NETGEAR WNR834Bv2 manual Hardware Features, Front Panel

Hardware Features

Before you install and connect your router, take a moment to become familiar with the front and back panels of the router—especially the LEDs on the front panel.

Front Panel

The lights on the front panel indicate the operating status of the router. A description of LED behavior is included in Figure 3.

Power
On – Amber	The router is performing the power-on self-test diagnostic.
On – Green	The power is on and the router is ready.
Fast blink – Green	A software update is in progress.
Slow blink – Green	There is a problem with the wireless router software.
Off	Power is not being supplied to the router.
Internet
On – Amber	No IP address acquired.
On – Green	The wireless router has acquired an Internet address.
Blink – Green	Data is being communicated with the Internet.
Off	No Ethernet cable is connected to the modem.
Wireless
On – Blue	The wireless interface is enabled.
Blink – Blue	Data is being communicated over the wireless network.
Off	The wireless interface is turned off.
LAN (Ports 1–4)
On – Green	The local port is connected to a 100 Mbps device.
Blink – Green	Data is being transmitted at 100 Mbps.
On – Amber	The local port is connected to a 10 Mbps device.
Blink – Amber	Data is being transmitted at 10 Mbps.
Off	No link is detected on this port.

Figure 3

Back Panel

Figure 4 describes the port connections on the back panel of the wireless router.

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