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Orange / Red light on my netgear nighthawk router

bvrijswijk
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Orange / Red light on my netgear nighthawk router

Hi I got en new Nighthawk and when connecting the ethernet cables i get on one port a red light on the other port the lights are white.(when transfering data)

 

even changing the cable into an other port the red ligh follows the cable, is this a warning that the connection is wrong, false, broken ?

 

Can not find the meaning of the lights in the manual

 

hope someone can help

 

br

 

Bep

Model: R7000|Nighthawk AC1900 Dual Band WiFi Router
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bvrijswijk
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Re: Orange / Red light on my netgear nighthawk router

althogh the tester did not indicate any problems, a new connector fitted and it works great now.

 

Problem solved

 

thank you all

 

all the best

 

Be

 

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netwrks
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Re: Orange / Red light on my netgear nighthawk router

One of two things. Either you are using an CAT5 Ethernet cable, or the device only supports 10/100Mbps. Manual - What the LED colors mean. Pages 11 and 12.

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William10a
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Re: Orange / Red light on my netgear nighthawk router


@netwrks wrote:

One of two things. Either you are using an CAT5 Ethernet cable, or the device only supports 10/100Mbps. Manual - What the LED colors mean. Pages 11 and 12.


The red(Amber) light is for 10/100mb connections and the white is for 1gb connections. Netwrks is right the device connected can make the light red(amber) or white and a small possible that the lan cable has a broken pair of wires as it takes all four pairs for a 1gb connection and only two for a 10/100mb connection.

A RJ-45 Lan cable tester can test the cable for you if you access both ends at one point.

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bvrijswijk
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Re: Orange / Red light on my netgear nighthawk router

Thank you so much for your reply, I am using cat 6 cable but home made connections so yes it can be that the cable has wrong connections.

 

I will go for a tester and see if this is the problem

 

all the best

 

bep

 

 

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bvrijswijk
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Re: Orange / Red light on my netgear nighthawk router

althogh the tester did not indicate any problems, a new connector fitted and it works great now.

 

Problem solved

 

thank you all

 

all the best

 

Be

 

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