PC Magazine - USA (2021-03)

DECODE THE BLINKING LIGHTS
If you can’t connect to the internet at all, take a look at
your modem and router. Both should have a few LED
status indicators. If none of them are lit up, then the
modem or router is probably unplugged or powered
down. Disconnect the power cord—if you have both a
modem and a router, disconnect them both—then
reconnect the modem after a minute or two.

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the On position. Once its lights are on, plug in your
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you still don’t see lights after plugging them in, you may
have a failed power adapter, a faulty power strip, or a
fried router.

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