CM400 High Speed Cable Modem

You can use the LEDs to verify status and connections. The following table lists and describes each LED on the front panel of the cable modem.

Table 1. LED descriptions

 

LED

Description

 

 

 

 

Power

Green. Power is supplied to the cable modem.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off. No power is supplied to the cable modem.

 

 

 

 

Downstream

Solid green. One or more downstream channels are locked.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blinking green. The cable modem is scanning for a downstream channel.

Off. No downstream channel is locked.

Upstream

Solid green. One or more upstream channels are locked.

 

 

Blinking green. The cable modem is scanning for an upstream channel.

Off. No upstream channel is locked.

Internet

Solid green. The cable modem is online.

 

 

Blinking green. The cable modem is synchronizing with the cable provider’s cable

 

 

modem termination system (CMTS).

 

 

Ethernet

Off. The cable modem is offline.

Note: The Internet LED is also referred to as the Online LED.

Green. A device is connected to the Ethernet port and powered on.

Off. No device is connected to the Ethernet port.

Back Panel

The back panel provides the connections and button shown the following figure.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LAN Gigabit Ethernet port

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power adapter input

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reset

 

button

Coaxial

 

 

 

cable connector

Figure 3. Cable modem back panel

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NETGEAR CM400 user manual Back Panel, LED descriptions