Chapter 4
Troubleshooting
4.2LED Diagnostics
Checking the LEDs
After establishing a connection with the Internet, at least the following LEDs should solidly light green: Power, DSL, Internet.
LED status | Possible solutions |
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No LEDs are lit | The Thomson Gateway is not turned on, or turned off. |
| > Make sure the Thomson Gateway is plugged into an electrical outlet. |
| > Make sure you are using the correct power supply for your Thomson |
| Gateway. The Thomson Gateway electrical power requirements are |
| indicated on the label on the bottom of your Thomson Gateway. |
| > Make sure the Thomson Gateway is turned on. |
| > Unplug the Thomson Gateway, restart your computer and then plug the |
| Thomson Gateway back in. |
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Power LED is lit red or | The Thomson Gateway is malfunctioning or not able to start up. |
flashing amber | > Fully unplug the Thomson Gateway from your computer and disconnect |
| it from its power supply. Wait five seconds, connect the Thomson |
| Gateway again and turn it back on. |
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DSL LED is flashing green | Your DSL service is unable to synchronise. |
or no DSL LED | > Make sure the Thomson Gateway is plugged into the |
| line. |
| > Make sure |
| regular telephone service is not working properly). |
| > Make sure you have the correct Thomson Gateway variant (ISDN or |
| POTS) according the DSL/phone service provided to your premises. |
| > If you have previously had a working connection, call your ISP to check |
| for service outages. |
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No Ethernet LED | No Ethernet connectivity: |
| > Make sure the Ethernet cable(s) are firmly connected to the |
| port. |
| > Make sure you are using the correct cable type for your Ethernet |
| equipment. |
| > Make sure the Ethernet NIC driver is correctly installed and enabled on |
| your computer. Power safe options for the Ethernet NIC should preferably |
| be disabled. |
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Red Internet LED or No | > There was an authentication failure. This will usually present itself as an |
Internet LED | error message regarding an incorrect password. |
| Check whether your user name is correct. For ADSL connections, the |
| user name is normally in the form of username@ISP. |
| Check whether your password is correctly entered. The password is |
| case sensitive. |
| If you continue to get password failures, contact your ISP. |
| > The wrong service profile was selected. Restart the setup of your |
| Thomson Gateway, and make sure to select the correct service profile. |
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