Netgear FVS318N – Prosafe Wireless N VPN Firewall Reference Manual

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Introduction
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 ProSAFE Wireless-N 8-Port Gigabit VPN Firewall FVS318N
The following table describes the function of each LED. 
Table 1.  LED descriptions
 
LED
Activity
Description
Power LED
On (green)
Power is supplied to the wireless VPN firewall.
Off
Power is not supplied to the wireless VPN firewall.
Test LED
On (amber) during 
startup.
Test mode. The wireless VPN firewall is initializing. After approximately two 
minutes, when the wireless VPN firewall has completed its initialization, the 
Test LED goes off.
On (amber) during 
any other time
The initialization has failed, or a hardware failure has occurred.
Blinking (amber)
The wireless VPN firewall is writing to flash memory (during upgrading or 
resetting to defaults).
Off
The wireless VPN firewall has booted successfully.
LAN Ports
Left LED
Off
The LAN port has no link.
On (green)
The LAN port has detected a link with a connected Ethernet device.
Blinking (green)
Data is being transmitted or received by the LAN port.
Right LED
Off
The LAN port is operating at 10 Mbps.
On (amber)
The LAN port is operating at 100 Mbps.
On (green)
The LAN port is operating at 1000 Mbps.
DMZ LED
Off
Port 8 is operating as a normal LAN port.
On (green)
Port 8 is operating as a dedicated hardware DMZ port.
WAN Port
Left LED
Off
The WAN port has no physical link, that is, no Ethernet cable is plugged into 
the wireless VPN firewall.
On (green)
The WAN port has a valid connection with a device that provides an Internet 
connection.
Blinking (green)
Data is being transmitted or received by the WAN port.
Right LED
Off
The WAN port is operating at 10 Mbps.
On (amber)
The WAN port is operating at 100 Mbps.
On (green)
The WAN port is operating at 1000 Mbps.
Active LED
Off
There is no link to the Internet.
On (green)
There is a link to the Internet.