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bosoxguy17
Jan 27, 2017Aspirant
amber lights on top of nighthawk 6700
I have my amazon fire tv box and PS4 connected to my router via ethernet cable. when i use my ps4 the amber light turns white but when i use my amazon box it stays amber why is this? i feel like the ...
- Jan 30, 2017
Hi bosoxguy17,
The LAN ports of the router is gigabit. If the device connected to it is gigabit as well then the light is white. If the device connected is upto 100Mbps only then the light is amber.
michaelkenward
Jan 27, 2017Guru - Experienced User
bosoxguy17 wrote:....the amber light turns white ....
Where is this amber light?
Ethernet port?
The manual (p 11) says:
The LED color indicates the speed: white for Gigabit Ethernet connections and amber for 100 Mbps or 10 Mbps Ethernet connections.