NETGEAR R6100 User Manual

Hardware Setup
9
R6100 WiFi Router
Front and Side Panel
The router front and side panels have the status LEDs and buttons shown in the following
figure.
LEDs
WiFi On/Off button
WPS button
Figure 2. Router front and side view
Table 1. Front panel LED descriptions
LED Description
Power
• Solid amber. The router is starting up.
• Blinking amber.
The firmware is upgrading, or the Reset button was pressed.
• Solid green. The
router is ready.
• Blinking green. The
firmware is corrupted. Visit 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.
WiFi
• Solid blue. The wireless radio is operating in either 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz mode.
• Blinking.
A wireless computer or device is using WPS to join the network.
• 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 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.
The WiFi and WPS buttons toggle the WiFi and WPS functions on and off.

NETGEAR R6100 Specifications

General

Ethernet LAN	Yes
Cabling technology	10/100Base-T(X)
Networking standards	IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11ac, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n
Ethernet LAN data rates	10, 100 Mbit/s
Ethernet LAN interface type	Fast Ethernet
Wi-Fi band	Dual-band (2.4 GHz / 5 GHz)
Wi-Fi standards	802.11a, Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac), 802.11b, 802.11g, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n)
Top Wi-Fi standard	Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
WLAN data transfer rate (max)	867 Mbit/s
USB version	2.0
Rack mounting	-
xDSL connection	No
Bandwidth (first)	2.4 GHz
Bandwidth (second)	5 GHz
USB ports quantity	1
WLAN data transfer rates supported	300, 867 Mbit/s
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports	5
Security algorithms	WEP, WPA, WPA2-PSK
Flash memory	128 MB
Cables included	LAN (RJ-45)

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	60 mm
Width	180 mm
Height	170 mm
Weight	322 g