Look at this RB951-2N - strangest problem I've ever seen

Hardware MikroTik hardware general
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the router lost power because the power extension board it was plugged in went off. now it’s on but deosn’t work.

as you can see from the picture below, no ethernet cable is plugged to any of the port but the LED for port 3 is always on.

I can’t even reset it after holding the reset button for 5 minutes!
I can’t get it connected via winbox because none of the ports will respond to being connected to an ethernet port.
what can I do? this router is barely a month old. :frowning:
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I’ve seen this when ethernet port blown after lightning. If all ethernet ports dead, it can be repaired by replacing AR9331-AL1A chip.

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Or you could buy another $40 board and save the headache.

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Deleted because not related.

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that would be the ideal solution but in my case it is not:
(though am not going to make any effort in repairing it)

  • I live in Ghana, West Africa,
  • I saw the list price as $45, but paid GHc190 for it which is almost $100
  • I’m 21 and recently completed the university but trying to build hotspots around with the hope
    that i will become a WISP instead of joining an unemployment line
  • I’m bootstrapping everything (no money from friends, family and fools)

hence, when an indoor router that i purchase less than a month damages just because the power extension went off, while my Ubiquiti gears are out there dealing with vagaries of the weather including power fluctuation, thunder and lightening, i think it’s a big deal.

I’m not whinning here, but am jx trying to say things aren’t always the way they seem.
The routers are relatively inexpensive so hopefully if i become a small WISP, i will be throwing stuff like this away and buy new ones but in the mean time i wish they just work

-jx saying.
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