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brianld
Apprentice
Oct 19, 2023
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White LED always on

I set up my Orbi 973 system yesterday, which for the most part went smoothly. Strangely though, the LED at the bottom of the main router is solid white, and has been that way since setup. My 960 seri...
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    brianld
    Oct 20, 2023

    Update on this:

     

    I powered off the ONT for 15 mins, then powered on.  Rebooted router.  White LED remained on (solid).

     

    After I went through a complete reset and setup of the Orbi from scratch again (see my other post on the admin portal issue), the white LED is no longer on!  Seems that somehow the router was in a funky state or perhaps thought setup wasn't complete.

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brianld
Apprentice
Oct 19, 2023

Interesting.  Ok, I'll try that when I get a chance.

brianld's avatar
brianld
Apprentice
Oct 20, 2023

Update on this:

 

I powered off the ONT for 15 mins, then powered on.  Rebooted router.  White LED remained on (solid).

 

After I went through a complete reset and setup of the Orbi from scratch again (see my other post on the admin portal issue), the white LED is no longer on!  Seems that somehow the router was in a funky state or perhaps thought setup wasn't complete.