Hardware Setup
10
AC1200 Smart WiFi Router with External Antennas
Rear Panel
The rear panel connections and buttons are shown in the following figure.
Figure 2. Router rear panel
The
WPS
button lets you use WPS to join the WiFi network without typing the WiFi password.
See
WiFi Connection
on page
14.
Pressing the
WiFi On/Off
button for two seconds turns the WiFi radios on and off.
Pressing the
Reset
button restores the factory settings. See
Factory Settings
on page
157.
USB port
•
Solid green
. A USB device is connected and is ready.
•
Blinking
. 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.
WPS
•
Blinking for two minutes
. Someone pressed the
WPS
button on the router to join the
WiFi network. See
WiFi Connection
on page
14.
•
Solid green
. Someone used WPS to connect to the WiFi network.
Table 1. LED descriptions (continued)
LED
Description
Ethernet
WAN
Power
Power
(Internet)
LAN ports 1–4
connector On/Off
WPS
button
WiFi On/Off
button
USB
port
Reset
button
port