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Nighthawk model R6700.3 Red indicator light
When using my PC, the #1 device indicator light on the router is white. Normally, when the PC is in sleep mode, that indicator light goes out. Now it won't go out...it changes to red. Does anyone ...
No, the colored light (red/orange) indicates there's a connection at 10 or 100 Mbps. White indicates a 1 Gbps connection. The only conclusion is that the network chip is active while in sleep mode. As I said, this is needed for WoL. My NAS also goes into red color when I turn it off and when I want to turn it back on, I just send a magic packet (WoL) to it and it boots up
Your device goes in low-power mode on the NIC which can be used to Wake On LAN (WoL). You can turn that functionality off in the BIOS of the PC (look in PCIe options if in UEFI mode or WoL when in BIOS mode)
Thanks for the reply. I appreciate your help.
No, the colored light (red/orange) indicates there's a connection at 10 or 100 Mbps. White indicates a 1 Gbps connection. The only conclusion is that the network chip is active while in sleep mode. As I said, this is needed for WoL. My NAS also goes into red color when I turn it off and when I want to turn it back on, I just send a magic packet (WoL) to it and it boots up
I didn't know that...interesting. Many thanks for your helpfulness. I appreciate your time.