Owner's Manual
Table 1. Front panel LED descriptions
LED Description
Power/Test
• Solid green. The startup is completed, and the router is ready.
• Blinking green. The firmware is corrupted (see http://www.netgear.com/support).
• Blinking amber. Th
e firmware is upgrading, or the Reset button was pressed.
• Off. Po
wer is not supplied to the router.
Internet • Solid green. An IP address has been received; ready to transmit data.
• So
lid amber. An Ethernet cable connection to the modem has been detected.
• Off. No
Ethernet cable is connected to the modem.
LAN ports
1–4
• Solid green. The local port is connected to a 1000 Mbps device.
• Blin
king green. Data is being transmitted at 1000 Mbps.
• Solid amber. The local port is connected to a 10/100 Mbps ldevice.
• Bl
inking amber. Data is being transmitted at 10/100 Mbps.
• Off. No
link is detected on this port.
USB • Solid green. The USB device had been accepted by the router and is ready to be used.
• Blin
king green. The USB device is in use.
• Off. No USB device is connected, or the Safely Remove Hardware button has been clicked
and it is now safe to remove the attached USB device.
Wireless
• Solid blue. The wireless interface is enabled.
• Bli
nking blue. Data is being communicated over the wireless network.
• Off. The wireless interface is turned off.
WPS
• Solid green. A WPS-capable device has been accepted by the router and is ready to be used.
• Blin
king green. The WPS-capable device can associated with the router within 2 minutes.
• Off. No
WPS connection exists.
Hardware Setup
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N300 Wireless Gigabit Router with USB JNR3210
The WLAN and WPS buttons toggle the WLAN and WPS functions on and off.
•
Wireless On/Off button. Pressing and holding the wireless LAN button for 2
seconds turns the 2.4 GHz wireless radio on a
nd off. If the Wireless LED is lit, the
wireless radio is on. If the LED is off, then the wireless radio is turned off and you cannot
connect wirelessly to the router.
•
WPS button. You can use this button to use WPS to add a wireless device or
computer to your wireless network. The LED
below the WPS button blinks green when
the router is trying to add the wireless device or computer. The LED stays solid green
when wireless security is enabled in the router.