Ports For 10/100/1000M Base-T Ethernet Connectivity; Reset Button - NETGEAR BR500 Hardware Installation Manual

RJ-45 ports for 10/100/1000M BASE-T
Ethernet connectivity
All RJ-45 copper ports support autosensing. When you insert a cable into an RJ-45 port,
the router automatically ascertains the maximum speed (10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, or 1 Gbps)
and duplex mode (half-duplex or full-duplex) of the attached device. All ports support
a Category 5e (Cat 5e) cable (or higher-rated Ethernet cable) terminated with an 8-pin
RJ-45 connector.
To simplify the procedure for attaching devices, all RJ-45 ports support Auto Uplink
technology. This technology allows you to attach devices to the RJ-45 ports with either
straight-through or crossover cables.
When you insert a cable into the router's RJ-45 port, the router automatically performs
the following actions:
• Senses whether the cable is a straight-through or crossover cable.
• For the four LAN Ethernet ports, determines whether the link to the attached device
requires a normal connection (such as when you are connecting the port to a
computer) or an downlink connection (such as when you are connecting the port to
a switch or WiFi access point).
• Automatically configures the RJ-45 port to enable communications with the attached
device. The Auto Uplink technology compensates for setting uplink connections
while eliminating concern about whether to use crossover or straight-through cables
when you attach devices.

Reset button

The router provides a Reset button on the back panel so that you can return the router
to its factory default settings.
Caution:
This process erases all settings that you configured in the router.
To reset the router to factory default settings:
1. On the back of the router, locate the Reset button.
2. Using a straightened paper clip, press and hold the recessed Reset button until the
Power LED lights amber, which takes about five seconds.
3. Release the Reset button
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