RangeMax™
Table 8-2. Troubleshooting LED Behavior (continued)
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Power light blinks green slowly | Restore the wireless router firmware: | ||||
and continuously. The wireless | 1. | Make sure that your PC is connected to your wireless router and | |||
router firmware is corrupted. | |||||
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| the wireless router is powered on. | |||
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| 2. | Insert the Resource CD that came with your router into your PC. | |||
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| The CD automatically starts and detects the language you are using | ||
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| on your PC. Select a different language option, if you prefer. If the | ||
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| CD does not automatically start, browse the CD and | ||
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| 3. | From the CD menu, select Supporting Software, then Netgear | |||
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| Firmware Recovery Utility, and follow the prompts for the | ||
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| recovery process. | ||
| 4. | After firmware recovery is complete, follow the prompts to restore | |||
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| your configuration. | ||
| The firmware recovery utility places a Netgear Router Recovery | ||||
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| shortcut on the desktop. | |
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Internet light stays amber. |
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When the router is turned on, the Internet light turns amber for about 60 | |||||
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| router has a problem. | ||||
| If the Internet light is still amber 2 minutes after turning on power to the | ||||
| router: | ||||
| 1. | The Internet is not accessible. Confirm that you have the correct | |||
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| internet setting. | ||
| 2. | Clear the router’s configuration to factory defaults. This will set the | |||
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| router’s IP address to www.routerlogin.net. This procedure is | ||
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| explained in “Restoring the Default Configuration and Password” on | ||
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| 3. | Turn the power off and back on to see if the router recovers. | |||
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WPS | Check the following: | ||||
after setting WPS security. | 1. | Make sure that you are using the | |||
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| Connect to Configure Your Wireless Network” on page | ||
| 2. | Check that PIN verification has succeeded for the | |||
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| device you are connecting to the router. | ||
| 3. | Make sure you have not pushed the | |||
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| WPS function (you logged into the router and disabled this | ||
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| previously). | ||
| 4. | Check that the router is not in the temporary AP setup locked state | |||
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| (if you are using the wireless repeater function). | ||
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