User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- R6250 Smart WiFi Router
- Contents
- 1. Hardware Setup
- 2. Getting Started
- 3. NETGEAR genie Basic Settings
- 4. NETGEAR genie Advanced Home
- 5. USB Storage
- 6. ReadySHARE Printer
- 7. Security
- 8. Administration
- 9. Advanced Settings
- 10. Troubleshooting
- A. Supplemental Information
- B. Notification of Compliance
Hardware Setup
9
R6250 Smart WiFi Router
Front and Side Panel
The router front panel has the status LEDs and icons shown in the following figure.
LEDs
WiFi On/Off button
WPS button
Figure 2. Router front and side view
Table 1. Front panel LED descriptions
LED Description
Power
• Solid amber. The router is starting up.
• Blinking amber. The firmware is upgrading, or the Restore Factory Settings button was
pressed.
• Solid green . The router is ready.
• Blinking green . The
firmware is corrupted. See www
.netgear.com/support.
• Off. Power is not supplied to the router .
Internet
• Solid green . The Internet connection is ready.
• Solid amber. The Ethernet cable connection to the modem has been detected.
• Off. No Ethernet cable is connected to the modem.
Wireless
• Solid blue . The wireless radio is operating in either 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz mode.
• Blinking: The router is in WPS
mode.
• Off. The wireless radios are of f for both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz.
USB
• Solid blue: The router has accepted the USB device. The USB device is ready to be used.
• Blinking blue : A USB device is plugged in and is trying to connect.
• Off: No USB device is connected; someone clicked the Safely Remove Hardware button, and
it is now safe to remove the attached USB device.