Get to know your modem’s lights
5
Light
State
Meaning
STATUS
Off
Modem has no power.
Red
Modem is offline.
Green
Modem is online.
Orange
Modem is rebooting or
powering up. Flashes
during firmware upgrade.
WAN
Off
No connection or
modem has no power.
Green
Modem has a connection.
Flashes during
connection activity.
Internet
Off
Modem has no power.
Red
Modem is offline.
Green
Modem is online. Flashes
during connection activity.
Wireless 2.4GHz
or 5GHz
Off
WiFi off/disabled or
modem has no power.
Green
WiFi enabled. Flashes
during WiFi activity and
when rebooting.
Light
State
Meaning
WPS
Off
WPS not in use or
modem has no power.
Red
WPS connection
failed - try again.
Green
WPS connection successful.
Ethernet
Orange
WPS search mode on
or WPS connection in
progress. Flashes.
Off
Nothing connected to
LAN ports or modem
has no power.
USB
Green
Ethernet connection to any
LAN port. Flashes during
connection activity.
Off
No USB device detected.
Netphone
Green
USB device detected. Flashes
during connection activity.
Off
VoIP disabled or modem
has no power.
WiFi Button
Green
VoIP enabled. Flashes
during calls.
N/A
A button you can press to
turn WiFi ability on/off.