NETGEAR Nighthawk AX8 8 Stream Wi-Fi 6 DOCSIS 3.1 Cable Modem and Multi-Gigabit Router User Manual

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Table 1. LED descriptions (Continued)

The LED color indicates the speed: white for Gigabit Ethernet connections
and amber for 100 Mbps or 10 Mbps Ethernet connections.
Solid. A powered-on device is connected to the Ethernet port.

Blinking. The port is sending or receiving traffic.

Off. No device is connected to this Ethernet port.

Ethernet ports 1-4

Solid white. The 2.4 GHz WiFi radio is operating.

Blinking. The modem router is sending or receiving WiFi traffic.

Off. The 2.4 GHz WiFi radio is off.

2.4 GHz radio

Solid white. The 5 GHz WiFi radio is operating.

Blinking. The modem router is sending or receiving WiFi traffic.

Off. The 5 GHz WiFi radio is off.

5 GHz radio

Solid white. A USB device is connected and is ready.

Off. No USB device is connected, or someone clicked the Safely

Remove Hardware button and it is now safe to remove the attached
USB device.

USB port

The WiFi and WPS buttons are located on the front of the modem router.

Table 2. Front panel buttons

Description

Button

Pressing this button for two seconds turns the WiFi radios in the modem
router on and off. If this LED is lit, 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
modem router.

WiFi

This button lets you use WPS to join the WiFi network without typing the
WiFi password. The WPS LED blinks during this process and then lights
solid.

WPS

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Hardware Setup

Nighthawk AX8 AX6000 WiFI Cable Modem Router Model CAX80

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