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Wireless Router Setup Manual

Troubleshooting 29

If the correct behavior does not occur, check for a remedy from the following table.

Table 2. Troubleshooting the router’s LED behavior

LED Behavior Recommended Action

Power light is off. See “Connecting Your Wireless Router” on page 11), check the following:

• Make sure that the power cord is properly connected to your router and that

the power adapter is properly connected to a functioning power outlet.

• Check that you are using the power adapter supplied by NETGEAR for this

product.

If the error persists, you have a hardware problem and should contact technical

support.

Power light stays amber. When the router is turned on, the Power light turns amber for about 20 seconds

and then turns green. If the light does not turn green, the router has a problem.

If the Power light is still amber 1 minute after turning on power to the router:

1. Turn the power off and back on to see if the router recovers.

2. Clear the router’s configuration to factory defaults. This will set the router’s IP

address to 192.168.1.1. This procedure is explained in “Restoring the

Default Password and Configuration Settings” on page 40.

If the error persists, you might have a hardware problem and should contact

technical support.

Power light blinks green

slowly and continuously.

The router firmware is corrupted.

To restore your firmware:

1. Make sure that your PC is connected to your router and the router is

powered on.

2. Insert the Resource CD that came with your router into your PC.

The CD automatically starts and detects the language you are using on your

PC. Select a different language option, if you prefer. If the CD does not

automatically start, browse the CD and double-click on .

3. Click Supporting Software, then Netgear Firmware Recovery Utility, and

follow the

prompts for the recovery process.

4. After firmware recovery is complete, follow the prompts to restore your

configuration

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