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Title: Blue light flashing help?
Post by: covers-r.com on July 22, 2009, 03:38:06 AM
hi need help the second blue light is allways flashing? (the one just above the power light)

is this a fault or is this normal?


please can anyone help.

Firmware Version: 1.03 hardware Version A2
Title: Re: Blue light flashing help?
Post by: DCIFRTHS on July 22, 2009, 04:03:11 AM
Mine is always flashing too. I think the only cosmetic flaw of this product is the lights. They are way too bright.
Title: Re: Blue light flashing help?
Post by: lizzi555 on July 22, 2009, 04:40:51 AM
A flashing status LED indicates a working router.
This is OK.

Quote from: DCIFRTHS
I think the only cosmetic flaw of this product is the lights. They are way too bright
I Agree. Took some blue tape and stuck it into the housing's front side. Much better now  ;D
Title: Re: Blue light flashing help?
Post by: covers-r.com on July 22, 2009, 04:50:25 AM
thanks
Title: Re: Blue light flashing help?
Post by: jason1722x on July 22, 2009, 04:53:25 AM
Yes and why did they make the router white? ::)
Title: Re: Blue light flashing help?
Post by: DCIFRTHS on July 22, 2009, 05:10:17 AM
Yes and why did they make the router white? ::)

Why did you roll your eyes? Is it because I have a preference that you do not relate to, or care about? How open minded of you...

The blue lights are too bright in my darkened living room/home theatre, while watching a movie. The fact that one of them pulsates, makes it even worse. If the room is completely dark, the DIR-655 is as bright as a night light. A caveat that should be noted for anyone placing this router in a place where lights will be annoying.
Title: Re: Blue light flashing help?
Post by: DCIFRTHS on July 22, 2009, 05:12:30 AM
A flashing status LED indicates a working router.
This is OK.
I Agree. Took some blue tape and stuck it into the housing's front side. Much better now  ;D

I am considering the same thing. What kind of blue tape did you use? Painters (masking) tape?
Title: Re: Blue light flashing help?
Post by: jason1722x on July 22, 2009, 05:17:25 AM
Why did you roll your eyes? Is it because I have a preference that you do not relate to, or care about? How open minded of you...

The blue lights are too bright in my darkened living room/home theatre, while watching a movie. The fact that one of them pulsates, makes it even worse. If the room is completely dark, the DIR-655 is as bright as a night light. A caveat that should be noted for anyone placing this router in a place where lights will be annoying.
Settle down I'm just poking fun. ;)
Title: Re: Blue light flashing help?
Post by: lizzi555 on July 22, 2009, 05:42:58 AM
I am considering the same thing. What kind of blue tape did you use? Painters (masking) tape?

I took usual tape as electricians use it, bought it in a do-it-yourself market here.
Title: Re: Blue light flashing help?
Post by: Johnnyboy! on July 22, 2009, 08:59:15 AM
D-Link has had a flashing light which indicates "Situation Normal" for over 10 years (I know my DI-524 has one too). I guess this was a consultation for the fact that the engineers couldn't provide the CEO with sharks with frickin' laser beams on their head.   ;D

Next thing you know, they will incorporate a buzzer that alarms... just to tell you everything is fine. Oh wait, they already have. I hear the fan on the DIR-685 is so loud, you can't even hear a TV over it!

jB
Title: Re: Blue light flashing help?
Post by: Demonized on July 22, 2009, 11:23:38 AM
Mine is always flashing too. I think the only cosmetic flaw of this product is the lights. They are way too bright.
Do you have it 30" right in front of you? If not I can not imagine the lights being too bright that much that it irritates you. You're supposed to look at the big bright screen when computing...  ;)
Title: Re: Blue light flashing help?
Post by: onebyside on July 22, 2009, 03:48:30 PM
hmmm and nice fw toggle to turn off the lights...couldn't be that hard could it?

onebyside runs....
Title: Re: Blue light flashing help?
Post by: jason1722x on July 22, 2009, 04:15:42 PM
You remember that old T.V. add for BlueBlockers.
Title: Re: Blue light flashing help?
Post by: DCIFRTHS on July 23, 2009, 11:13:37 PM
Settle down I'm just poking fun. ;)

Thanks for clarifying.

I'm settled now ;)
Title: Re: Blue light flashing help?
Post by: DCIFRTHS on July 23, 2009, 11:22:57 PM
Do you have it 30" right in front of you? If not I can not imagine the lights being too bright that much that it irritates you. You're supposed to look at the big bright screen when computing...  ;)

My solution was to put the router where it is inconvenient to get too, this makes it hard to see as well. While "hidden" the light level is much lower. Not a perfect solution...
Title: Re: Blue light flashing help?
Post by: DCIFRTHS on July 23, 2009, 11:24:26 PM
hmmm and nice fw toggle to turn off the lights...couldn't be that hard could it?

onebyside runs....

I asked for this  long time ago, and if I remember correctly, I believe the response was that it couldn't/wouldn't be done.
Title: Re: Blue light flashing help?
Post by: DCIFRTHS on July 23, 2009, 11:25:37 PM
I took usual tape as electricians use it, bought it in a do-it-yourself market here.

Thanks for responding.
Title: Re: Blue light flashing help?
Post by: KevTech on July 24, 2009, 03:15:55 PM
I replaced the blue LED's with red.
Title: Re: Blue light flashing help?
Post by: rwaz6141 on August 27, 2009, 11:03:05 AM
I have to agree, the "Blinking" really is annoying, but I just turned it around to face the wall, Wife says it looks like landing strip at night walking into the room!..But Wow, with all the other problems with this router?? Seems like the lights really are trivial..You had to know it had lights when u bought it?!  :) Hell I gave up trying to figure out how it screwed up my Directv Media Share!!
Title: Re: Blue light flashing help?
Post by: Sammydad1 on August 27, 2009, 09:58:56 PM
Hi,

The obvious answer to the part of the OP about it being white, is a vain attempt by our beloved Dlink to mimic Apple's products.


SD1
Title: Re: Blue light flashing help?
Post by: Johnnyboy! on August 28, 2009, 11:40:16 AM
The obvious answer to the part of the OP about it being white, is a vain attempt by our beloved Dlink to mimic Apple's products.

So true. Plus, we all know that consumers will buy anything so long as it has a blue LED somewhere on it...

We're all Bowerbirds in disguise.

jB