EAP610-Outdoor wireless stopped working after 2 weeks
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I have an EAP610-Outdoor AP and it was working perfectly for a couple of weeks, then one day the wireless stopped functioning. Everything else about the AP seems fine. The web interface works, it gets an IP through DHCP, SSH works, SNMP works, the LED works, but there's no detectable wireless activity and client devices can no longer see the SSID on either frequency band, even when they're right next to the AP.
I've tried:
- Updating to the latest firmware.
- Rebooting.
- Power cycling.
- Factory reset from both the web interface and physical reset button.
- Using the default TP-Link SSIDs after a factory reset.
- Entering SSID manually on client devices.
- Using different client devices, including PCs and mobile phones.
- Moving client to within a few feet of the AP.
- Changing wireless frequencies/bandwidths/modes/power.
- Different WPA security settings.
- Toggling SSID broadcast.
- Confirming that the scheduler is disabled.
- Using a shorter Ethernet cable between the AP and PoE injector.
Nothing seems to work. The clients all act as if the AP doesn't exist, even though they all worked perfectly for the first two weeks.
The only notable event that has happened recently is that we had a lot of rain, but the AP is under an awning and doesn't get wet unless there's a strong gust of wind, so I don't see why that would've affected it. There wasn't any lightning, but either way, the AP does have a grounding wire attached.
On the Radio Traffic stats, the RX counters are all zero. The only counters that change are TX Packets and TX Bytes, which tick up every few seconds. I also see the wireless interfaces listed with the "ifconfig" command through SSH, and their RX/TX stats agree with the web interface.
Is there anything else I can try or is it just defective hardware suffering from an early failure?
