Netgear Nighthawk AX8 RAX80 Wi-Fi Router
Normal Status Lights

Light
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STATUS
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Description & Suggested Action
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POWER | SOLID WHITE | The Router is ready |
FLASHING WHITE | The Router is not ready, firmware is upgrading or the RESET button was pressed | UNLIT | Power is not supplied to the Router | INTERNET | SOLID WHITE | The Internet connection is ready |
FLASHING WHITE | The Port is sending or receiving traffic | UNLIT | No Ethernet cable is connected between the Router and the Modem | ETHERNET PORTS | SOLID WHITE | The Router detected a 1Gbps link with a powered-on device |
FLASHING WHITE | The Port is sending or receiving traffic at 1Gbps | SOLID AMBER | The Router detected a 100Mbps or 10Mbps link with a powered-on device | FLASHING AMBER | The Port is sending or receiving traffic at 100Mbps or 10Mbps | UNLIT | No device is connected to this Ethernet port | USB 3.0 PORT | SOLID WHITE | A USB device is connected and is ready |
FLASHING WHITE | A USB device is plugged in and is trying to connect | UNLIT | No USB device is connected or someone clicked SAFELY REMOVE HARDWARE button and it is now safe to remove the attached USB device | WIFI | SOLID WHITE - ON | Pressing the Wi-Fi button for 2 seconds thurns Wi-Fi LED and Wi-Fi radios on and off. If this LED is lit the Wi-Fi radios are on. |
UNLIT - OFF | If this LED is off, the Wi-Fi radios are turned off and you cannot use Wi-Fi to connect to the Router. | WPS | FLASHING WHITE - CONNECTING | Pressing the WPS lets your WPS-enabled device join your Router's Wi-Fi network without typing the Wi-Fi password. |
SOLID WHITE - CONNECTED | The WPS flashes white during the WPS process and the lights solid white when the WPS-enabled device connects to your Router's Wi-Fi network. |

Light
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STATUS
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Description & Suggested Action
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LED SWITCH | ON/OFF | If the LED ON/OFF switch on the rear panel is moved to the OFF position all the LEDs except the POWER LED are turned off |
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