2 Thomson Gateway Basics

2.1Thomson Gateway LED Behaviour

Status LEDs

On the top panel of your Thomson Gateway, you can find a number of status LEDs, indicating the state of the device during normal operation.

The following table shows the meaning of the different LEDs.

Indicator

 

 

Description

 

 

 

 

Name

Colour

State

 

 

 

 

 

Power

Green

Solid on

Power on, normal operation

 

 

 

 

 

Red

Solid on

Power on, self-test failed, indicating device malfunction

 

 

 

 

 

Orange

Solid on

Bootloader active (during upgrade)

 

 

 

 

 

Off

 

Power off

 

 

 

 

Ethernet

Green

Blinking

Ethernet activity

 

 

 

 

 

 

Solid on

Ethernet connection, no activity

 

 

 

 

 

Off

 

No Ethernet connection

 

 

 

 

Wireless

Green

Blinking

Wireless activity, WPA(2) encryption

 

 

 

 

 

 

Solid on

No wireless activity, WPA(2) encryption

 

 

 

 

 

Amber

Blinking

Wireless activity, WEP encryption

 

 

 

 

 

 

Solid on

No wireless activity, WEP encryption

 

 

 

 

 

Red

Blinking

Wireless activity, no security

 

 

 

 

 

 

Solid on

No wireless activity, no security

 

 

 

 

 

Red/green

Toggling

Wireless client registration phase

 

 

 

 

 

Off

 

WLAN disabled

 

 

 

 

Broadband

Green

Blinking

Pending DSL line synchronisation

 

 

 

 

 

 

Solid on

DSL line synchronised

 

 

 

 

 

Off

 

No DSL line

 

 

 

 

Internet

Green

Blinking

Internet activity

 

 

 

 

 

 

Solid on

Internet connectivity, no activity

 

 

 

 

 

Red

Solid on

Internet connection setup failed

 

 

 

 

 

Off

 

No Internet connection

 

 

 

 

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Technicolor - Thomson TG576 v7, 585 v7 manual Thomson Gateway LED Behaviour, Status LEDs

TG576 v7, 585 v7 specifications

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