Front and Side Panels
The router front panel has the status LEDs and icons shown in the following figure.
LEDs
Figure 2. Router front and side view
Table 1. Front panel LED descriptions
LED
Description
Power
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Solid amber. The router is starting up.
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Blinking amber. The firmware is upgrading, or the Restore Factory Settings button was
pressed.
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Solid green. The router is ready.
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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.
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Solid amber. The Ethernet cable connection to the modem has been detected.
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Off. No Ethernet cable is connected to the modem.
Wireless
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Solid blue. The wireless radio is operating in either 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz mode.
•
Blinking. The router is in WPS mode.
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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; someone clicked the Safely Remove Hardware button, and
it is now safe to remove the attached USB device.
AC1450 Smart WiFi Router
WiFi On/Off button
WPS button
Hardware Setup
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