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anteater
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Nov 20, 2018
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AC 1750 Orange / Red light on my nighthawk router trying 2 #7 cables , Samsung TV Mod #UN55JU6700

  • It's an AC 1750 (6400 Vs 2). My solution was to switch back to WiFi to get rid of the distracting red orange light based on all the information supplied by this great community. I don't know how to check the wireless speed of this connection but the my 2k and 5k lights have gone from allegro to presto. I admit I stopped researching the 10/100 mbps connection for my particular TV because of all your input (which without would have driven me nuts) and life is too short! Thank you all!!

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  • > AC 1750 [...]

       Not a model number.

    > Model: C6300|AC1750 Cable Modem Router Docsis 3.0

       Is that accurate?

    > [...] Orange / Red light on my nighthawk router [...]

       Which "light"?  Amber?  The User Manual for a C6300 is a little
    vague, but I'd guess that your TV has a 100MHz Ethernet port (which is
    faster than it needs), not a gigabit port, and the "light" color
    indicates that.

    > [...] trying 2 #7 cables

       Cat5 would probably be better than you need.

       Other than the LED indicator color, do you have an actual problem?

  • It's an AC 1750 (6400 Vs 2). My solution was to switch back to WiFi to get rid of the distracting red orange light based on all the information supplied by this great community. I don't know how to check the wireless speed of this connection but the my 2k and 5k lights have gone from allegro to presto. I admit I stopped researching the 10/100 mbps connection for my particular TV because of all your input (which without would have driven me nuts) and life is too short! Thank you all!!

    • antinode's avatar
      antinode
      Guru

      > [...] My solution was to switch back to WiFi to get rid of the
      > distracting red orange light [...]

         A wired alternative would be to insert a (cheap, Chinese) gigabit
      Ethernet switch between the TV and the router.  Or, put some tape over
      the offending LED.