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Netgear Router WiFi light: should it be solid or blinking?
Hi there! I have a Netgear R6220 router and I am wondering if my wifi symbol light is supposed to be a solid green light? (The symbol is the one that looks like a dot with two brackets on each side -...
according to the manual for the R6220 (which you put as your router), if the wifi is blinking, its indicating data transfer.
• Solid green. The 2.4 GHz WiFi radio is operating.
• Blinking. The router is sending or receiving WiFi traffic.
• Off. The 2.4 GHz WiFi radio is off
What band is your husband connecting to?
2.4ghz is sensitive to interfernce which tends to be pretty bad in apartments.
Also, many apartments are made of brick/concrete/metal walls. Which do a great job of blocking wifi.
- Know how to get rid of the blinking so it turns solid? I’ve been spending all day trying to figure this out!
Shut off all your wifi devices?
Its designed to blink to show that devices are connected and transmitting data over wifi.
TechTurtle wrote:
Know how to get rid of the blinking so it turns solid? I’ve been spending all day trying to figure this out!You can't, as plemans has explained to you, twice.
Some routers let you disable lights, such as the R7000P, but not the R6220, too basic. Routers that support thos feature usually have a switch on the back.
If it is really important, then Blu Tack, or the local equivalent, works for some people.
