NETGEAR WAX204

Table 1. LED descriptions
DescriptionLED
Solid green. The access point is ready.
Solid amber. The access point is starting or upgrading firmware.
Blinking amber. The access point was reset to factory default settings and is restarting.
For more information about resetting the access point to factory default settings, see
Factory default settings on page 138.
Blinking red. The firmware is corrupted and the access point cannot start. For more
information, see Power LED does not turn green on page 226.
Off. Power is not supplied to the access point.
Power
Solid green. An Internet connection is established.
Blinking green. The Internet port is sending or receiving traffic.
Solid amber. The access point cannot get an Internet connection. For more information,
see Internet LED is solid amber or off [router mode] on page 226 (router mode is the
default system mode) or Internet LED is solid amber or off [access point mode] on page
227.
Blinking alternating green and amber. If the traffic meter is enabled, the traffic limit
is reached. Fore more information, see Unblock the traffic meter after the traffic limit is
reached [router mode] on page 163.
Off. No Internet connection exists, for example, because no cable is inserted in the
Internet port.
Internet
Solid green. One or both WiFi radios are operating.
Blinking green. One or both WiFi radios are sending or receiving traffic.
Off. Both WiFi radios are off. For more information, see WiFi LED is Off on page 227.
WiFi
Solid green. One or more LAN ports are connected to powered-up devices.
Blinking green. One or more LAN ports are sending or receiving traffic.
Solid amber. One or more LAN ports function at 10 or 100 Mbps speed and are
connected to powered-up devices.
Blinking amber. One or more LAN ports are sending or receiving traffic at 10 or 100
Mbps speed.
Off. None of the LAN ports is connected to a device.
LAN
Solid green. WPS is available.
Blinking green. The WPS button was pressed. For two minutes, the access point
attempts to find the WiFi device (that is, the client) that can join the access point Wireless
1 network. For more information, see Use Wi-Fi Protected Setup to join the WiFi network
on page 33.
Off. WPS is disabled.
WPS
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