Speaker 2
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Speaker 1
So I'm calling because my Linksys router randomly turned to a purple light and now I can't even get it to set up at all. But it was working before.
02:00
Speaker 2
[ silence ] Hi this is May summI, 1 of the technicians for Melo Intelligence says, how can I help you? Yeah. If the resub button was pressed it will really turn to solid purple. If no one touch the resub button, but all of the sudden it went to purple,
02:00
Speaker 1
Okay. Let me do that real quick. Okay. I just did the Pressure Release pre set up through the app. All right.
03:00
Speaker 2
that means there's something on its hardware already why it keeps on doing that and actually all you need to do to set up your router automatically is by pressing its reset button five times within five seconds. So press release, press release, press release. That will automatically set up your router. Uh-huh. [silence] Not the app because we don't have cloud access anymore. You just press the reset button five times. That's it actually. No other troubleshooting. I mean, no other things. By doing that, your router will [silence]
03:00
Speaker 1
Okay, well, my question now is, because I was trying to use the app, I didn't know you guys didn't do the app anymore. The app told me to press and hold it for 10 seconds to factory reset it. So I did that. So how do I set it back up to the network? How do I change the the how do I change the Wi-Fi password and name and all that?
04:00
Speaker 2
Um... OK. That's why it's having a purple light indicator. Now, I mean purple or magenta. All you need to do is the five press method again. Just press the reset button, one second interval, do it for five times. That means your the Linksys device will be automatically set up. You can change it by using the
04:00
Speaker 1
Okay. Okay. Gotcha. Okay, so I did the the press five times and right now it's still solid purple. No it's purple. Okay. Let me do that real quick. Press release, press release, press release, press release, press
05:00
Speaker 2
That QR code, I mean, you can access the settings of the router by using 192.168.1.1. That's the only time you can change the its wi-fi credentials. Okay, well, that should not have a purple light anymore by pressing the reset button five times. At least it should show a red light when there is no internet. Are you sure it's purple, not solid red? Okay then you need to do it again. Maybe it was not pressed properly. Just do it five times. [silence]
05:00
Speaker 1
release yeah now it's flashing I don't know if that's Purple if that's like looks like it's white let's see one Okay, now it is Solid blue. You hear me? [silence] Okay, so now that it is solid blue. Sorry, it need a what? [silence] Okay. Then if I'm on if links of setup 11 D I'm connected to that.
06:00
Speaker 2
It's what? Yeah, you just need to connect. It's default wifi name located outside, which is the default wifi name of your router is actually the one on the sticker underneath. That's the one broadcasting now. And use that password as well indicated.
07:00
Speaker 1
Can you hear me still? Okay. Connected to it. Now I'm trying to connect. One second. 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.1. Okay, and it says, download the LinuxApp app for setup. Okay. Perfect.
08:00
Speaker 2
Yeah, that's it. No extra comma. Okay, just click the picture of the phone there's two phone pictures there that's the one that you just need to click to bypass and add.
08:00
Speaker 1
OK. A D M I. Perfect. OK, I think it's like I'm in, so I can change the Wi-Fi password now. Thank you very much. Bye bye.
09:00
Speaker 2
for the password is it admin in small letters you're welcome bye bye for now
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