Just as the title says my airport extreme Ethernet port stopped working. A few days ago I had to reset it to get the wireless to work. Now all of a sudden it keeps coming up with the Ethernet cable unplugged in the utility. It is on version V5 which is the newest firmware so now Im lost on if this thing is broken or not. I did replace the cable with a new one just to make sure the cable wasnt bad. Anybody have any suggestions on how I can fix this or is it just broke
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Airport Extreme Base Ethernet port not working
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The first thing I would do, would be to change the ethernet cable, with a different one.... start simple!
Well I bought it off of eBay a few years back. So I don't think there is any apple care on it
Yea, That's what I thought. I really don't want to make an appointment on if I already know it's broken. Just wondering if anyone had any similar problems like this or anyway I can fix it myself
I've never had this problem specifically, but I know sometimes a bit of cool-off and time out can help a base station get back to normal. If possible, leave it unplugged overnight and see if it's better in the morning. It can't hurt. Otherwise I agree, it's probably in need of a technician. 
If you read the post I did do that. So thanks
oops, my apologies, I should look before I leap!
best of luck with it. Wouldn't mind an 'extreme' myself... getting shocking reception with the 'express' in some parts of my place. Maybe another express or two will do it..
Cybix, the Express and Extreme have the same broadcast power as each other so replacing your Express would do nothing, but getting an additional Express/Extreme and connecting them through WDS would definitely help. It's very easy to do.