Quick Start Manual

Table 1. LEDs

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 off 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 HDD 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.

HDD • Solid green: The internal HDD is working fine;

• Solid green plus red: The HDD is 85% full.

• Blinking green: Someone pressed the Backup button; the

SD card data is being copied to the internal HDD.

• Blinking green and red: The HDD is 95% full.

• Solid red: The HDD is not formatted, the HDD connection

is loose, or there is a failure alert.

• Off: No internal HDD is connected.