6. Checking the LED Indicators

When the sensor is connected to power, LEDs indicate activity as follows:

 

 

LED

Color

Indicates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power

Steady

Power on, system OK.

 

 

 

green

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amber

Indicates an error, check other lit

 

 

 

 

LEDs (see below).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

Power off, or system is booting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LAN

Steady

Indicates Ethernet connection to the

 

 

 

green

AirProtect Engine is OK.

 

11b/g

 

 

Power

Fast flash

No IP address received from DHCP.

11a

 

 

LAN

Slow

The sensor is unable to connect to

 

 

 

 

 

flash

AirProtect Enterprise Engine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11a

Steady

802.11a status is OK.

 

 

 

green

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fast flash

The sensor is performing 802.11a

 

 

 

 

troubleshooting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Slow

The sensor is performing 802.11a

 

 

 

flash

intrusion protection.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11b/g

Steady

802.11b/g status is OK.

 

 

 

green

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fast flash

The sensor is performing 802.11b/g

 

 

 

 

troubleshooting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Slow

The sensor is performing 802.11b/g

 

 

 

flash

intrusion protection.

 

 

 

 

Error conditions

 

Power = Amber

The sensor cannot get an Ethernet

 

 

LAN = Green

link.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power = Amber

There is an error on the 802.11a/b/g

 

 

11a = Green

interfaces.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power = Amber

There is a sensor software error.

 

 

11b/g = Green

 

 

 

 

 

 

Troubleshooting

Refer to the 3Com AirProtect Engine 6100 Configuration Guide for more details on the product.

Or visit www.3Com.com.

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3Com WL-548A manual Checking the LED Indicators, Troubleshooting, Color Indicates, Error conditions

WL-548A specifications

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