Front Panel Buttons - NETGEAR R8500 Quick Start Manual

LED
USB 1 LED
USB 2 LED
Ethernet ports
1–6 LEDs

Front Panel Buttons

Button Description
LED button Pressing this button changes the LED mode.
• Mode one. All LEDs stay on and blink.
• Mode two. All LEDs stay on but don't blink.
• Mode three. Only the Power LED stays on and the other LEDs
WPS button Pressing this button lets you use WPS to join the WiFi network
without typing the WiFi password. For more information, see
the WiFi Network
WiFi button Pressing this button for two seconds turns the 2.4 GHz,
5 GHz 1, and 5 GHz 2 WiFi radios on and off.
Description
The USB 1 LED is for the blue USB 3.0 USB port. The USB 2
LED is for the USB 2.0 port.
• Solid white. A USB storage device is connected and is
ready.
• Blinking. A USB storage device is plugged in and is trying
to connect.
• Off. No USB storage device is connected, or someone
clicked the Safely Remove Hardware button and it is
now safe to remove the attached USB storage device.
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.
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