C8 unreachable via network even after manual reset

[velvetfoot]

I was searching the forum and came up with the below post.
I like the theory that somehow, due to a power issue or whatever, the hub switched to WIFI mode, and stayed that way. Not sure how to get out of it though.

Help a novice please…

Thanks for the help, much appreciated. I finally got to the bottom of the problem, to summarise: It appears there was some sort of problem (dip) with the power during the night, not enough to knock everything out but enough to reset the C8 and my router, so I didn't know about it, (email msgs went down) but everything else was working and I hadn't touched the C8 for 3 or 4 days. The C8 rebooted with the internet still down, SO, it switched to WiFi. When the C8 goes to WiFi it does NOT …