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Netgear Nighthawk AC2300 orange light when connected to Netgear Powerline 1200 how to fix?
Netgear Nighthawk AC2300 orange light when connected to Netgear Powerline 1200. Anyway to fix this?
> [...] why is the Nighhawk port orange? [...]
A bad cable could do it. Connect the ends of that cable to any two
LAN Ethernet ports on the R7000P. Do the two corresponding port-status
indicators show white or amber?
This is my understanding as to WHY it is orange. "If the device you connected is only capable of 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet LAN connection, the LAN port lights amber to show that it is connected at a slower speed than what is supported by the router. If your device has a Gigabit Ethernet port, the LAN port lights white."
The Powerline 1200 should be well above 10/100. It is listed as, "10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet port" Hence the question, why is the Nighhawk port orange? All other LAN port lights are white as expected.
BladeParker wrote:
The Powerline 1200 should be well above 10/100. It is listed as, "10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet port" Hence the question, why is the Nighhawk port orange? All other LAN port lights are white as expected.
My Powerline PLP1200 show as a Gb connection on a 16-port dumb switch. So I second the cable hypothesis.
It was the cable... :(
My appologies, I was certain I had tested that before. Thank you for all of the help!