Wireless Router Setup Manual
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 |
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Power light is off. | See “Connecting Your Wireless Router” on page 11), 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. |
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| If the error persists, you have a hardware problem and should contact technical | |
| support. |
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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 40. |
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| If the error persists, you might have a hardware problem and should contact | |
| technical support. |
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Power light blinks green | The router firmware is corrupted. |
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slowly and continuously. | To restore your firmware: |
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| 1. Make sure that your PC is connected to your router and the router is | |
| powered on. |
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| 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 | . |
| 3. Click Supporting Software, then Netgear Firmware Recovery Utility, and | |
| follow the prompts for the recovery process. |
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| 4. After firmware recovery is complete, follow the prompts to restore your | |
| configuration |
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