Router Front Panel

The wireless-N modem router front panel shown below contains status LEDs.

Power

 

 

USB DSL Internet Wireless WPS

 

 

 

 

LAN Ports (1-4)

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You can use the LEDs to verify status and connections. The following table lists and describes each LED and button on the front panel of the wireless-N modem router.

Table 1.

LED and Front Panel Button Descriptions

 

 

 

 

LED

 

LED Activity

Description

 

 

 

 

Power

 

Solid green

Solid green. Power is supplied to the router.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Solid Red

POST (Power-On Self-Test) failure or device malfunction

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

Power is not supplied to the router

 

 

 

 

 

 

Factory Reset

Lights momentarily when the Restore Factory Settings button is

 

 

 

pressed for 6 seconds, then blinks red three times when released. It

 

 

 

then turns green as the gateway resets to the factory defaults.

 

 

 

 

LAN Ports

 

Solid green

The Local port has detected an Ethernet link with a device.

1 - 4

 

 

 

 

Blinking green

Data is being transmitted or received.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

No link is detected on this port.

 

 

 

 

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NETGEAR DGN2200 manual Router Front Panel, LED and Front Panel Button Descriptions

DGN2200 specifications

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