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Old 08-23-2007, 04:30 AM
William R. Walsh
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Default Re: My netgear router light has gone orange....

Hi!

> Nope. I re-read the original and it was the power light:


Ah, OK. Don't know how I missed that, but I did. An amber power light
doesn't sound good. I've not heard of one doing that before.

> What color is the Netgear power light normally? What color while
> booting?


On my WGR614v6, the startup process goes something like this:
All lights on
All lights off
Power light on
Radio light blinks
Ethernet port lights come in if anything is attached them and alive
Up and running

There's a "check mark" that should come on if the unit is completely up and
working, but it doesn't seem to apply in the bridge mode.

> I never read the manual until after I get into trouble. It's a matter
> of pride. I have to maintain the illusion that I know everything
> (except the color of the Netgear pilot light).


I didn't touch it until I was curious--as in "that's an interesting feature.
I wonder if they talk about it in the book." Not a word was said.

> We used to use those as servers around 1987. 486DX33 CPU's.


This one has the clock doubling (50MHz) "L" complex in it. I have some DX33
boards, but they don't see regular use.

> I just tossed a PS/2 Muddle 30-286. The reason it took so long is
> that there were tons of other PS/2 boxes and parts on top of it.


Any 9585 K/N boxen in there? I've been looking and wanting one for *years*.
I have lots of 9585-xXx boxen.

> Want a large box of assorted PS/2 boards cheap? Most were
> pulled from Model 95 servers.


Sure, why not. Almost anything is interesting and could be put to good use.
(For whatever it might be worth, I have an operating Token Ring notwork
bridged to my Ethernet toys by way of an IBM 8229.)

wct <atsign> walshcomptech <dot> com

> Cramming an ATX motherboard into a Model 95 case:
> <http://kentie.net/article/ps2atx/index.htm>


Sacrilege! Aaaah! :-)

William



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