User Manual

Table 1. LED and button descriptions
DescriptionLED
Solid amber. The router is starting.
Blinking amber. The firmware is upgrading, or the Reset button was pressed.
Solid white. The router is ready.
Blinking white. The firmware is corrupted.
Off. Power is not supplied to the router.
Power
Solid white. The Internet connection is ready.
Solid amber. The router detected an Ethernet cable connection to the modem.
Off. No Ethernet cable is connected between the router and the modem.
Internet
Solid white. The 2.4 GHz WiFi radio is operating.
Blinking. The router is sending or receiving WiFi traffic.
Off. The 2.4 GHz WiFi radio is off.
2.4 GHz WiFi
Solid white. The 5 GHz WiFi radio is operating.
Blinking. The router is sending or receiving WiFi traffic.
Off. The 5 GHz WiFi radio is off.
5 GHz WiFi
Solid white. A USB device is connected and is ready.
Blinking. A USB device is plugged in and is trying to connect.
Off. No USB device is connected, or someone clicked the Safely Remove Hardware button
and it is now safe to remove the attached USB device.
USB 3.0 port 1
and USB 3.0 port
2
Solid white. An eSATA device is connected and is ready.
Blinking. An eSATA device is plugged in and is trying to connect.
Off. No eSATA device is connected.
eSATA
The LED color indicates the speed: white for Gigabit Ethernet connections and amber for 100
Mbps or 10 Mbps Ethernet connections.
Solid. A powered-on device is connected to the Ethernet port.
Blinking. The port is sending or receiving traffic.
Off. No device is connected to this Ethernet port.
Ethernet ports
1–4
Hardware Setup
10
Nighthawk X4S AC2600 Smart WiFi Router