NETGEAR C7800 User Manuals page 9

Table 1. LED descriptions
LED Description
Power
• Solid White. Power is supplied to the modem router.
• Off. No power is supplied to the modem router.
• Solid red. Thermal cutoff mode. Power off the modem router, let it cool, and move it
away from heat sources (such as a TV, DVD player, or speakers) and keep it vertical
in open air.
Downstream
• Solid amber. One downstream channel is locked.
• Solid white. Two or more downstream channels are locked.
• Blinking white. The modem router is scanning for a downstream channel.
• Off. No downstream channel is locked.
Upstream
• Solid amber. One upstream channel is locked.
• Solid white. Two or more upstream channels are locked.
• Blinking white. The modem router is scanning for an upstream channel.
• Off. No upstream channel is locked.
Internet
• Solid white. The modem router is online.
• Blinking white. The modem router is synchronizing with the cable provider's cable
• modem termination system (CMTS).
• Slow blinking amber and white. The modem router reached the traffic meter limit.
• Off. The modem router is offline.
2.4 GHz radio
• Solid white. The 2.4 GHz WiFi radio is operating.
• Blinking. The router is sending or receiving WiFi traffic.
• Off. The 2.4 GHz WiFi radio is off.
5 GHz radio
• Solid white. The 5 GHz WiFi radio is operating.
• Blinking. The router is sending or receiving WiFi traffic.
• Off. The 5 GHz WiFi radio is off.
USB 1 and USB 2
• Solid white. A USB 3.0 device is connected and is ready.
• Solid amber. A USB 2.0 device is connected and is ready.
• 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.
Ethernet
The LED color indicates the speed: white for Gigabit Ethernet connections and amber for
100 Mbps or 10 Mbps Ethernet connections.
• Solid. A powered-on device is connected to the Ethernet port.
• Blinking. The port is sending or receiving traffic.
• Off. No device is connected to this Ethernet port.
The following buttons are located on the front of the modem router:
• LED. Pressing this button turns the modem router LEDs off and on.
• WPS. This button lets you use WPS to join the WiFi network without typing the WiFi
password. The WPS LED blinks during this process and then lights solid.
AC3200 WiFi Cable Modem Router
Hardware Setup
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