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Installed wrn2000 Netgear Router . I have Internet-Wi-Fi and everything seems to be working OK. But the LINK light on my Modem is blinking orange? I haven't any idea what would not be linked up with everything working. any suggestions? I have tried powering down and reseting everything and no help so far. when the modem starts up it tries to hook up for a few seconds and then starts blinking? any help would be appreciated.
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ChrisL
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The link light will be green if the device connected to it has a gigabit Ethernet port. That router only suppor t 10/100 speeds so that is why the light is amber. If you still want to make the light green you will need to upgrade your router to one that has a gigabit Ethernet port for the WAN or Internet connection.
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ChrisL
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That light blinks when there is activity so this sounds normal to me.
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stoggie
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I understand the blinking light for activity!! But shouldn't it be Green like the rest of the lights? just curious? doesn't seem to bother anything but me with the blinking ORANGE light!!!!
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ChrisL
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The color would depend on wh ich modem you have. The older Motorola 51xx series for example all used amber lights but the newer 5101's use green.
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Macbookproi5
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What kind of modem do you have? Are you able to go online if you connect your modem directly to your computer using an ethernet cable? If you are able to go online with a direct connection. There's a possibility that the modem that you have there needs to be placed on bridge mode. This usually happens on modems that have routing capabilities. To find out check at the back of your modem if it has 4 ethernet ports.
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stoggie
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It is A Cisco Modem? I have Phone and Internet both! Everything seems to work fine. I have WI-FI, wired internet to my base computer, the phones all work fine!! It's just that blinking ORANGE light at the link location on the modem? all the other lights are green? If you reboot everything this starts out green for a second or so and then starts flashing orange. can't be a real problem with everything working? just annoys the *** out of me? thanks a million for your response!!!!!!
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stoggie
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It is A Cisco Modem? I have Phone and Internet both! Everything seems to work fine. I have WI-FI, wired internet to my base computer, the phones all work fine!! It's just that blinking ORANGE light at the link location on the modem? all the other lights are green? If you reboot everything this starts out green for a second or so and then starts flashing orange. can't be a real problem with everything working? just annoys the *** out of me? thanks a million for your response!!!!!!
Model DPQ 3212
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stoggie
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Thank you! Makes more sense than anything I've heard! I appreciate all your correspondence!!!!!!
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