Status Indicator Lights - Motorola NVG510 Administrator's Handbook

Administrator's Handbook

Status Indicator Lights

The first step in troubleshooting is to check the status indicator lights (LEDs) in the order outlined below.
Motorola® Gateway NVG510 status indicator lights
Side View
LED
Solid Green = The device is powered.
Flashing Green
Flashing Red
= A POST failure (not bootable) or device malfunction occurred.
Power
*
When the device encounters a POST failure, all indicator lights on the front of the device
continuously flash.
Off = The unit has no AC power.
Solid Green = Powered device connected to the associated port (includes devices with
wake-on-LAN capability where a slight voltage is supplied to the Ethernet connection).
Flickering Green
Ethernet
light is synchronized to actual data traffic.
Off = The device is not powered, no cable or no powered devices connected to the associ-
ated ports.
Solid Green = WIFI is powered.
Flickering Green
Wireless
is synchronized to actual data traffic.
Off = The device is not powered or no powered devices connected to the associated ports.
Flickering Green
Wi-Fi
Off = not in use, not broadcasting.
Setup
Solid Green = Good broadband connection (i.e., good DSL Sync).
Flashing Green
Flashing Green
three consecutive minutes the LED switches to
Broadband
to establish a broadband connection alternating with a five second steady Red. This pattern
continues until the broadband connection is successfully established.
Flashing Red = No DSL signal on the line. This is only used when there is no signal, not dur-
ing times of temporary 'no tone' during the training sequence.
Off = The device is not powered.
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Power
Ethernet
Wireless
Wi-Fi Setup
Broadband
Service
Phone 1
Phone 2
Action
= A Power-On Self-Test (POST) is in progress
= Activity seen from devices associated with the port. The flickering of the
= Activity seen from devices connected via WIFI. The flickering of the light
= Indicates when WPS is broadcasting.
= Attempting broadband connection (i.e., DSL attempting sync).
& Red = If the broadband connection fails to be established for more than
Flashing Green when attempting or waiting