Table 1. LED descriptions
Description
LED
Solid green. The AP is ready.
Solid red. The AP is starting or restarting. That is, when you apply power to the AP or
reset the AP to factory default settings, the Power LED lights solid red for about five
seconds and then turns solid amber.
For more information about resetting the AP to factory default settings, see Factory
default settings on page 142.
Solid amber. The AP is in the process of starting.
Blinking amber. The AP is upgrading firmware or someone pressed the Reset button
on the back panel.
Blinking red. The firmware is corrupted and the AP cannot start. For more information,
see Power LED does not turn green on page 229.
Off. Power is not supplied to the AP.
Power
Solid green. An Internet connection is established.
Blinking green. The Internet port is sending or receiving traffic.
Solid amber. The AP cannot get an Internet connection. For more information, see
Internet LED is solid amber or off [router mode] on page 230 (router mode is the default
system mode) or Internet LED is solid amber or off [access point mode] on page 231.
Blinking alternating green and amber. If the traffic meter is enabled, the traffic limit
is reached. Fore more information, see Unblock the traffic meter after the traffic limit is
reached [router mode] on page 165.
Off. No Internet connection exists, for example, because no cable is inserted in the
Internet port.
Internet
Solid green. One or both WiFi radios are operating.
Blinking green. One or both WiFi radios are sending or receiving traffic.
Off. Both WiFi radios are off. For more information, see WiFi LED is Off on page 231.
WiFi
Solid green. One or more LAN ports are connected to devices.
Blinking green. One or more LAN ports are sending or receiving traffic.
Solid amber. One or more LAN ports function at 10 or 100 Mbps speed and are
connected to powered-up devices.
Blinking amber. One or more LAN ports are sending or receiving traffic at 10 or 100
Mbps speed.
Off. None of the LAN ports is connected to a device.
LAN
Solid green. WPS is available.
Blinking green. The WPS button was pressed. For two minutes, the AP attempts to
find the WiFi device (that is, the client) that can join the AP Wireless 1 network. For more
information, see Use Wi-Fi Protected Setup to join the Wireless 1 network on page 37.
Off. WPS is disabled.
WPS
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WiFi 6 AX1800 Dual Band Wireless Access Point WAX204