Table 1. LED descriptions
Description
LED
• Solid amber. The router is starting.
• Blinking amber. The firmware is upgrading, or the Reset button was pressed.
• Solid white. The router is ready.
• Blinking white. The router is not ready, the firmware is upgrading, or the Reset button
was pressed.
• Off. Power is not supplied to the router.
Power
• Solid white. The Internet connection is ready.
• Solid amber. The router detected an Ethernet cable connection to the modem.
• Off. No Ethernet cable is connected between the router and the modem.
Internet
• Solid white. The 2.4 GHz WiFi radio is operating.
• Blinking. The router is sending or receiving WiFi traffic.
• Off. The 2.4 GHz WiFi radio is off.
2.4 GHz WiFi
• Solid white. The 5 GHz-1 WiFi radio is operating.
• Blinking. The router is sending or receiving WiFi traffic.
• Off. The 5 GHz-1 WiFi radio is off.
5 GHz 1 WiFi
• Solid white. The 5 GHz-2 WiFi radio is operating.
• Blinking. The router is sending or receiving WiFi traffic.
• Off. The 5 GHz-2 WiFi radio is off.
5 GHz 2 WiFi
• Solid white. 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.
USB 3.0 port
USB 2.0 port
The LED color indicates the speed: white for Gigabit Ethernet connections and amber for
100 Mbps or 10 Mbps Ethernet connections.
• Solid. A powered-on device is connected to the Ethernet port.
• Blinking. The port is sending or receiving traffic.
• Off. No device is connected to this Ethernet port.
Ethernet ports 1–4
User Manual
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Hardware Setup
Nighthawk X6 AC3000 Tri-Band WiFi Router