NETGEAR BR500 Hardware Installation Guide

Front panel with LEDs
The front panel contains the status LEDs.
Figure 1. Front panel
The following table describes the LEDs.
Table 1. LEDs on the front panel
DescriptionLED
Solid green. The router is powered on.
Blinking green. The router is booting or shutting down.
Solid amber. The router did not boot successfully.
Blinking amber. A firmware update is in progress.
Off. Power is not supplied to the router.
Power LED
Solid green. The router established an Internet connection but is not processing Internet
traffic.
Blinking green. The router established an Internet connection and is transmitting or
receiving packets.
Solid amber. The router attempted but failed to establish an Internet connection.
Blinking amber. The router is in the process of establishing an Internet connection.
Off. No cable is not connected to the Internet port or the cable is not connected to an
Internet modem.
WAN LED
Solid blue. The router is connected to the cloud server and is set up to be managed by
NETGEAR Insight.
Off. The router is not connected to the cloud server or is set up to be managed by the
local browser interface.
Cloud Connection LED
Solid green. The router established a VPN connection.
Off. The router did not establish a VPN connection.
VPN LED
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NETGEAR BR500 Specifications

General

Brand	NETGEAR
Model	BR500
Category	Network Router
Language	English