Chapter 3 Connecting the Router

Cisco 860, 880, 890 Series

Verifying Connections

To verify that all devices are properly connected to the router, first turn on all the connected devices, then check the LEDs. To verify router operation, refer to Table 3-1.

For the full LED descriptions, see the “LEDs” section on page 1-79.

Table 3-4

Verifying the Router Operation

 

 

 

 

Power and Link

 

LEDs to Check

Normal Patterns

 

 

 

 

Power

 

OK

On when power is supplied to the router.

 

 

 

To servers, PCs,

LAN 0, LAN 1,

On when the FE LAN port is physically connected to a

workstations, or an

LAN 2, or LAN 3

server, PC, workstation, or external Ethernet switch.

external Ethernet

 

 

switch connected to

 

 

the LAN ports

 

 

 

(FE01, FE1, FE2, or

 

 

FE3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

To FE WAN line

WAN FE4

On when the WAN Ethernet carrier has detected status.

 

 

 

Blinks when receiving or transmitting data.

 

 

 

 

To xDSL2 line

 

xDSL CD

Green when the line is connected to the xDSL DSLAM3.

 

 

xDSL Data

Green when receiving or sending data.

 

 

 

Blinks when line is in training mode.

 

 

 

 

ATM

 

898EA only

Green when ATM mode is selected.

 

 

 

 

EFM

 

898EA only

Green when EFM mode is selected.

 

 

 

 

To ISDN line

 

Data BRI LNK

Green when the ISDN line is connected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data BRI B1 and

Green when the channel is connected.

 

 

B2

 

 

 

 

 

3G4

 

WWAN5

Green when service is established.

 

 

 

Slow blinking when searching for service.

 

 

 

 

 

 

RSSI6

Amber when service is not established.

 

 

 

Green when signal strength is high.

 

 

 

Off or slow blinking when signal strength is low.

 

 

 

Fast blinking when signal strength is medium.

 

 

 

 

 

 

CDMA7

Green when service is established.

 

 

GSM8

Green when service is established.

To PPP9 clients

 

PPP

Green when either a PPPoE10 or PPPoA11 client is running.

To VPN12 tunnel

VPN

Green when a crypto session is running.

 

 

Cisco Integrated Services Router Hardware Installation Guide

 

 

 

 

 

 

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