Netgear DM111PSPv2 – ADSL2+ Ethernet Modem User Manual

Front Panel

The modem front panel has the status LEDs and icons shown in the following figure.

The following table describes the LEDs and icons on the front panel from left to right.

Power

•  Solid green. Power is supplied to the modem.

•  Solid red. POST (power-on self-test) failure or a device malfunction has occurred.

•  Off. Power is not supplied to the modem.

•  Restore factory settings. The LED blinks momentarily when the Restore Factory 

Settings button on the bottom of the unit is pressed for 6 seconds. The Power LED then 
blinks red three times when the Restore Factory Settings button is released and then 
turns green as the gateway resets to the factory defaults.

Ethernet

•  Solid green. The port has detected an Ethernet link with a device.

•  Blinking green. Data is being transmitted or received.

•  Off. No link is detected on the port.

DSL

•  Solid green. You have a DSL connection. In technical terms, the DSL port is 

synchronized with an ISP’s network-access device.

• Blinking green. Indicates that the broadband ADSL2+ modem is negotiating the best 

possible speed on the DSL line.

•  Off. The unit is off or there is no DSL connection.

Internet

• Solid green. You have an Internet connection. If this connection is dropped due to an 

idle time-out but the DSL connection is still present, the light stays green. If the Internet 
connection is dropped for any other reason, the light turns off.

•  Blinking green. Data is being transmitted over the DSL port.

• Solid red. The Internet (IP) connection failed. See 

for troubleshooting information.

•  Off. No Internet connection is detected or the device is in bridge mode (an external 

device handles the ISP connection).