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Two R7000 connected via a CAT6 cable but showing AMBER lights on 4 LAN ports.
I am a bit of a network guy for a lot of years now but this really stumped me.
I have a FIOS gateway router (basement) as my main and two Netgear R7000 (family room & upstairs hall), all connected via CAT6 cable. The R7000 connected to the FIOS router is fine with power, wifi and 3 LAN ports lights showing as white except for one LAN port that is AMBER and this is connected to the upstairs hall R7000 router where all 4 LAN port lights are showing AMBER but the power and wifi lights are white.
This is what I did...
I bought a 50 ft CAT6 cable and plugged the two R7000 together and it STILL shows AMBER lights on the LAN port.
I bought a Netgear R6900 router and still AMBER lights.
I restarted all routers and still got the same problem.
What the heck is going on?!!!
Assuming that there's still interest...
> I have a FIOS gateway router (basement) as my main [...]
Has it a maker and model number?
> [...] and two Netgear R7000 (family room & upstairs hall), [...]
Firmware version(s)? Configured as routers, or as wireless access
points, or what?> [...] all connected via CAT6 cable. [...]
If a device has different types of Ethernet ports, then "connected to
device" is not enough detail. What, exactly, is connected to what,
exactly?> [...] the upstairs hall R7000 router where all 4 LAN port lights are
> showing AMBER [...]
And what's connected to them?> What the heck is going on?!!!
Sounds like bad cable(s), but many things are possible.
For a quick cable test, connect each end to a LAN Ethernet port on an
R7000, and observe the relevant port-status LED indicators. For a good
cable, both port-status LEDs should indicate a maximum-speed connection.
(And they should agree.) On an R7000, that would mean white port-status
LEDs.When you have identified a good cable, try using it to connect a
couple of R7000 units together (however you want to do that). Start
with a less complex configuration, and build slowly.Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
for Documentation. Get the User Manual. Read. Look for the LED
descriptions and "Troubleshoot".
> [...] The Amber light means [...]What it says in the User Manual.
> [...] Do you have devices that are transmitting at 100Mbs (say older
> computers or laptops) or all they all transmitting at a gig (1000 Mbs).
> [...]Presumably, when connecting two R7000 routers, all the ports involved
are gigabit-capable. Whether the cables are is a different question.
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This basic idea was stumping me for a while also.It was really bugging me until I read somewhere else what the issue was. I have seen it answered somewhere else in the Netgear community while I was digging for something else. Do you have devices that are transmitting at 100Mbs (say older computers or laptops) or all they all transmitting at a gig (1000 Mbs). The Amber light means they are transmitting at a slower speed. I have one desktop & one laptop transmittimg at the slower speed & another laptop going at the gig speed.
Assuming that there's still interest...
> I have a FIOS gateway router (basement) as my main [...]
Has it a maker and model number?
> [...] and two Netgear R7000 (family room & upstairs hall), [...]
Firmware version(s)? Configured as routers, or as wireless access
points, or what?> [...] all connected via CAT6 cable. [...]
If a device has different types of Ethernet ports, then "connected to
device" is not enough detail. What, exactly, is connected to what,
exactly?> [...] the upstairs hall R7000 router where all 4 LAN port lights are
> showing AMBER [...]
And what's connected to them?> What the heck is going on?!!!
Sounds like bad cable(s), but many things are possible.
For a quick cable test, connect each end to a LAN Ethernet port on an
R7000, and observe the relevant port-status LED indicators. For a good
cable, both port-status LEDs should indicate a maximum-speed connection.
(And they should agree.) On an R7000, that would mean white port-status
LEDs.When you have identified a good cable, try using it to connect a
couple of R7000 units together (however you want to do that). Start
with a less complex configuration, and build slowly.Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
for Documentation. Get the User Manual. Read. Look for the LED
descriptions and "Troubleshoot".
> [...] The Amber light means [...]What it says in the User Manual.
> [...] Do you have devices that are transmitting at 100Mbs (say older
> computers or laptops) or all they all transmitting at a gig (1000 Mbs).
> [...]Presumably, when connecting two R7000 routers, all the ports involved
are gigabit-capable. Whether the cables are is a different question.Fios Quantum Gateway router.
R7000 v1.0.9.42_10.2.44
Router Mode (both)
all CAT6 cable wired/connected.
upstairs hall Router has all Amber lights. one room has XBOX360, next bedroom has Desktop pc with GB ethernet card and the last bedroom has Vizio Smart tv has GB ethernet socket.