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LAN Port vs LED Port Light
I just noticed something really wierd with my router. I have LAN ports 1 and 2 being used, yet the LED indicators show I'm using ports 3 and 4. I've never had this happen before. I guess I shouldn...
- No need to worry. Netgear are aware of this so it's my understanding they will be working on a fix.
I just got mine a few days ago and have the same issue. Drove me nuts looking at it so i swithced them on the back to correspond with one and two one. Also my Credentials sticker was stuck on the top making this sleek looking router look ghetto so i "tried" to peel it off bu i think they stuck it on with super glue. I'll get some rubbing alcohol to get the rest of it off. I am just really irritated spenind this kind of cheese to have such a cheap feeling product at this point. :( On a more positive note, the unit seems to be working fine...
It should have not gone though QA like this, a pretty big mistake really. Shm
Looking at the PDF for the XR500 it shows Ethernet port 1 is closest to the WAN port as it should be, not the furthest away as it is on mine and many other XR500's. So that would seem to indicate that the current XR500's or at least some of them have had the port designation printed the wrong way round. Thats a real blunder. I hope Netgear will be replacing those units to those effected. (Thats if this PDF is correct of course)
https://www.download...XR500_UM_EN.pdf
- Thanks for the additional information, all we've been told is that they are looking into it further so I can't comment on that as I don't know either way.
That’s a real shame, Fraser. You would think they would’ve managed to work out what they could and couldn’t do with their own hardware by now. I’m sure many people are past their return date as well if it does turn out to be hardware issues, and even if it is cosmetic at that price people deserve to get what they paid for which is a router without port assignment issues. Thanks for letting us know the current situation anyway let’s hope it gets sorted out sooner rather than later as this really shouldn’t of happened in the first place. Take care