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You can disable LED blinking or turn off all LEDs except the Power LED. For information

about how to do this, see

Disable LED Blinking or Turn Off LEDs

on page

104.

USB 3.0

•

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

Reset

button, and it is now safe

to remove the attached USB device.

Ethernet ports

1–4

The LED color indicates the speed: white for Gigabit Ethernet connections and amber for 100

Mbps or 10 Mbps Ethernet connections.

•

Solid white

. A powered-on device is connected to the Ethernet port.

•

Blinking white

. The port is sending or receiving traffic.

•

Off

. No device is connected to this Ethernet port.

WiFi On/Off

button with LED

Pressing this button for two seconds turns the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz WiFi radios on and off.

If this LED lights solid white, the WiFi radios are on. If this LED is off, the WiFi radios are

turned off and you cannot use WiFi to connect to the router.

WPS button with

LED

This button lets you use WPS to join the WiFi network without typing the WiFi password. The

WPS LED blinks white during this process and then lights solid white.

Table 1.

LED and button descriptions

(continued)

LED

Description

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Rear Panel

The connections and buttons shown in the following figure are located on the rear panel.

Ethernet

Internet

Power

Power

port

LAN ports 1–4

Reset

button

connector

On/Off

Figure 3. Router rear panel

Pressing the

Reset

button restores the factory settings. See

Factory Settings

on page

178.

Position Your Router

The router lets you access your network anywhere within the operating range of your

wireless network. However, the operating distance or range of your wireless connection can

vary significantly depending on the physical placement of your router. For example, the

thickness and number of walls the wireless signal passes through can limit the range.

Additionally, other wireless access points in and around your home might affect your router’s

signal. Wireless access points are routers, repeaters, WiFi range extenders, and any other

device that emits a wireless signal for network access.

Position your router according to the following guidelines:

•

Place your router near the center of the area where your computers and other devices

operate and within line of sight to your wireless devices.

•

Make sure that the router is within reach of an AC power outlet and near Ethernet cables

for wired computers.

•

Place the router in an elevated location, minimizing the number walls and ceilings

between the router and your other devices.

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•

Place the router away from electrical devices such as these:

-

Ceiling fans

-

Home security systems

-

Microwaves

-

Computers

-

Base of a cordless phone

-

2.4 GHz cordless phone

•

Place the router away from large metal surfaces, large glass surfaces, insulated walls,

and items such as these:

-

Solid metal doors

-

Aluminum studs

-

Fish tanks

-

Mirrors

-

Brick

-

Concrete

Cable Your Router

The following image shows how to cable your router:

Ethernet cable

Router

Modem

Ethernet

cable

DSL or cable

Power adapter

Figure 4. Router cabling

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To cable your router:

1.

Unplug your modem’s power, leaving the modem connected to the wall jack for your

Internet service.

If your modem uses a battery, remove the battery.

2.

Plug in and turn on your modem.

If your modem uses a battery, put the battery back in.

3.

Connect your modem to the Internet port of your router with the yellow Ethernet cable that

came with your router.

4.

Connect the power adapter to your router and plug the power adapter into an outlet.

5.

Press the

Power On/Off

button on the rear panel of the router.

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Connect to the Network and

Access the Router

You can connect to the router’s WiFi network or use a wired Ethernet connection. This chapter

explains the ways you can connect and how to access the router and log in.

This chapter contains the following sections:

•

Connect to the Network

•

Types of Logins

•

Use an Internet Browser to Access the Router

•

Change the Language

•

Access the Router with NETGEAR genie App