Router Setup Manual

Router Front Panel

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You can use the status lights on the front of the router to verify various conditions.

Table 1.

Status Light Descriptions

 

 

 

 

Item

Function

Activity

Description

 

 

 

 

1

Power

On

Power is supplied to the router.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Slow Blinking

Firmware is corrupted. See “Basic Functions Are Not Working” on

 

 

 

 

page 20 for instructions on restoring your router firmware.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

Power is not supplied to the router.

 

 

 

 

 

2

Test

 

On

The system is initializing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blinking

Firmware is upgrading or restoring to factory default settings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

The system is ready and running.

 

 

 

 

3

Wireless

On

Indicates that the wireless router radio is enabled.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

The wireless router radio is disabled.

 

 

 

 

4

Internet

On (amber)

The Ethernet cable is connected but the router has not gotten an

 

 

 

 

Internet address.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On (green)

The router has an Internet address.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blinking

Data is being communicated through the Internet port.

 

 

 

 

 

Getting to Know Your Wireless Router

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v1.0, July 2008

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NETGEAR WGR614v9 manual Router Front Panel, Status Light Descriptions