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Orange / Red light on my netgear nighthawk router
Hi I got en new Nighthawk and when connecting the ethernet cables i get on one port a red light on the other port the lights are white.(when transfering data)
even changing the cable into an other port the red ligh follows the cable, is this a warning that the connection is wrong, false, broken ?
Can not find the meaning of the lights in the manual
hope someone can help
br
Bep
althogh the tester did not indicate any problems, a new connector fitted and it works great now.
Problem solved
thank you all
all the best
Be
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netwrks wrote:One of two things. Either you are using an CAT5 Ethernet cable, or the device only supports 10/100Mbps. Manual - What the LED colors mean. Pages 11 and 12.
The red(Amber) light is for 10/100mb connections and the white is for 1gb connections. Netwrks is right the device connected can make the light red(amber) or white and a small possible that the lan cable has a broken pair of wires as it takes all four pairs for a 1gb connection and only two for a 10/100mb connection.
A RJ-45 Lan cable tester can test the cable for you if you access both ends at one point.
Thank you so much for your reply, I am using cat 6 cable but home made connections so yes it can be that the cable has wrong connections.
I will go for a tester and see if this is the problem
all the best
bep
