Can't connect to bcs462. quite frustrated
Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2017 9:10 am
I bought a used BCS462 with some other gear. Was hoping to use it today but it looks like it's not going to happen because I can't even connect to it.
plugged it into my router, the orange and green lights are on, but the finder tool doesn't find it, and when I look on the "connected devices" list in my router, it doesn't show up.
I hard reset the router thinking the problem was there, but it didn't solve anything and I had to redo all my settings. Other devices are connecting to the ethernet ports on the router just fine.
I tried plugging the BCS462 directly into a laptop thinking that maybe the previous owner had it configured for direct connect only or something, but apparently I need to configure the laptop somehow for this... posts here reference some wiki for help with this, and I even found a link, but the link is dead and no amount of forum search or googling seems to come up with anything.
WTF am I supposed to do with this thing? anyone have any advice?
plugged it into my router, the orange and green lights are on, but the finder tool doesn't find it, and when I look on the "connected devices" list in my router, it doesn't show up.
I hard reset the router thinking the problem was there, but it didn't solve anything and I had to redo all my settings. Other devices are connecting to the ethernet ports on the router just fine.
I tried plugging the BCS462 directly into a laptop thinking that maybe the previous owner had it configured for direct connect only or something, but apparently I need to configure the laptop somehow for this... posts here reference some wiki for help with this, and I even found a link, but the link is dead and no amount of forum search or googling seems to come up with anything.
WTF am I supposed to do with this thing? anyone have any advice?