Chapter 6 Wireless Mobile Interface Cards

LED Behavior

During normal operations, the indicator signals (LEDs) on the wireless device have the following meanings:

The status indicator signals operational status. Steady green indicates that the wireless device is associated with at least one wireless client. Blinking green indicates that the wireless device is operating normally but is not associated with any wireless devices.

The radio indicator blinks green to indicate radio traffic activity. The light is normally off, but it blinks whenever a packet is received or transmitted over the radio.

The Ethernet indicator signals traffic on the wired LAN. This indicator is normally green when an Ethernet cable is connected. The indicator blinks green when a packet is received or transmitted over the Ethernet infrastructure. The indicator is off when the Ethernet cable is not connected.

Table 6-1lists the details of LED indicator signals.

Table 6-1

Indicator Signals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Message

 

Ethernet

Status

Radio

 

Type

 

Indicator

Indicator

Indicator

Meaning

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boot loader

 

Green

Green

DRAM memory test.

status

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amber

Red

Board initialization test.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blinking

Blinking

Flash memory test.

 

 

 

green

green

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amber

Green

Ethernet initialization test.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Green

Green

Green

Starting Cisco IOS software.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Association

 

Green

At least one wireless client device is

status

 

 

 

 

associated with the unit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blinking

No client devices are associated; check the

 

 

 

green

 

wireless device service set identifier

 

 

 

 

 

(SSID) and Wired Equivalent Privacy

 

 

 

 

 

(WEP) settings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating

 

Green

Blinking

Transmitting/receiving radio packets.

status

 

 

 

green

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Green

Ethernet link is operational.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blinking

Transmitting/receiving Ethernet packets.

 

 

green

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boot Loader

 

Red

Red

DRAM memory test failure.

Errors

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red

Red

File system failure.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red

Red

Ethernet failure during image recovery.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amber

Green

Amber

Boot environment error.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red

Green

Red

No Cisco IOS image file.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amber

Amber

Amber

Boot failure.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cisco 3200 Series Router Hardware Reference

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Cisco Systems 3200 manual LED Behavior, Message Ethernet Status Radio Type Indicator Meaning

3200 specifications

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