Today, while working on a wired connection next to it, the lights on the ac2 went out. Seem likely that this wasn't just a coincidence. What were you working on? Have you tried connecting something else to the port the ac2 was plugged into? Sorry I was unclear - I meant that I was sitting next to t...

BTW, the ac2 failed on its own, not while I was doing any upgrades or config changes. I was working on something else and just noticed the lights were out, except for the power light on the back. It had been working with no problems up to that point.

Thanks, kryztoval. I've tried all those variants. While it responds to ping on the default 192.168,88.1, winboot with either IP or MAC on either port 1 or 2 gets "connection refused". As for netinstall, I followed the directions in https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Netinstall, but I ca...

I also tried etherboot on the first port, but couldn't get netinstall to see the ac2, following the miktrotik instructions.

I have a hAP ac2 (currently on 7.1.2) that's been running fine for the last 2.5 months. Today, while working on a wired connection next to it, the lights on the ac2 went out. I tried unplugging and replugging it. While the lights show activity on the wired ports, nothing connects. I finally reset by...