Table 1. LED descriptions (Continued)
DescriptionLED and Button
The LED color indicates the speed of the Ethernet connection at each LAN port:
white for the maximum supported speed on each port (1 Gbps on ports 1-2, 2.5
Gbps on ports 3-4) and amber for lower speeds.
Solid white: The router detected a 1 Gbps (ports 1-2) or 2.5 Gbps (ports 3-4)
link with a powered-on device.
Blinking white: The port is sending or receiving traffic at 1 Gbps (ports 1-2) or
2.5 Gbps (ports 3-4).
Solid amber: The router detected a lower speed link with a powered-on device.
Blinking amber: The port is sending or receiving traffic at a lower speed.
Off: No device is connected to this Ethernet LAN port.
Ethernet LAN ports 1–4
LEDs
3.
Solid white: A USB device is connected to the USB 3.0. port.
Blinking white: The USB 3.0 port is sending or receiving traffic.
Off: No USB device is connected to the USB 3.0 port.
USB 3.0 port LED4.
Solid white: The 2.4 GHz WiFi radio is operating.
Off: The 2.4 GHz WiFi radio is off.
2.4 GHz WiFi LED5.
Solid white: The 5 GHz WiFi radio is operating.
Off: The 5 GHz WiFi radio is off.
5 GHz WiFi LED6.
Solid white: The 6 GHz WiFi radio is operating.
Off: The 6 GHz WiFi radio is off.
6 GHz WiFi LED7.
Pressing the Sync/WPS button lets your WPS-enabled device join your router’s
WiFi network without typing the WiFi password.
Solid white: The Sync/WPS LED is always solid white. This is normal behavior.
Blinking white: The WPS process is active so that you can connect a WPS-enabled
device to your router’s WiFi network. When the device is connected, the sync/WPS
LED shows solid white again.
The Sync/WPS LED is also blinking white when the router is in factory default state
or you reset the router to factory default settings.
Off: The router or its LEDs are turned off.
Sync/WPS LED8.
Pressing the LED On/Off button turns off all LEDs except for the Power LED.LED On/Off button9.
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