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Piwikiwi
Aspirant
Sep 27, 2020

XR500 ethernet status light colors incorrect?

Hi there,   the white/amber colors on my ethernet status lights appear to work in reverse.   The DumaOS Device Manager will show Port 1 to have a 100Mbits Link Speed, but the Eth1 light on the fr...
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Netduma-Fraser
NetDuma Partner
Sep 27, 2020
When did you purchase the router? What firmware are you using? If you look in Settings > Monitoring view does the link speed match with what you're seeing on the Device Manager or the LEDs?
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Piwikiwi
Aspirant
Oct 05, 2020

Hi there,

 

I purchased the unit in March 2020.

Firmware is V2.3.2.56.

The lights and speeds (in monitoring) apparently have a mirrored relationship to the actual port numbers. So the light "Eth 1" corresponds to Port Number 4 etc.

 

I understand this is a bug/error/production fault that these units can have.

 

I dont care terribly much although it should obviously not have been present on such a premium product. Maybe a notice should have accompanied the unit or possibly a good quality sticker with the correct port numbers should be provided....or something.

 

Anyway, it would obviously be great if it could be bugfixed or at least stickered correctly seeing as the people that buy these units are probably the ones that might notice the technical details.

 

Ciao, Paul.