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kgeoffrey
Guide
Sep 07, 2021
Solved

Amber Ethernet LED on Modem

Howdy,   I have a Nighthawk R7000 router and CM400 modem. From what I have read here, the amber ethernet LED indicates my connection is 10/100, but the R7000 is supposed to handle 1 Gigabit.   Al...
Troubleshooting
  • plemans's avatar
    plemans
    Sep 07, 2021

    have you tried swapping in a new ethernet cable? I've seen sketchy cat 5e only connect at 10/100mbps. 

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plemans
Guru - Experienced User
Sep 08, 2021

did you try a different cable? 

If you direct connect a pc/laptop to the modem, does it connect at gigabit speeds? 

 

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kgeoffrey
Guide
Sep 08, 2021

plemansI have not tried a new cable yet. That is next on my to-do list.

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    kgeoffrey
    Guide
    Sep 09, 2021

    plemansIt was the cable. Awesome.

    Thanks so much!

    • plemans's avatar
      plemans
      Guru - Experienced User
      Sep 09, 2021

      Glad it was an easy fix!

      If you mark it solved, it might help the next person

    • michaelkenward's avatar
      michaelkenward
      Guru - Experienced User
      Sep 09, 2021

      Great. An inexpensive fix!

       

      People sometimes overthink problems and assume the sky has fallen in when in reality it is a simple one to sort out.

       

      Now we can add another one to the "cable fixed it" category.