{"id":89,"date":"2016-06-24T15:22:57","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T15:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.airgrids.com\/?p=89"},"modified":"2022-03-01T00:40:21","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T00:40:21","slug":"router-issue-heres-easy-self-help-fix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/airgrids.com\/?p=89","title":{"rendered":"Are you having a router issue? Here&#8217;s an easy self help fix."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">If your internet is not functioning normally, please check the cabling (vacuuming, pets, kids, large temperature changes can cause cables to come loose over time).&nbsp; Also from time to time (a few times a year), nearly all electronic devices need a reboot to clear out caches, finish firmware updates and generally get a fresh start.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Check Cabling:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Gently tug on the computer cables to ensure they are pushed in all the way and the clip is keeping them from falling out.&nbsp; Check your WiFi router cables, as well as the two computer cables coming out of the little black\/white box that leads to the antenna outside the building.&nbsp; Also, ensure the power cords are plugged in all the way.&nbsp; You should see a little light on the little black box.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s2\">Internet Service Reset\/Reboot Procedure: (The Sequence and Timing are critical &#8211; please use a timer).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s2\">Just one proper reboot is needed.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Unplug power to the antennae (small black\/white box).<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Unplug the power to your router<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Power down your computer<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">After 30 seconds&nbsp;has past, plug in the power to the antennae (small black\/white box)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">After another 30 seconds&nbsp;has past, plug the power into your router<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">After waiting another 60 seconds, turn on your computer&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Test the connection and see if it is working as it should be<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">If this does still does not resolve your internet connection issues.&nbsp; Give us a call, text or an <a href=\"mailto:scott@airgrids.com\">email<\/a> and we&#8217;ll help get the issue resolved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">Scott Wade | <span class=\"s3\">AirGrids<\/span> | scott@airgrids.com | Office (406) 924.9247 |&nbsp;610 N Montana Street, Suite 20, Dillon MT 59725<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If your internet is not functioning normally, please check the cabling (vacuuming, pets, kids, large temperature changes can cause cables to come loose over time).&nbsp; Also from time to time (a few times a year), nearly all electronic devices need a reboot to clear out caches, finish firmware updates and generally get a fresh start.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[15],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/airgrids.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/airgrids.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/airgrids.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airgrids.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airgrids.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/airgrids.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":494,"href":"https:\/\/airgrids.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89\/revisions\/494"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airgrids.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/airgrids.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airgrids.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airgrids.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}