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Getting to Know Your Wireless Router 3

Hardware Features

Before you install and connect your router, take a moment to become familiar with the front and

back panels of the router—especially the LEDs on the front panel.

Router Front Panel

The wireless-N modem router front panel shown below contains status LEDs.

You can use the LEDs to verify various conditions.Table 1 describes each LED.

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Table 1. LED Descriptions

Label LED Activity Description

1. Power Solid green Power is supplied to the router.

Solid red POST (Power-On Self-Test) failure or device malfunction.

Off Power is not supplied to the router.

Blinking green Firmware upgrade in progress.

Factory reset Lights red momentarily when the Wireless On/Off and WPS Dome

button are pressed simultaneously for 6 seconds, then blinks red

three times when the wireless and WPS buttons are released, and

then turns green as the gateway resets to the factory defaults.

2. LAN Ports Solid green The Local port has detected a link with a 1000 Mbps device.

Blinking green Data is being transmitted or received at 1000 Mbps.

Solid Amber The Local port has detected a link with a 10/100 Mbps device.

Blinking Amber Data is being transmitted or received at 10100 Mbps.

Off No link is detected on this port.

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