Front and Side Panels
The router front and side panels have the status LEDs and buttons shown in the following
figure.
LEDs
Figure 2. Router front and side view
Table 1. Front panel LED descriptions
LED
Description
Power
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Solid amber. The router is starting.
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Blinking amber. The firmware is upgrading, or the Reset button was pressed.
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Solid green. The router is ready.
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Blinking green. The firmware is corrupted. Visit www.netgear.com/support.
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Off. Power is not supplied to the router.
Internet
•
Solid green. The Internet connection is ready.
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Solid amber. The modem has detected the Ethernet cable connection.
•
Off. No Ethernet cable is connected to the modem.
WiFi
•
Solid blue. The wireless radio is operating in either 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz mode.
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Blinking blue. A wireless computer or device is using WPS to join the network.
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Off. The wireless radios are off for both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz.
USB
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Solid blue. The router has accepted the USB device. The USB device is ready to be used.
•
Blinking blue. 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.
AC1200 WiFi Router JR6100
WiFi On/Off button
WPS button
Hardware Setup
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