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incessant amber light blinking for ethernet port

HammerFall
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incessant amber light blinking for ethernet port

So, the modem has five LED lights on front.

 

The power, upstream, downstream, and Internet lights remain steady green during all my time using the new modem so far.

 

The Ethernet light, on the other hand, blinks amber ALL the time, even at night when my computer is off.

 

I've been searching for some info on this and found some past discussions in this community that say this is normal.

 

They have also said the color of the Ethernet light is either amber or green, depending on the speed of hardware connected to it, as I understand the comments.

 

I would think the light, whether amber or green, would sometimes settle down and remain steady instead of constantly blinking.

 

But, apparently, that is not so.

 

So, from a technical standpoint, this is apparently normal. I just find it a annoying.

 

For a modem to be designed to behave this way seems odd.

 

If the light blinked during actual internet activity in my network, that would make sense. The blinking should have some meaning, it should indicate certain activity.

 

The endless blinking is meaningless and not what I want to see in a network device.

 

If I had known about this, I might have bought a different router.

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