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Orange / Red light on my netgear nighthawk router
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?
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
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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.
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
