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All LEDs Remain Lit After Startup, Internet or LAN Port LEDs Are Off, WiFi LED Is Off

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N450 Wireless Router WNR2500 All LEDs Remain Lit After Startup When the router is turned on, the LEDs light for about 10 seconds and then turn off. If all the LEDs stay lit, a fault exists within the router. If all LEDs are still lit one minute after power-up: • Turn off the power and back on to see if the router recovers. • To return the router to its factory settings, press and hold the Restore Factory Settings button. For more information, see Factory Settings on page 134. If the error persists, you might have a hardware problem. Contact technical support at www.netgear.com/support. Internet or LAN Port LEDs Are Off If one of the LAN port LEDs or the Internet LED does not light when the Ethernet connection is made, check the following: • Make sure that the Ethernet cable connections are secure at the router and at the modem or computer. • Make sure that power is turned on to the connected modem or computer. • Be sure that you are using the correct cable. When you connect the router's Internet port to a cable or DSL broadband modem, use the cable that was supplied with the cable or DSL broadband modem. This cable can be a standard straight-through Ethernet cable or an Ethernet crossover cable. WiFi LED Is Off If the WiFi LED stays off, check to see if the WiFi On/Off button on the router has been pressed. This button turns the wireless radio in the router on and off. The WiFi LED is lit when the wireless radio is turned on. WPS Button Blinks Amber If, after you use the Push 'N' Connect (WPS) function, the WPS LED blinks green rapidly, check the following: • Make sure that you have used the WPS button on the front of the router and not the WPS Wizard on the Add WPS Client screen. • Check that PIN verification succeeded for the wireless device that you are adding to the wireless network. • Make sure that you have not pressed the WPS button on the front of the router after disabling the WPS feature (you logged in to the router and disabled this feature previously). Troubleshooting 126

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N450 Wireless Router WNR2500
All LEDs Remain Lit After Startup
When the router is turned on, the LEDs light for about 10 seconds and then turn off. If all the
LEDs stay lit, a fault exists within the router.
If all LEDs are still lit one minute after power-up:
•
Turn off the power and back on to see if the router recovers.
•
To return the router to its factory settings, press and hold the
Restore Factory Settings
button.
For more information, see
Factory Settings
on page
134.
If the error persists, you might have a hardware problem. Contact technical support at
www.netgear.com/support
.
Internet or LAN Port LEDs Are Off
If one of the LAN port LEDs or the Internet LED does not light when the Ethernet connection
is made, check the following:
•
Make sure that the Ethernet cable connections are secure at the router and at the modem
or computer.
•
Make sure that power is turned on to the connected modem or computer.
•
Be sure that you are using the correct cable.
When you connect the router’s Internet port to a cable or DSL broadband modem, use the
cable that was supplied with the cable or DSL broadband modem. This cable can be a
standard straight-through Ethernet cable or an Ethernet crossover cable.
WiFi LED Is Off
If the WiFi LED stays off, check to see if the WiFi On/Off button on the router has been
pressed. This button turns the wireless radio in the router on and off. The WiFi LED is lit when
the wireless radio is turned on.
WPS Button Blinks Amber
If, after you use the Push 'N' Connect (WPS) function, the WPS LED blinks green rapidly,
check the following:
•
Make sure that you have used the WPS button on the front of the router and not the
WPS
Wizard on the Add WPS Client screen.
•
Check that PIN verification succeeded for the wireless device that you are adding to the
wireless network.
•
Make sure that you have not pressed the WPS button on the front of the router after
disabling the WPS feature (you logged in to the router and disabled this feature
previously).