Speaker 2
please refer to support.dlink.com. If you purchased your product at a retail store, please call 1-888-656-5465 or go to dlink.com support for assistance. Thank you for contacting Linksys support. [silence] your devices, your serial number and contact information ready. If unavailable kindly call back later for out of warranty product paid support option may be available depending on the issue. Thank you for calling Tech Support. My name is Gerald. You can call me Gerald. think you have a record rate here? Are you Armani? Do I'm not sure to pronunciation name. See there us. Right? Okay. All right. I got the information.
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Speaker 1
[KEEP_UNCERTAIN] Yeah, I followed the instructions because that something happened within I guess that storm that came through and then knocked my system out. So I I didn't have I I have the um the phone company line coming in that landline's working uh and it says that I'm getting internet from them but I can't connect the system back into to my network to my home network. I guess. Um so the router is the linksys, uh that box? [silence]
02:00
Speaker 2
I hear the model number and the serial number. So what's the problem with this? You don't have internet connection or [silence] Okay. What's the light of the router? Yes, okay. The one that looks like a
02:00
Speaker 1
It's red. It's... It's red. Solid red. I tried to reset it and follow the steps. I did the, if I push that method first and that didn't work and then I went into the reset mode and um, I am totally lost. Uh, one parent and three, three, um, siblings. Uh, one is in the garage and I couldn't get to it. So, I have two available. I moved everything here next to the modem. I have a PC ready to go. I just need to know what to do.
03:00
Speaker 2
solid red or blinking red got it. All right. So how many links to the router do you have in total?
03:00
Speaker 1
Yeah. <start_of_audio_line> Yeah. . . . A young lady, a young lady, a young lady sent me an email that gave me all the instructions and I tried to follow through it and and and I got lost in the system. So let's go with the $15.00.[silence]
04:00
Speaker 2
Got it. So, does that mean you want to proceed and pay the $15 to uh continue with this? Okay, just want to make sure that you you understand what you're going to pay. This is again one time, sorry to catch up. One time, non-repundible. Whether work speaks or not, this is going to be $15. Uh you said you have tried it and it doesn't work. Okay. All right.
04:00
Speaker 1
Okay. All right, let me know when you're ready. [REDACTED_CARD_NUMBER]. Do you need the expiration date? [REDACTED_PAYMENT_DIGITS] And the code? [REDACTED_PAYMENT_DIGITS]
05:00
Speaker 2
I'm gonna, I'm gonna need to ask for your card information now, and I'm gonna pause the recording because we did not store your card information here, okay? All right. All right, that's spot. What's the the card number? Yes, expiration date. Yes. Got it.
05:00
Speaker 1
Yes, American Express, my name. Armando Cisneros. Okay.
06:00
Speaker 2
Could you please confirm if your name on the card is indeed Michael? [silence] Yeah, I've been in charge of fifteen dollars. at [silence] This up, all right? I'm doing it now. [silence]
06:00
Speaker 1
[silence] it's reset. Uh right right here, uh right next to it. Yes, sir? And their their plug. Oh, lights on.
07:00
Speaker 2
All right. Just a quick question. Did you attempt to reset the router or is it already reset? It's reset. Where are the nodes right now? Where are the extender nodes for that? for all right next to the main node? What are they like?
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Speaker 1
Those are mesmerizing. This is this is, this is, let me get my, my glasses. I'll be right, right back. Okay, I'm back. I'm sorry on which one? the note on the tower is red yes they're all solid red yeah it's not a dark dark red it's kinda like a pink. [silence]
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Speaker 2
extender tower. Sure, sure. All right. What's the light now? Oh, all the nodes. What are the lights of the nodes? And what's the light of the nodes right now? Yeah. Lakes at the tower. And domain. solid red or blinking red? Is there more like a pink red or it's a red red? [silence]
08:00
Speaker 1
Pinkish color. Yes, they're all the same color, pinkish. Yes. Okay. One, two, three, four, five. See, they're blinking kind of orangey color right now.
09:00
Speaker 2
all of them, okay, so do main tower thing main node that's connected to the modem right now or no, it is, alright, press the reset button of the the main tower five times, press and release it, I mean so it sounds like this, press, release, press, release, do it five times, you can do it now.
09:00
Speaker 1
Okay. No, I'm just following the instructions. So far, so good. Still blinking the same color. Now it's starting to switch on and off to that bluish color.
10:00
Speaker 2
Okay. Let's wait till it shows solid blue light or aqua light. Maybe. greenish blue. But is it going to take time? Probably, it's going to take 3 to 5 minutes. So yeah, we're just waiting for now. If you have questions, you can ask me questions. Okay, cool. Mm-hmm.
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Speaker 1
I had that bluish color. doesn't seem to be blinking. still holding. yeah. Huh? greenish blue? yes. all right, the first one is the second one is also they're both on. [silence] okay.
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Speaker 2
it's green, now, more like a greenish blue something it it's probably working so that's good news what other lights of the extended towers are the child nodes? are they blinking too or solid yeah okay so it's still the same three to five minutes like you both We're watching. I might as well grab coffee while they it up to you. I'll be right here. five questions. Okay. But how many are blinking right now? Okay, so three, blinkink, blink, ish red. [silence]
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Speaker 1
If this doesn't work, do we reset each of the uh so revert notes with a five, five count message, huh? Okay.
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Speaker 2
okay we're probably gonna reset them but we'll hold the reset button down each node child nodes extender modes for 20 seconds each but they'll still have 2 minutes so still need to wait [silence] how is it still the same? ...reset those extender tower press the reset button 20 seconds each
16:00
Speaker 1
Here's the first one. You can hear it secondly. [silence]. Both showing are the children notes are showing A dark-ish blue color. Dark-ish blue color. Okay. First node just change the child node, just changed to that light pink-ish color, solid. Right now my PC is working off of develop set up 42, which is the parent node.
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Speaker 2
yeah, it's, it's restarting right now. So, we're just, uh, waiting for now. yeah, when it's that pinkish color, you can do the pipe press again on the main node. and, by the way, can you connect your phone to the main node, see if that, that's working. uh, I mean the internet. then find the Wi-Fi name of the main node. and the internet is working. Just double check.
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Speaker 1
Okay. Yep. It's working.
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Speaker 2
okay, you said, you, you're on your computer right now, uh, can you go to Google Chrome? And I'm gonna, I'm gonna give you a number to stop, this number into the actually not number, let, let's try, my router that local, try that, type that into the web address bar, and enter my router.
21:00
Speaker 1
Google Docs offline. It's just Google. Okay, so I'm going to put the 192 thing or you want me to go with something else? 172.168.1.1. Okay, Linux. Why am I getting this warning? All right. Connection is not private.
22:00
Speaker 2
Sorry, what happened? no, we we we can do something we can do the one nine two thing if you remember that, yeah, do that. all right, yeah, that's the one. all right, scroll down and hit continue.
22:00
Speaker 1
[silence] Proceed. And let's get you up and running. Download the Linksys app for setup. Okay I got two options download from the Apple Store or from Google Play. Click on Linksys app for setup. Okay I got two options download from the Apple Store or from Google Play. Click on of a phone I don't have any images I just oh I have the image at the top. I have the phone image at the top but it won't let me select it. I can only select
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Speaker 2
Click advance and proceed and say it doesn't matter. Just click the image of the phone you see on this screen. Uh sorry, what was that? No, on Sorry, I got you is all but but yeah, um, you see the the screen, right? it says you download the Lynx is app, but you can actually click the image of the phone set that's there. then it will load up the loading page. Right, create a new one and then create a new admin. Transcriber's Notes:
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Speaker 1
I'm not? or I am? Okay. [silence]
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Speaker 2
password by the way in case you didn't know, it's not a Wi-Fi password, it's a password for you to log into the system settings, okay? you're not creating a Wi-Fi password right now. you are not, yes you are not. it's a different password, so but yeah, you can create a router password now or admin password that again is for you to log into the system settings whenever you want to change some settings. but that's the password you need. [silence]
25:00
Speaker 1
Is At least 10 characters I I guess it says it needs I I need an upper or lower. Okay. Somehow it's zoomed in. I can't see the whole thing. How do I unzoom it? [silence]
26:00
Speaker 2
Yeah, it requires a unique password and you do need an uppercase letter, at least one, one capital letter, one special character, one number, and at least ten characters total.
26:00
Speaker 1
My screen zoomed in, and I know I see any words. I just create a new admin password, but it doesn't I can't see anything. Well, at the top, I see the links to smart Wi-Fi and then a blue. But then it says in a white, it says create a new admin password, but somehow my my system zoomed in. Okay, I found it. Okay and reset I need your help because my screen is zoomed it's zoomed in so I can't see my whole screen how do I get to see the whole screen again okay
27:00
Speaker 2
Yes, reset. Is that a Google Chrome? If that's Google Chrome, find the three dots at the top right corner of the the browser. and then there's a zoom out or the the minus symbol.
28:00
Speaker 1
Yep, got it. Okay, it says I'm connected. He, yeah. I've got several boxes on the right and Linksys Smart Wi-Fi tools on the left. Yep. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay.
29:00
Speaker 2
click that until you see the original page. Cool. So what do you see now? Um, connected. Alright, cool. Okay. So scroll down, all the way to the very bottom, at the bottom lower right corner, the the screen, you'll see a letter, C, A, kind of small, but you can find it there. Yeah. Click on that, and you'll be pumped to go to the same page without the C, A. then go to the left hand side and the router settings, there's connectivity option, click that.
29:00
Speaker 1
Connectivity and firmware update. All Closed Here. Dude Keyboard closed. Loud at the shed. I'm not on local network. Let me. Let me Let me see that. I. Where do I see that. Oh, let me. I'm not on local network. Let me fix it there. Yeah. [silence]
30:00
Speaker 2
and the last time I connectivity that should be see a router set up right? What is the last time I'm my connectivity So you see the first step on your connectivity I mean your connectivity that's basic Internet settings local network right? And if you continue reading that the last time you see a router set up correct? Wait hold on hold on one second what what do you mean you you just understand
30:00
Speaker 1
in the basic and on connectivity, the one that it goes to automatically is the basic. If it's firmware, do I go to local Network? Okay. Uh, Uh, your master node is now configured, but it doesn't give me any date. Ok.
31:00
Speaker 2
the page right? Yeah. No, look for a router set up, the last tab under connectivity. Again, if you continue reading the tabs, you'll see that eventually. So just continue reading it. So that that that's right next to Admin, Admin, sorry. Wait, hold on. Forgot. Just click Add Wireless child notes, it's already configured, so don't worry about that. Add Wireless child notes, so we can add that the node extender tower. And then now click okay or hit apply. Just
31:00
Speaker 1
So just apply. Okay. I, I did, sorry. I did. Pinkish, little bit pinkish red. Solid. No. All right. Where do I go? In the uh tabs up top. All right. I'm there.
32:00
Speaker 2
Click... Click the button once and just that. Observe the light of the nodes. Yeah. I'm just just I'm Sorry, say. Do not hit apply or OK. all right um what's the light of the the extender tower blinking now do do you hear that do you see that blinking now or now is it is it solid or okay just go back to connectivity and try it again the last tab. CA router setup and then add wireless. Again... [silence]
32:00
Speaker 2
add wireless child notes click it once nothing else up to that all right now let's wait three i mean just two minutes the light of the child node should be blinking in a minute now so just let's observe [silence] um. All right, I'm going to set a timer now, five minutes time and there you go. It's ten. [silence]
33:00
Speaker 1
[silence] Second child node still blinking. I guess the first child node is switching back and forth. Yeah, it is. It's still bluish, bluish green and in red and now it's switching black over to that aqua green, blue green. Uh, blue green. Looks a little darker. Uh, They all seem to be blue green a little darker. [silence] Uh.
35:00
Speaker 2
[silence] what's the light [silence] of the extender tower now? the other [silence] one. they're they're all blue-green now or is there one that's still blinking [silence] something? [silence] or all blue-green? [silence]
36:00
Speaker 1
hold on. Second it switched back to red and it's blinking. Now it's blinking the blue green color. Back to the blue green. Let's see if that holds. Okay. Now, how do I Hold on a second here. uh because uh uh, um,
37:00
Speaker 2
Perfect. Good to hear. Now... Huh? That will probably hold. But yeah, it will be the same. So once you move down, expect for the same light to show up. So move the the extended tower now to where they were before, where you want them to be. It's still gonna take 3 to 5 minutes to boot up, and after that, so all good. All shut up. Mm? Yeah, guys, what's the question?
37:00
Speaker 1
What I'm connected to is the the name of the towel, but we'll set up that. Okay before we leave this, when I, I get the other, uh, because I have a it's not a towel button, but the other trial node, do I just go through the same procedures of pressingit for 20 seconds and wait or do I do that that five press method to add the the third device there? It is, but I I have another child node that's in the garage that I couldn't get to.
38:00
Speaker 2
Oh yeah, I forgot about that. Um, yeah, I'm sorry, do you want, do you want to customize the SSID? If yes, let's go back to your Linksys, Linksys, uh, page. You're currently under connectivity right now, right? Uh, just, the, the one with, the one we did, wait, wait, hold on one second. I thought they're all solid green. Ah, nice you understand. Well, yeah, uh, just, just, uh, uh, accessing that. Um, from there, um, you can navigate to, uh, wireless. Um, from there, you're gonna see radio. The, the, the Wi-Fi channel, um, uh, setup. Okay. Uh, and just look for client-side compatibility.
38:00
Speaker 1
see it. Okay. Okay. That's good. All right, now to rename the, the internet, so I click okay. I see it. Okay so and same with the cash word
39:00
Speaker 2
Do the same procedure. Uh reset it first, move it closer to where the main tower is located. Plug it into power. right next to the main tower. And then, just click add wireless child node. You can access that page again or you can do the pop network thing. It's up to you. It's just basically whatever you prefer. Uh yeah. So back to your linksys page. And then, if you're still under connectivity, just click the OK button and then go to Wi-Fi settings. Wi-Fi settings and it's still under router settings, left hand side. from there, you can name the Wi-Fi to what it was before, or what you want it to be.
39:00
Speaker 1
Yeah, but right now it's the password is the password on on the parent tower. So how do I, how do I change it. How do I change the name. Okay. I can't, I, do I, how do, how do I get it to change? Because when I click on it, it doesn't. Uh uh. It won't.
40:00
Speaker 2
Remember the password here? You can create a new password or use the same password as before. That, that is up to you. Okay. Uh, just click the just click the wifi name and then erase or replace it with a new one. or replace or replace it with your prepared wifi name. Same goes with the password. It does not do anything, right? Yeah, probably you you are trying to click the box, which is not the one we you want. You can't do that there. So I So, I
40:00
Speaker 1
I could see it. Uh-huh. I see them. Okay. [silence] So that was 2.4 gigahertz. And I can do the same thing with the five gigabert [sic] band. Right?
41:00
Speaker 2
on the left hand side you'll see router settings, right, there is connectivity option, troubleshooting and Wi-Fi settings, click the Wi-Fi settings. See the third option under router settings. [silence] click that. [silence] Now it's, you, you, you can edit the Wi-Fi name and password. Right. Right, great. [silence] same name, same password for all the bandwidth that's there.
41:00
Speaker 1
Okay, I've changed all of the names. So do I just click okay or apply? Okay, I'm clicking on the check, I'm applying the changes. Okay. Once I add the other child mode, I have to do the same thing to come here and change the names. Okay. [silence]
43:00
Speaker 2
click apply you don't need to change the wi fi name or just add it it should be fine same same as how we how we added trailers just now
43:00
Speaker 1
[silence] [silence] Here it is. Yay. So now on the other thing, changing names, do I just click okay? All right, so thank you, thank you, thank you.
44:00
Speaker 2
Mm. That's correct, because you're not connected to that default name anymore. So you'll have to find the Wi-Fi name that you created and connect to the Wi-Fi that you created. Mm. Oh, really? Good night? Yeah, just click OK and all, it's all set, all good and routers back set up now. I mean it's set up now.
44:00
Speaker 1
Appreciate you guys. I was that was the biggest thing. I'm just so excited to step in on my my watching dog. They're waiting for me to let them know so they can go shopping. Thanks again. You have a great day. Bye. Bye.
45:00
Speaker 2
You're very much welcome. You're very much welcome. Is there anything else that you wanted me to help you with or questions? all right. Cool. You too, have a great evening. You take care. Bye for now. Bye.
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