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Table 1. LED descriptions
DescriptionLED
Off. No power is supplied to the access point.
Solid amber. During startup, the Power/Cloud LED lights solid amber. If after five minutes
the amber light remains, either a boot error occurred, or, if the access point functions as
a PoE+ PD device, it might not be receiving power at the required 802.3at (PoE+) level.
Blinking amber temporarily. The access point is contacting the network router or DHCP
server to receive an IP address.
Solid green. This status indicates one of the following conditions:
•
The access point functions as a standalone access point.
•
For an Insight managed access point that is already set up, the connection to the
Insight cloud-based management platform is lost.
Solid blue. This status indicates one of the following conditions:
•
The access point functions in Insight mode and is connected to the Insight cloud-based
management platform.
•
The access point functions as a root access point in an Insight Instant Mesh WiFi
network.
Blinking amber slowly, continuously. The access point did not receive an IP address
from the network router or DHCP server.
Blinking amber quickly, temporarily. The access point is upgrading firmware.
Power/Cloud LED
behavior for a
standalone access
point or a root access
point
Note: The LED can be
amber, green, or blue.
Off. No power is supplied to the extender access point.
Solid amber. During startup, the Power/Cloud LED lights solid amber. If after five minutes
the amber light remains, either a boot error occurred, or, if the extender access point
functions as a PoE+ PD device, it might not be receiving power at the required 802.3at
(PoE+) level.
Blinking green. During setup in an Insight Instant Mesh WiFi network, the extender
access point is attempting to detect a root access point.
Solid green. This status indicates one of the following conditions:
•
During setup in a mesh WiFi network, the extender access point is connected to the
root access point that provides the strongest WiFi signal but is not yet set up as a
managed device in a mesh WiFi network.
•
For an extender access point that is already set up, the connection to the mesh WiFi
network is lost.
Blinking amber temporarily. The extender access point is contacting the network router
or DHCP server to receive an IP address.
Blinking red, green, and blue. During setup in a mesh WiFi network, the extender
access point is being configured as a managed device.
Solid blue. The extender access point functions as a managed device in a mesh WiFi
network.
Blinking amber slowly, continuously. The extender access point did not receive an IP
address from the network router or DHCP server.
Blinking amber quickly, temporarily. The extender access point is upgrading firmware.
Power/Cloud LED
behavior for an
extender access point
in an Insight Instant
Mesh WiFi network
Note: The LED can be
amber, red, green, or
blue.
Off. Either no Ethernet device is connected to the LAN 1 port or no Ethernet link is
detected.
Solid green. A 1000 Mbps Ethernet link is detected on the LAN 1 port.
Blinking green. 1000 Mbps traffic activity is detected on the LAN 1 port.
Solid amber. A 10 or 100 Mbps Ethernet link is detected on the LAN 1 port.
Blinking amber. 10 or 100 Mbps traffic activity is detected on the LAN 1 port.
LAN 1 LED
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