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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 ...
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.
I will admit that I am not very tech savy. I am not sure what is the "unspecifed device". From the wall outlet the cable connects to a small black box about the size of an iphone that is provided by Suddenlink, my cable/internet provider. It is labeled Actiontec ECB2500C. It has two cable conntections, one for the inlet signal and one that goes to my modem (Arris SURFboard SB 6121), and a port for the ethernet cable which connects to the new wifi router. Besides the cable connection, the modem has the internet cable that goes to the ethernet port on the wifi router. From the router, there is a cable connected to one of the ethernet ports that goes to my computer. As I have said, everything appears to be working fine. I don't want to continue to bother you with my lack of knowledge, but is there something that I should be concerned about with the red light, or when should I be concerned?
I do thank you for your patience and comments in answering my questions.
bhre wrote:I will admit that I am not very tech savy. I am not sure what is the "unspecifed device". From the wall outlet the cable connects to a small black box about the size of an iphone that is provided by Suddenlink, my cable/internet provider. It is labeled Actiontec ECB2500C. It has two cable conntections, one for the inlet signal and one that goes to my modem (Arris SURFboard SB 6121), and a port for the ethernet cable which connects to the new wifi router. Besides the cable connection, the modem has the internet cable that goes to the ethernet port on the wifi router. From the router, there is a cable connected to one of the ethernet ports that goes to my computer. As I have said, everything appears to be working fine. I don't want to continue to bother you with my lack of knowledge, but is there something that I should be concerned about with the red light, or when should I be concerned?
I do thank you for your patience and comments in answering my questions.
If all is working, it means you should not be concerned. Your modem most likely has a 100 Mbps chip inside and that's why your WAN port is red/amber. Your LAN port where your PC is connected to is white which means your PC has a 1 Gbps chip inside so the router reports that as white
> [...] Actiontec ECB2500C [...]
That's a MoCA adapter.
> [...] the ethernet port on the wifi router. [...]
_Which_ one? There are five.
If a device has different types of ports, then "connected to device"
is not enough detail. That holds for the router, the MoCA adapter, and
the modem. A better description of what's connected to what might be
helpful.
> [...] Your modem most likely has a 100 Mbps chip inside and that's why
> your WAN port is red/amber. [...]Please read the User Manual (for a change) before babbling. The
color of the WAN/Internet LED does _not_ indicate the speed of the
physical link on the WAN/Internet Ethernet port.
Then check the specs on an "Arris SURFboard SB 6121", and its
"Gigabit Ethernet Connectivity".https://arris.secure.force.com/consumers/ConsumerProductDetail?p=a0ha000000GNcscAAD
"most likely", the one thing this forum does _not_ need is more
confident but uninformed guessing.