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JeffreyY's avatar
Jan 25, 2021
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LED Lights Behavior on Ethernet ports changed

I have a desktop computer connection to one of the ethernet ports on my Nighthawk R6900P router.   Up until about a month or so ago when connected and online the port LED would be white & blinking, a...
  • microchip8's avatar
    Jan 25, 2021

    Solid amber means the network chip is active at low Mbps. This is most likely for Wake-On-LAN purposes. If you have disabled WoL since then, then the chip will turn itself completely off hence why no LED is shining