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Orange / Red light on my netgear nighthawk router
I have connected another pc to the router and the router is giving the pc a ip address of 192.168.x.x. The pc is working well and is able to get onto the net etc. However, there is a red light showin...
Hi SteffJay1,
If the device you connected is only capable of 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet LAN connection, the LAN port lights amber to show that it is connected at a slower speed than what is supported by the router. If your device has a Gigabit Ethernet port, the LAN port lights white.
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Blanca
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The amber light is usually an indication of a 100Mbs connection as opposed to a white light for a 1Gbs connection.
As long as the other PC has access to the internet, three quick things you can do.
Try another ethernet cable to rule out a bad cable.
Make sure the other PC has a 1Gbs network interface card.
Make sure the other PC has the latest drivers installed for the network interface card.