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Wolfy1bet
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Mar 08, 2021

Orange Light in Port 1 (Philips Hue Bridge Connected in Port)

I've been having issues with slow speeds in my room, Router is R8000 and Modem is C7000V2 so im curious on why the issues. Also noticed my Port 1 has a orange light which my hue bridge is connected too and also having issues.

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  • what issues?

     

    Orange/Red light indicates the port is running at 10 or 100 Mbps instead of 1 Gbps

  • > I've been having issues with slow speeds in my room, [...]

     

       What do you expect others to know about your "my room", and how it
    relates to anything else?

     

    > [...] Router is R8000 and Modem is C7000V2 [...]

     

       A C7000v2 is, by default, a modem+router, not a simple "Modem".  Or
    did you configure the C7000v2 as a modem only?

     

       What, exactly, is connected to what?  (Hint: If a device has
    different types of Ethernet ports, then "connected to device" is not
    enough detail.)  Are computers/devices other than the R8000
    (Wan/Internet port?) connected to the C7000v2?

     

    > [...] Also noticed my Port 1 [...]

     

       _You_ have a "Port 1"?  Or did you mean a "Port 1" on some device or
    other?  _Which_?


    > [...] has a orange light [...]

     

       What Netgear calls "amber"?

     

       Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
    for Documentation.  Get the User Manual (at least).  Read.  Look for the
    LED descriptions.  Now that we know what "amber" means, ...

     

    > [...] which my hue bridge is connected [to] [...]

     

       Is your (unspecified) "my hue bridge" the only type of Hue bridge in
    the world, or might it have an identifying model number?  In any case,
    I'd expect a Hue bridge not to need a gigabit/s connection to do its
    job, so I would not be amazed if it had a slower-than-Gb/s interface.

     

    > [...] and also having issues.


       "issues" is not a useful problem description.  It does not say what
    you did.  It does not say what happened when you did it.  As usual,
    showing actual actions (commands) with their actual results (error
    messages, LED indicators, ...) can be more helpful than vague
    descriptions or interpretations.

     

       Cascading multiple (NAT) routers can cause multiple problems, so if
    both the C7000v2 and the R8000 are configured as (modem+)routers, then
    some kinds of problems would not amaze me.