Rear Panel - NETGEAR Nighthawk AX8 User Manual

Rear panel

The following figure shows the rear panel connectors and buttons.
Figure 3. Rear panel
The rear panel contains the following components:
1. LED button. Push the LED button to turn off the router LEDs. The Power LED stays
lit if the LEDs are turned off.
2. Reset button. Pressing the Reset button resets the router. If the Reset button is
pressed for at least 10 seconds and the Power LED blinks white, the router returns
to its factory settings. For information about the factory settings, see Factory settings
on page 173.
3. Internet port. One Gigabit Ethernet RJ-45 WAN port to connect your router to an
Internet modem such as a cable modem or DSL modem.
4. Ethernet ports. Use the four Gigabit Ethernet RJ-45 LAN ports to connect Ethernet
LAN devices to your router.
The router supports port aggregation:
• Internet (WAN) aggregation. Use Ethernet port 1 with the Internet port to set
up a Multi-Gig Internet connection with port aggregation. For more information,
see Get Multi-Gig Internet with Internet port aggregation on page 29.
• LAN aggregation. Use Ethernet ports 3 and 4 to set up a port aggregation link
to a LAN device that also supports Ethernet port aggregation. For more
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