Linksys X2000 Router Issue

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Flappers67

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Hey everyone,

As my first post, i'll do my best to include all of the information that is needed to help me with my issue.

Okay So I have a Cisco Linksys X2000 Router and it has been working fine for about 5-6 months until now. The #2 Ethernet port does not work anymore, that is fine with me though I can live with out all of them working.

The biggest issue is that I have to turn it off and on all the time to any wireless device connected as well as a hardwired connection. Once I reset it, it gives me the proper Ip address in command prompt. After a few hours I come back and it gives me this in the command prompt.

http://imgur.com/a/UgNVZ

I have never seen this Ip address before. When this happens I am not able to login into my router locally with the 192.168.xxx.xxx address. If anyone has any suggestions to try or have had the same problem any help would be greatly appreciated!

If I need to supply anymore images I should be able to.
 
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mouse24
Ah IIRC thats another type of ip address that gets assigned when you can't connect to the DHCP server. I would poke around and see if you have any obvious issues with your DHCP settings.

(I'm not the best at network issues so I might be mistaken)
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mouse24

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Ah IIRC thats another type of ip address that gets assigned when you can't connect to the DHCP server. I would poke around and see if you have any obvious issues with your DHCP settings.

(I'm not the best at network issues so I might be mistaken)
 
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Just wanted to say thank you for such a quick response, because of what you said I played around my with my DHCP settings and I updated my routers firmware. Now i'm not having any issues!. So you gave me the right answer! Thank you so much.
 
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Where do you live and how stable is the power? I live in Florida and Florida Power and Light is, let's say les than desirable, spiking and sagging all the time. I found that the LinSys routers were extremely sensitive to sags then a spike and the first thing that crapped out was DHCP, giving the dreaded 169.x.x.x IP.
To fix it was simple reset the router and reprogram it....I've had to do it waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too many times on them to know their quirks. By updating the firmware you cleared the corrupted router OS....Invest in a good battery backup for conditioned power make sure your modem is plugged in to it too.......
 
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Where do you live and how stable is the power? I live in Florida and Florida Power and Light is, let's say les than desirable, spiking and sagging all the time. I found that the LinSys routers were extremely sensitive to sags then a spike and the first thing that crapped out was DHCP, giving the dreaded 169.x.x.x IP.
To fix it was simple reset the router and reprogram it....I've had to do it waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too many times on them to know their quirks. By updating the firmware you cleared the corrupted router OS....Invest in a good battery backup for conditioned power make sure your modem is plugged in to it too.......
 
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Flappers67

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I am located in Virginia. Power here is good. I do agree with you that Linksys routers are extremely sensitive. Thanks for the advice. Everything has been working for 48 hours straight, which is a new record with the router. Hopefully it stays this way.
 
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Thank you, Beachnative, for your suggestion that the X2000 router is sensitive to voltage fluctuations.

Our X2000 hangs up—won’t allow devices to connect or won’t let them see the Internet. The router always works again if I remove, then reconnect, its power—but it’s still a major pain as I sometimes have to do this five or more times in a day. Yet sometimes the router works fine for weeks. Neither Cisco nor our DSL provider has been any help. Cisco’s best(?!?) advice was to offer to sell me a new X2000.

We live in an older suburb in which electricity comes from cables through big trees behind the houses. The power is very unstable. I bet Beachnative is right and I’m really eager to connect a UPS and see if this fixes the problem.

Thanks again!
 
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