Wireless Router Setup Manual

Front Panel

Figure 2

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

Table 1.

Status Light Descriptions

 

 

 

 

Item

Function

Activity

Description

 

 

 

 

1.

Power

Solid Green

Power is supplied to the router.

 

 

 

Fast Blink Green

The unit is starting up, or the restore factory settings button is being

 

 

 

 

pushed to restore the factory default settings.

 

 

 

Slow Blink

Firmware is corrupted. See “Checking Basic Router Functions” on

 

 

 

Green

page 28 for instructions on restoring your router firmware.

 

 

 

Off

Power is not supplied to the router.

 

 

 

 

2.

2.4 GHz

Solid Ambera

The unit is operating in Legacy G mode at 2.4 GHz

 

Mode

 

 

(5 GHz Mode [item 3] is also on).

 

 

 

Solid Greenb

The unit is operating in 11n mode at 2.4 GHz

 

 

 

 

(5 GHz Mode [item 3] is off).

 

 

 

Blinking Amber/

Data is being communicated over a wireless network.

 

 

 

Blinking Green

 

 

 

 

 

3.

5 GHz

Solid Bluec

The unit is operating in 11n mode at 5 GHz

 

Mode

 

 

(2.4 GHz Mode [item 2] is also on, amber).

 

 

 

Off

11n mode at 5 GHz is off

 

 

 

 

(2.4 GHz Mode [item 2] is on, green).

 

 

 

Blinking Blue

Data is being communicated over the wireless network.

 

 

 

 

4.

Internet

Off

No Ethernet cable is connected to the modem.

 

 

 

Solid Amber

The Ethernet cable connection to the modem has been detected.

 

 

 

 

 

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