Front Panel LED Status Indicator Functions

Normal Operations

The following chart illustrates the appearance of the cable modem front panel LED status indicators during normal operations.

Front Panel LED Status Indicators During Normal Operations

Step

9

 

 

 

Front Panel

Normal Operations

Indicator

 

1

POWER

On

2

DS 1

On

 

DS 2-3

On - When wideband operation is enabled on that channel

 

 

Off - When wideband operation is not available on that channel

3

US

On

4

ONLINE

On

5

LINK

ON - When a single device is connected to either the Ethernet or USB port and no data is

 

 

being sent to or from the modem

 

 

BLINKS - When only one Ethernet or USB device is connected and data is being

 

 

transferred between the consumer premise equipment (CPE) and the cable modem

 

 

OFF - When no devices are connected to either the Ethernet or USB ports

 

 

Notes:

 

 

ƒ When both Ethernet and USB devices are connected to the modem at the same time,

 

 

and data is being transferred through only one of the devices (Ethernet or USB), the

 

 

LINK LED status indicator illuminates continuously.

 

 

ƒ Whenever data is being sent through both data ports (Ethernet and USB)

 

 

simultaneously, the indicator blinks as described above.

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