Internet light goes amber on R7000

The internet light will change from white to amber and I have no internet access through the router. This has happened 3 times. The 1st two times I had to do a hard reset though the hole in the back...

AC1900

Hardware

Nighthawk

R7000

Wayne1938
Aug 01, 2014
Thanks Sir buzz and Dshed.
Will check the traffic control settings.
My modem is a Motorola 6141 which I will be changing to a Arris/Motorola 6183 when the modem is released for retail in a couple weeks.
The amber light thing came back 3 hours ago. This time I had to take the router totally out of the loop, do a hard re-set, let it set for an hour to get it going again.
I bought the R7000 through Dell using a couple of their discount coupons, about 6 months ago.so called them to get a good number for Netgear warranty and replacement.
Much to my surprise, even though it was past their normal 30 day replacement period, they are going to send me a new R7000 early next week.
I really like this router as I get range on the 2.4, 5.0 and AC bands I didn't think possible, but this amber light thing is getting very frustrating.

RickInJax

Aspirant

May 31, 2015

Hi all:
I have the same amber light problem. It happens on any port I plug the cable into.
I have a GB router and everything was working fine last week.
I changed to static IP from the ISP but still have the amber light only on the cable to the 1 GB router from the R7000.

Any additional suggestions?
I am on Comcast with 50+ Mbps connection.

thanks
rick

mondenath
Prodigy
Nov 05, 2015
See amber flashes only when the limit is reached on the Internet LED which is 2nd LED next to Power LED from 1st.
Also the LAN LED's will glow amber when 10/100 is connected. Only white when 1000Mb/s link is established.

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Internet light goes amber on R7000