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Hardware Setup
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R6300v2 Smart WiFi Router
Front and Side Panels
The router front panel has the status LEDs and icons shown in the following figure.
LEDs
WiFi On/Off button
WPS button
USB 2.0 port
Figure 2. Router front and side view
Table 1. Front panel LED descriptions
LED Description
Power • Solid amber. The router is starting up.
• Blinking amber. The firmware is upgrading, or the Reset button was pressed.
• Solid green. The router is ready.
• Blinking green. The firmware is corrupted. Visit www.netgear.com/support.
• Off. Power is not supplied to the router.
Internet • Solid green. The Internet connection is ready.
• Solid amber. The Ethernet cable connection to the modem has been detected.
• Off. No Ethernet cable is connected to the modem.
Wireless • Solid blue. The wireless radio is operating in either 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz mode.
• Blinking. A wireless computer or device is using WPS to join the network.
• Off. The wireless radios are off for both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz.
USB • Solid blue. The router has accepted the USB device. The USB device is ready to be used.
• Blinking blue. A USB device is plugged in and is trying to connect.
• Off. No USB device is connected or someone clicked the Safely Remove Hardware button,
and it is now safe to remove the attached USB device.