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Led changes from white to orange - ac1750 r6700v3
I have had my nighthawk ac1750 r6700v3 for less than a week and still learning about it.
If I plug my destop and my laptop into ethernet ports both led lights show white and if I run speed tests on each, I get the 200 Mbps speed I am paying my internet company for.
If I then plug in my printer to an ethernet port -the LED light is orange, which I figure is a limitation to the printer. But the light for the laptop turns orange also and the speed drops on it, the desktop is not affcted.
Is this normal? If you connect more than 2 devices does only one device stay at the highter speed. or do I have a problem?
> OK, I do not understand at all. [...]
Perhaps some gizmo was confused, and got straightened out after
enough restarts. Watchful waiting until the next time it acts up?
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Welcome to the wonderful world of Netgear firmware.
No the speeds of Ethernet ports should not be effected by another port being activated. There have been other Ethernet port issues reported some seem to be hardware and some seem to be firmware.
You did not report the version of firmware so assuming you have the latest. If so you may want to fail back to an earlier version as netgear has been putting out crap firmware lately IMHO.
If you install an older version of the firmware I would suggest you do a reset on the router and a new configuration.
Thanks for the reply. Yes, I checked to see if there was a firmward update and I have the most recent version.
II decided to try soething that seemed to work thought I have not idea why.
I had my destop in port 1, my printer in port 3 and my laptop in port 4.
With the printer off both port 1 and port 4 showed white.
With the print on, port 1 was **bleep**e port 3 was ortange and if the laptop was on it turned from white to orange, port 1 remained white.
I siwtched porte 3 and port 4 - port 3 the laoptop, port 5 the printer. Port 1 and prot 3 both on and white. Plugged in pritner it was orange both both port 1 and port 3 stayed white. It "appears" that haivng the slower device in port 3 affect the faster device in port 4. I know soemthies are not as they seem, but that is the way it appears. WIll have to monitor a while and see what happens, I guess.
I have reported another issues along with someoneelse about the Guest Led light always being on, evnthought there is not guest net work set up.
Just trying to learn about this new router
Thanks for your reply.> [...] r6700v3
Firmware version?
> [...] my destop and my laptop [...]
> [...] my printer [...]What are all these devices?
I'll assume that you've read the R6700v3 User Manual, and understand
what those port-status LED indicators (are supposed to) mean.> If I then plug in my printer to an ethernet port -the LED light is
> orange, which I figure is a limitation to the printer.If we all knew the maker and model of your "my printer", then more
than one of us could do the research to learn how fast its Ethernet port
should be. 100MHz is typical for a printer, because that's typically
faster than the print mechanism.
> [...] But the light for the laptop turns orange also and the speed
> drops on it, the desktop is not affcted. [...]Again, some information on these devices might be helpful. It's
common for an Ethernet interface in a computer to drop its speed from
1000MHz to 100MHz when it is in some kind of stand-by or sleep mode.> [...] Is this normal? [...]
Depending on exactly what "this" is, it might be.
> [...] If you connect more than 2 devices does only one device stay at
> the highter speed. [...]No.
> [...] I checked to see if there was a firmward update and I have the
> most recent version. [...]
As always, an actual version number would be more useful than your
opinion of what's "most recent" today.> [...] I have reported another issues along with someoneelse about the
> Guest Led light always being on, evnthought there is not guest net work
> set up.Bad Netgear firmware is a fact of life, but, before I got too
excited, I'd look at what the operating system on your "my destop" or
your "my laptop" says about the speed of its Ethernet interface when
these LED colors change. Again, detailed instructions would be easier
if anyone else knew what these devices were.
