An amber LED does indicate there is a 10 or 100 Mbit/s link speed negotiated between the computer. This can be a limitation of the computer Ethernet interface, or a bad/incomplete cable - a Gigabit Ethernet link requires four correctly wired and patched pairs. This should allow communication between the computer and at least the Cable Modem on http://192.168.100.1/ - permitting the computer is set-up to DHCP (and getting a public IP from the ISP DHCP).
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An amber LED does indicate there is a 10 or 100 Mbit/s link speed negotiated between the computer. This can be a limitation of the computer Ethernet interface, or a bad/incomplete cable - a Gigabit Ethernet link requires four correctly wired and patched pairs. This should allow communication between the computer and at least the Cable Modem on http://192.168.100.1/ - permitting the computer is set-up to DHCP (and getting a public IP from the ISP DHCP).
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