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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 ...
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.