Netgear AC1200 Owner's Manual

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Hardware Setup
9
 R6100 WiFi Router
Front and Side Panel
The router front and side panels have the status LEDs and buttons shown in the following 
figure.
LEDs
WiFi On/Off button
WPS button
Figure 2. Router front and side view
Table 1.  Front panel LED descriptions 
 
LED
Description
Power
Solid amber. The router is starting up.
Blinking amber. The firmware is upgrading, or the Reset button was pressed.
Solid green. The router is ready.
Blinking green. The firmware is corrupted. Visit 
Off. Power is not supplied to the router.
Internet
Solid green. The Internet connection is ready.
Solid amber. The Ethernet cable connection to the modem has been detected.
Off. No Ethernet cable is connected to the modem.
WiFi
Solid blue. The wireless radio is operating in either 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz mode.
Blinking. A wireless computer or device is using WPS to join the network. 
Off. The wireless radios are off for both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz.
USB
Solid blue. The router has accepted the USB device. The USB device is ready to be used. 
Blinking blue. A USB device is plugged in and is trying to connect. 
Off. No USB device is connected, or someone clicked the Safely Remove Hardware button, 
and it is now safe to remove the attached USB device. 
The WiFi and WPS buttons toggle the WiFi and WPS functions on and off.