NETGEAR XR500 Nighthawk User Manual page 12

Table 1. LED descriptions (Continued)
LED and Button
2.4 GHz WiFi LED
5 GHz WiFi LED
Guest WiFi LED
USB 3.0 port 1 LED and USB
3.0 port 2 LED
Ethernet LEDs for ports 1–4
WiFi/On/Off button and LED
WPS button and LED
Note If the LED On/Off switch on the rear panel is moved to the Off position, all the LEDs
except the Power LED are turned off.
XR500 Nighthawk Pro Gaming Router
Description
Solid white. The 2.4 GHz WiFi radio is operating.
Blinking white. The router is sending or receiving WiFi traffic.
Off. The 2.4 GHz WiFi radio is off.
Solid white. The 5 GHz WiFi radio is operating.
Blinking white. The router is sending or receiving WiFi traffic.
Off. The 5 GHz WiFi radio is off.
Solid white. The guest WiFi network is operating.
Blinking white. The router is sending or receiving WiFi traffic.
Off. The guest WiFi radio is off in both the 2.4 GHz band and the 5 GHz band.
Solid white. A USB device is connected and is ready.
Blinking white. A USB device is plugged in and is trying to connect.
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.
The LED color indicates the speed: white for Gigabit Ethernet connections and
amber for 100 Mbps or 10 Mbps Ethernet connections.
Solid white. The router detected a 1 Gbps link with a powered-on device.
Blinking white. The port is sending or receiving traffic at 1 Gbps.
Solid amber. The router detected a 100 Mbps or 10 Mbps link with a powered-on
device.
Blinking amber. The port is sending or receiving traffic at 100 Mbps or 10 Mbps.
Off. No device is connected to this Ethernet port.
Pressing this button for two seconds turns the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz WiFi radios on
and off.
If this LED is lit, the WiFi radios are on. If this LED is off, the WiFi radios are turned
off and you cannot use WiFi to connect to the router.
This button lets you use WPS to join the WiFi network without typing the WiFi
password. The WPS LED blinks white during this process and then lights solid
white.
Hardware Setup
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