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The WiFi light on my modem is flashing orange; should it be?

  • 27-08-2014 09:44AM
    #1
    Lord TSC
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 42,985 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Sorry if this is something that sounds stupid, but I recently noticed that the WiFi light on my modem is flashing orange; I could have sworn it used to be a solid green but over the last little while, it's always blinking orange.

    It's an Eircom F1000 from ZyXEL, and I have efibre if that's important. I checked the user guide online, and it says this indicates the device is setting up a WPS connection. My net works fine enough (though I've noticed streaming quality has been very shakey recently), but I wanted to make sure it wasn't something that was broken and going to cause a problem down the line.

    Thanks.

    (EDIT: I maye have used the word "modem" instead of "router", but hopefully the brand name provided should show which I mean...sorry, I always get them confused.)


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  • #2
    eircom: Alan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,831 ✭✭✭eircom: Alan


    Lord TSC wrote: »
    Sorry if this is something that sounds stupid, but I recently noticed that the WiFi light on my modem is flashing orange; I could have sworn it used to be a solid green but over the last little while, it's always blinking orange.

    It's an Eircom F1000 from ZyXEL, and I have efibre if that's important. I checked the user guide online, and it says this indicates the device is setting up a WPS connection. My net works fine enough (though I've noticed streaming quality has been very shakey recently), but I wanted to make sure it wasn't something that was broken and going to cause a problem down the line.

    Thanks.

    (EDIT: I maye have used the word "modem" instead of "router", but hopefully the brand name provided should show which I mean...sorry, I always get them confused.)



    [font=Times New Roman","serif]Hi Lord TSC[/font]
    [font=Times New Roman","serif] [/font]
    [font=Times New Roman","serif] [/font][font=Times New Roman","serif]This indicates the modem is in WPS mode, (searching for wireless devices) - Activated by pressing and holding the wifi button on the modem. You can turn it off by equally pressing & holding the wifi button although WPS mode does not have an impact on service :)[/font]
    [font=Times New Roman","serif] [/font]
    [font=Times New Roman","serif]Thanks[/font]
    [font=Times New Roman","serif]Al[/font]


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