| Router Operation |
| Interpreting |
| Meanings of Port Status LEDs |
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N o t e | Not all port types appear on all routers. |
| Net Fail (Amber) LED: The Net Fail LEDs serve two functions: |
If all Net Fail LEDs are flashing, the router has failed and must be replaced. Contact your
If the Net Fail LED is steadily lit on one or more ports, then the port or the attached network has failed during a
Ethernet/802.3 | If this LED is lit during a | |
Net Fail | router’s port is faulty. The router must be replaced. (Refer to chapter 3, | |
| ‘‘Troubleshooting’’, for more details.) | |
| If Net Fail is lit during router operation while the Fault LED is not lit, this | |
| may mean one of the following: | |
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| An Ethernet/802.3 LAN has not been connected or the signal from the |
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| LAN or transceiver has been lost and the router software has |
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| disabled the circuit. The broken connection can be detected if tran- |
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| sceiver signal polling is enabled in the configuration or if a protocol |
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| is running on this port. The circuit will be enabled again when the |
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| connection is restored. |
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| There are excessive collisions or excessive deferrals detected at the |
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| port. The Ethernet/802.3 LAN has a problem. |
Token Ring/802.5 | If this LED is lit during a | |
Net Fail | has occurred. | |
WAN Net Fail | If this LED is lit during a | |
| router’s port is faulty. The router must be replaced. (Refer to chapter 3, | |
| ‘‘Troubleshooting’’, for details). If Net Fail is lit during router operation, | |
| but the Fault LED is not lit, then either you have not yet connected a | |
| device or the connection to the remote device has been lost. The | |
| broken connection can be detected if the Remote signal and sense | |
| parameter is enabled in the configuration or if a protocol is running on | |
| this port. The circuit will be enabled again when the connection is | |
| restored. | |
FDDI Net Fail | If this LED is lit during a | |
| hardware error has occurred. | |
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