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Red LED Light
I have setup this router for my wifi network. All of the applicable LED lights are on that correspond with the various connections. The lights are white except for the light corresponding with the ethernet connection which is red. Everything appears to be working fine. My question is why is the ethernet light red and not white?
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which "ethernet connection"? There are 4 of them. If all is working properly, then red/amber light means the link is 10 or more likely 100 Mbps instead of 1 Gbps
The ethernet cable is connected to 1. I tried 3 & 4 and they both showed red. The connection 3 is connected to the computer and is white.
The only purpose for the ethernet cable that I know of is to provide my cable/internet provider with access to their cable boxes and the internet. They provide me with 100 Mbps download speed. So, if I understand your comment, the light will continue to be red until I have 1 Gbps internet speed.
No, it means the network chip that your (unspecified) device uses and the router reports as red/amber is operating at 100 Mbps. If the chip is Gbps-capable, it will show white color.
> [...] the light corresponding with the ethernet connection which is
> red. [...]"the ethernet connection" to _what_? An Ethernet cable has two ends.
Follow it to the other end?> [...] My question is why is the ethernet light red and not white?
If your "red" is what Netgear calls "amber", then you might try this
radical concept (which works for some people):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTFM
Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your (actual) model number,
and look for Documentation. Get the User Manual (at least). Read.
Look for the LED descriptions. Further reading might not hurt, either.
