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NETGEAR ROUTER 150 WNR1000
My router has a blinking blue light....should I been conerned.??? Can I turn off the blinking light?
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DLJMCGEE wrote:
My router has a blinking blue light....should I been conerned.??? Can I turn off the blinking light?
Do you have any problems with the router?
Did you check the manual for what the LEDs mean?
Visit the support pages:
Support | NETGEAR
Feed in your model number and check the documentation for your hardware.
Check the section in the manual Troubleshoot With the LEDs.I'd be more concerned that my 14 year old router might not be good enough to meet my current needs.
No 5 GHz wifi, LAN connections limited to 100 Mbps, possibly slower than your Internet service.
According to the manual, that light blinks when data is being transmitted. so its normal.
michaelkenward has a good point though. You're using a very aged router that is incredible slow.
Unless you're on some pretty slow dsl, upgrading to something from the newer generation tech is going to have significant performance increases.
The Netgear 150 WNR 1000 has only a power line coming in to it. The other is a flat line that plugs into a Nighthawk AX WiFi Cable Modem Router Model CAX30.
The Nighthawk has a power line. Also the line from the WNR 1000 plugs into it.
Nightwawk has a line to Ooma-telephone, and a coax cable from Comcast, which is probably for Internet (guessing) Comcast cable box is never turned on. Does it sound like the WNR is not a needed unit and could be disconnected?
DLJMCGEE wrote:
The Netgear 150 WNR 1000 has only a power line coming in to it. The other is a flat line that plugs into a Nighthawk AX WiFi Cable Modem Router Model CAX30.
I don't follow. Power line? Is the WNR1000 plugged into the CAX30?
What are you using the WNR 1000 for? The CAX30 is a cable modem router.
Nightwawk has a line to Ooma-telephone, and a coax cable from Comcast, which is probably for Internet (guessing) Comcast cable box is never turned on.What NIghthawk is that? The CAX30?
What is this Ooma telephone? A VoiP phone? You can't plug that into the CAX30.
What is this "Comcast cable box"? A connection for the phone?
Does it sound like the WNR is not a needed unit and could be disconnected?Probably. But I can't follow what is plugged into what at your end.
Just turn it off and see what happens.
