Table 1. LED descriptions (Continued)
Description
LED and Button
Solid white. The 2.4 GHz WiFi radio is operating.
Blinking white. The router is sending or receiving WiFi traffic.
Off. The 2.4 GHz WiFi radio is off.
2.4 GHz WiFi LED
Solid white. The 5 GHz WiFi radio is operating.
Blinking white. The router is sending or receiving WiFi traffic.
Off. The 5 GHz WiFi radio is off.
5 GHz WiFi LED
Solid white. The guest WiFi network is operating.
Blinking white. The router is sending or receiving WiFi traffic.
Off. The guest WiFi radio is off in both the 2.4 GHz band and the 5 GHz band.
Guest WiFi LED
Solid white. A USB device is connected and is ready.
Blinking white. 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.
USB 3.0 port 1 LED and
USB 3.0 port 2 LED
The LED color indicates the speed: white for Gigabit Ethernet connections and
amber for 100 Mbps or 10 Mbps Ethernet connections.
Solid white. The router detected a 1 Gbps link with a powered-on device.
Blinking white. The port is sending or receiving traffic at 1 Gbps.
Solid amber. The router detected a 100 Mbps or 10 Mbps link with a powered-on
device.
Blinking amber. The port is sending or receiving traffic at 100 Mbps or 10 Mbps.
Off. No device is connected to this Ethernet port.
Ethernet LEDs for 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 router.
WiFi/On/Off button and
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.
WPS button and LED
Note: If the LED On/Off switch on the rear panel is moved to the Off position, all the
LEDs except the Power LED are turned off.
User Manual
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Hardware Setup
XR500 Nighthawk Pro Gaming Router