Should the internet light be blinking on my router

burtons
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I'm with plusnet for my broadband and have the Sagemcom 2704N router but I find the internet light is blinking when nothing is connected so is this normal.

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  • lee111s
    lee111s Posts: 2,988 Forumite
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    Yes. It usually indicates data is being passed through the router.

    It should be more of a flicker than an regular blinking.
  • burtons
    burtons Posts: 724 Forumite
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    lee111s wrote: »
    Yes. It usually indicates data is being passed through the router.

    It should be more of a flicker than an regular blinking.
    It does flicker now and again when nothing is connected but when I'm using the internet it starts blinking like mad.
  • lee111s
    lee111s Posts: 2,988 Forumite
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    Perfectly normal.
  • burtons
    burtons Posts: 724 Forumite
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    It never flashed before. The only light that used to flash was the WiFi light.
  • lee111s
    lee111s Posts: 2,988 Forumite
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    Is it impacting your use of the service?
  • cajef
    cajef Posts: 6,266 Forumite
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    burtons wrote: »
    It never flashed before.
    Are you sure?

    It is normal for the internet light to flash to indicate data is being sent and received, it will still flash occasionally when the computer is off as background noise is always being received.
  • teddysmum
    teddysmum Posts: 9,471 Forumite
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    I changed from Sky to PlusNet and had to set up the new tv for internet access.


    Whereas the SKy unit has a special wifi button the PlusNet one does not, so I had to set up manually and found that after the tv made contact the modem appeared to still be searching (CS told me this was why the light still flashed).It was fixed by restarting the modem.
  • cajef
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    teddysmum wrote: »
    I changed from Sky to PlusNet and had to set up the new tv for internet access.
    You are talking about the connecting the WiFi to your TV, which is nothing to do with the internet light on the router.
  • burtons
    burtons Posts: 724 Forumite
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    lee111s wrote: »
    Is it impacting your use of the service?
    Now and again I notice the internet slowing down and yesterday when I turned off my amazon box the internet cut off and came back on.
    cajef wrote: »
    Are you sure?

    It is normal for the internet light to flash to indicate data is being sent and received, it will still flash occasionally when the computer is off as background noise is always being received.
    Yes I'm sure. The internet light was always solid green like the broadband light. I only noticed the problem when openreach was in my area so I was wondering if they did something in the green cabinet.
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