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Took power off and don’t know how to restart it. Now an orange light blinking

Posted on Apr 18, 2019 12:20 PM

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Posted on Apr 18, 2019 12:30 PM

A persistent, flashing amber light indicates that any of the several potential conditions may require your attention:

  1. The base station has not yet been configured because it is new, or it has been reset.
  2. You have selected a security configuration that is not recommended.
  3. A new firmware update is available for the base station.
  4. One of several other conditions, such as a disconnected Ethernet cable or invalid IP address has been detected.    



To find out why your base station's status LED is flashing amber:

  • Open AirPort Utility
  • Click on the AirPort base station
  • Look for a Status setting in the small window that appears. Note: Status only appears if there is an issue or notification.
  • Click on the small amber dot there and another window will open to explain what the "issue" might be.
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Apr 18, 2019 12:30 PM in response to swwl

A persistent, flashing amber light indicates that any of the several potential conditions may require your attention:

  1. The base station has not yet been configured because it is new, or it has been reset.
  2. You have selected a security configuration that is not recommended.
  3. A new firmware update is available for the base station.
  4. One of several other conditions, such as a disconnected Ethernet cable or invalid IP address has been detected.    



To find out why your base station's status LED is flashing amber:

  • Open AirPort Utility
  • Click on the AirPort base station
  • Look for a Status setting in the small window that appears. Note: Status only appears if there is an issue or notification.
  • Click on the small amber dot there and another window will open to explain what the "issue" might be.

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