [silence] Yes, it's a five-digit key underneath. Um, yes sir, the router password. That's dif- that is different with your Wi-Fi, okay? This router password is used only to log into the app.
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Speaker 1
Oh. password hands password. Come on. So it says it's online. Do I want to check the router to internet or device to internet?
25:00
Speaker 2
Okay. And then go back to menu and then speed check routers to internet.
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Speaker 1
start speed check. [silence] says my ping is 42. hang on. it's doing the upload speed right now. download speed is 9 upload speed is
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Speaker 2
Okay. And how much is the speed? Okay.
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Speaker 1
10. Yeah. Yeah, I see. Test. Yeah, I have that. Um, all right. So, I'm connected to... Yeah, I'm connected to the new mesh system. My download speed is 8.8. So that is pretty awful.
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Speaker 2
9 Mbps, okay. Okay. Can you use a third party app? Open a browser. and then yes, speedtest.net. 8.8. Yes. Alright. OK. Sir, is it
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Speaker 1
Yes. [silence] Like wired Ethra? No, not. [silence] That's- that's kind of why I got this mesh Wi-Fi system cuz where my computer is in the office, there is not an ethernet port in this room. And this room is just kind of like a dead spot, which is why I bought the- the mesh system. [silence]
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Speaker 2
If we turn off this one this one is using cat six right? OK. OK. Is it okay if we turn off this node uh? Let's just turn off this one for now. OK. And do you have Serial like a computer or um do you have a computer that we can also wired? Yeah, wired ethernet sir. Hmm I see.
28:00
Speaker 1
so do I need to turn that mesh back on? OK. All right. I got you.
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Speaker 2
Not yet, sir. I'm actually setting a timer for at least 3 minutes, so we have 1 minute and 35 seconds left. All right, so it's already 3 minutes, sir, you can plug in back the node. ok let's give it some time to recover, sir.
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Speaker 1
[silence] let me look. Ah, that's light blue. Yes. Yes.
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Speaker 2
How's the light so far, Sir? Light Blue, okay. Solid, Sir, solid Blue. Okay, um, connect back, sir, to the Wi-Fi of the
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Speaker 1
I connected to the Wify file on my computer and it just says no internet secured, like it's connected. But it says no internet. And it's got two bars.
33:00
Speaker 2
Because then it'll go back to the Linksys app. And then, try to run your speed test. [Silence] No Internet connection. Uh, okay.
33:00
Speaker 1
My phone says that I'm not connected to that wi-fi network. Yes. Yes. Yeah. Go to my router what?
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Speaker 2
How about how about okay? But the LED lights here, did it remains solid blue? Okay. So, your computer is using the Wi-Fi or ethernet Wi-Fi, okay. Can you open a browser on your computer [silence] [silence] and then go to myrouter.local [silence] Local. What browser are you using sir? Google Chrome. Okay. Can you try sir incognito window. the site can't be re-ach? Okay. well um we can what we can do sir um so we can try sir a different node um set aside this one first um to eliminate software issue. so we'll...
34:00
Speaker 1
Okay. I'm actually, I have to go do something else. So I'll have to do this later. And if there, if there's a problem, I'll call back or I'll just take this thing back. Okay. All right. All right. Thank you. Uh, no. You too, bye.
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Speaker 2
we'll use a different uh node out of the three that you have. Okay. Yeah, because but you can also give us a call back, sir, if you can try using a different node. We are open up until 11:00 p.m Eastern time. I'll provide to you your case number via email. So, um use the case number and then give us a call back so we can assist you again. All right. Okay. You're welcome, sir. Do you have any follow-up questions for me, sir? Uh, okay. Thank you, sir, for taking the time calling Lensis. You have a great day, okay? You take care. Thank you, sir. Bye bye. [silence]
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