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RoccoPacific Author

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Airport time capsule router

Indicator light is flashing orange. What does this mean?

Posted on Apr 27, 2019 7:27 AM

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Tesserax

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Posted on Apr 27, 2019 7:57 AM

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

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

About the status light on AirPort base stations - Apple Support
If your base station's light is flashing - Apple Support

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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