NETGEAR DG834Gv5 manual Hardware Features, Front Panel, Activity Description

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 wireless modem router front panel shown below contains status LEDs.

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Figure 1

You can use the LEDs to verify various conditions. The following table describes each LED..

Table 1. LED Descriptions

LED		Activity	Description
		Solid green	Power is supplied to the router.
1.	Power,	Solid red	POST (Power-On Self-Test) failure or device malfunction.
	factory	Off	Power is not supplied to the router.
	reset	Factory reset	During a reset, lights momentarily, blinks red three times, and then
			turns green as the gateway resets to the factory defaults.
		Solid green	The powered device is connected to the associated Ethernet Local
		Blinking green	Area Network (LAN) port, which is operating at 100 Mbps.
			Data is being transmitted or received at 100 Mbps.
2.	Ethernet	Solid Amber	The powered device is connected to the associated Ethernet Local
	ports 1-4	Blinking amber	Area Network (LAN) port, which is operating at 10 Mbps.
			Data is being transmitted or received at 10 Mbps.
		Off	No link is detected on this port, or modem powered off, or no cable or
			no powered device is connected to the associated port.
		Solid green	The Wireless Access Point is enabled.
3.	Wireless	Blinking green	Data is being transmitted or received over the wireless link.
		Off	The Wireless Access Point is disabled.

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