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Instant Broadband™ Series The Crossover Switch When "uplinking," or connecting two pieces of network hardware together, such as a hub and a switch, a general rule of thumb is to plug one end of a network cable into a straight-through port, and the other end into a crossover port (uplink port). Standard ports are straight-through ports, and uplink ports are crossover ports. The 1Port Figure 3-2 Important: The chart in Figure 3-2 is for reference purposes only. Every network is different. If you do not make a connection to a hub or switch by using the settings above, change the position of the Crossover Switch. The 1-Port Router's Front Panel LEDs Power Link/Act Figure 3-3 Green. The Power LED lights up green when the Router is powered on. Green. The Link/Act LED serves two purposes. If the LED is continuously lit, the Router is successfully connected to a device through the LAN port. If the LED is flickering, the Router is actively sending or receiving data through the LAN port. 12 EtherFast® Cable/DSL Routers Full/Col Green. The Full/Col LED also serves two purposes. If this LED remains lit, a LAN port connection is being successfully maintained. If the LED flickers, the connection is experiencing collisions. Infrequent collisions are normal. If this LED flickers too often, there may be a problem with your connection. See "Appendix A: Troubleshooting" if you encounter this problem. 10/100 Orange. The 10/100 LED lights up when a successful 100 Mbps connection is made through the corresponding port. If a connection is running at 10 Mbps, the 10/100 LED will not light up. The WAN Indicators Link Green. The Link LED lights up when a successful connection is made between the Router and your broadband device or network. Act Green. The Act LED flickers when the Router is sending or receiving data over the WAN port. Diag Red. The Diag LED lights up when the Router goes through its self-diagnostic mode. It will turn off upon successful completion of the diagnosis. If this LED stays on for an abnormally long period of time, see "Appendix A: Troubleshooting." Proceed to "Chapter 5: Connect the Router." 13

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EtherFast
®
Cable/DSL Routers
Full/Col
Green
. The
Full/Col
LED also serves two purposes. If this
LED remains lit, a LAN port connection is being successful-
ly maintained. If the LED flickers, the connection is experi-
encing collisions. Infrequent collisions are normal.
If this LED flickers too often, there may be a problem with
your connection. See “Appendix A: Troubleshooting” if you
encounter this problem.
10/100
Orange
. The
10/100
LED lights up when a successful
100 Mbps connection is made through the corresponding
port.
If a connection is running at 10 Mbps, the
10/100
LED will
not light up.
The WAN Indicators
Link
Green
. The
Link
LED lights up when a successful connec-
tion is made between the Router and your broadband device
or network.
Act
Green
. The
Act
LED flickers when the Router is sending or
receiving data over the
WAN
port.
Diag
Red
. The
Diag
LED lights up when the Router goes through
its self-diagnostic mode. It will turn off upon successful
completion of the diagnosis.
If this LED stays on for an abnormally long period of time,
see “Appendix A: Troubleshooting.”
Proceed to “Chapter 5: Connect the Router.”
13
Instant Broadband
™
Series
12
The Crossover Switch
When “uplinking,” or connecting two pieces of network hardware together,
such as a hub and a switch,
a
general
rule of thumb
is to plug one end of a
network cable into a straight-through port, and the other end into a crossover
port (uplink port). Standard ports are straight-through ports, and uplink ports
are crossover ports.
The
1
-
Port
Power
Green
. The
Power
LED lights up green when the Router is
powered on.
Link/Act
Green
. The
Link/Act
LED serves two purposes. If the LED
is continuously lit, the Router is successfully connected to a
device through the
LAN
port. If the LED is flickering, the
Router is actively sending or receiving data through the
LAN
port.
Important:
The chart in Figure 3-2 is for reference purposes
only.
Every network is different.
If you do not make a connec-
tion to a hub or switch by using the settings above, change the
position of the Crossover Switch.
The 1-Port Router’s Front Panel LEDs
Figure 3-2
Figure 3-3