Table 2. LED and button descriptions (Continued)
Description
LED
•
Solid white. A USB device is connected and is ready.
•
Blinking white. Data is being transmitted to or from the USB device.
•
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.
USB 2.0 port
•
Solid white. A USB device is connected and is ready.
•
Blinking white. Data is being transmitted to or from the USB device.
•
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.
USB 3.0 port
The LED color indicates the speed: white for Gigabit Ethernet connections and amber for 100
Mbps or 10 Mbps Ethernet connections.
•
Solid white or solid amber. A powered-on device is connected to the Ethernet port.
•
Blinking white or blinking amber. Data is being transmitted over the port.
•
Off. No powered-on device is connected to the Ethernet port.
Ethernet ports 1–4
Pressing this button for two seconds turns the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz WiFi radios on and off.
If this LED is lit, the WiFi radios are on. If this LED is off, the WiFi radios are turned off and you
cannot use WiFi to connect to the modem router.
For more information, see
on page 87 and
202.
WiFi On/Off button
with WiFi LED
This button lets you use WPS to join the WiFi network without typing the WiFi password. The
WPS LED blinks white during this process and then lights solid white.
For more information, see
Use WPS to Add a Device to the WiFi Network
on page 82.
WPS button with
WPS LED
You can use the LED On/Off switch on the back panel of the modem router to turn most LEDs on the top
of the modem router on or off (see
Back Panel With Ports, Buttons, Connectors, and a Switch
on page 14).
If you turn off the LEDs, the Power LED remains on.
Back Panel With Ports, Buttons, Connectors, and a Switch
The back panel of the modem router provides ports, buttons, antenna connectors, a DC power connector,
and an LED switch. For information about attaching the antennas, see
on page 10.
Hardware Overview of the Modem Router
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Nighthawk AC1900 WiFi VDSL/ADSL Modem Router Model D7000v2