Hardware Features; Front Panel - NETGEAR DG834Gv5 Setup Manual

Hardware Features

Before you install and connect your router, take a moment to become familiar with the front and
back panels of the router—especially the LEDs on the front panel.

Front Panel

The wireless modem router front panel shown below contains status LEDs.
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You can use the LEDs to verify various conditions. The following table describes each LED..
Table 1. LED Descriptions
LED Activity
Solid green
Solid red
1. Power,
Off
factory
Factory reset
reset
Solid green
Blinking green
Solid Amber
2. Ethernet
ports 1-4
Blinking amber
Off
Solid green
Blinking green
3. Wireless
Off
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Description
Power is supplied to the router.
POST (Power-On Self-Test) failure or device malfunction.
Power is not supplied to the router.
During a reset, lights momentarily, blinks red three times, and then
turns green as the gateway resets to the factory defaults.
The powered device is connected to the associated Ethernet Local
Area Network (LAN) port, which is operating at 100 Mbps.
Data is being transmitted or received at 100 Mbps.
The powered device is connected to the associated Ethernet Local
Area Network (LAN) port, which is operating at 10 Mbps.
Data is being transmitted or received at 10 Mbps.
No link is detected on this port, or modem powered off, or no cable or
no powered device is connected to the associated port.
The Wireless Access Point is enabled.
Data is being transmitted or received over the wireless link.
The Wireless Access Point is disabled.
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