Orange / Red light on my netgear nighthawk router

[SteffJay1]

I have connected another pc to the router and the router is giving the pc a ip address of 192.168.x.x. The pc is working well and is able to get onto the net etc. However, there is a red light showing on the router rj45 where the pc is connected to. The ethernet card it is using is a RTL8139. Red light port 2

 Can anyone give me a solution to this pleasse?

[Blanca_O · Accepted solution]

Hi SteffJay1, 

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.

Regards, 
Blanca 
Community Team

[Kitsap]

The amber light is usually an indication of a 100Mbs connection as opposed to a white light for a 1Gbs connection.

As long as the other PC has access to the internet, three quick things you can do.

Try another ethernet cable to rule out a bad cable.

Make sure the other PC has a 1Gbs network interface card.

Make sure the other PC has the latest drivers installed for the network interface card.

[Blanca_O · Accepted solution]

Hi SteffJay1, 

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.

Regards, 
Blanca 
Community Team