NETGEAR WNDR3400-100NAS manual Troubleshooting the router’s LED behavior

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If the correct behavior does not occur, check for a remedy from the following table.

Table 2. Troubleshooting the router’s LED behavior

LED Behavior

Recommended Action

 

 

 

Power light is off.

See “Connecting Your Wireless Router” on page 13), check the following:

 

• Make sure that the power cord is properly connected to your router and that

 

the power adapter is properly connected to a functioning power outlet.

 

• Check that you are using the power adapter supplied by NETGEAR for this

 

product.

 

 

If the error persists, you have a hardware problem and should contact technical

 

support.

 

 

 

Power light stays amber.

When the router is turned on, the Power light turns amber for about 20 seconds

 

and then turns green. If the light does not turn green, the router has a problem.

 

If the Power light is still amber 1 minute after turning on power to the router:

 

1. Turn the power off and back on to see if the router recovers.

 

2. Clear the router’s configuration to factory defaults. This will set the router’s

 

IP address to 192.168.1.1. This procedure is explained in “Restoring the

 

Default Password and Configuration Settings” on page 42.

 

 

If the error persists, you might have a hardware problem and should contact

 

technical support.

 

 

 

 

Power light blinks green

The router firmware is corrupted.

 

slowly and continuously.

To restore your firmware:

 

 

 

 

1. Make sure that your PC is connected to your router and the router is

 

powered on.

 

 

2. Insert the Resource CD that came with your router into your PC.

 

The CD automatically starts and detects the language you are using on your

 

PC. Select a different language option, if you prefer. If the CD does not

 

automatically start, browse the CD and double-click on

.

 

3. Click Supporting Software, then Netgear Firmware Recovery Utility, and

 

follow the prompts for the recovery process.

 

 

4. After firmware recovery is complete, follow the prompts to restore your

 

configuration

 

 

 

 

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