Cisco Access Point LED Status
Checking the Lightweight Access Point LEDs
If your lightweight access point is not working proberly, you can check the Status, Ehternet, and Radio LEDs.
To see quickly the LED status and there meanings, use the following table to get a brief overview.
Table – LED Signals (1240 series)
| Message type | Ethernet LED | Radio LED | Status LED | Meaning |
| Boot loader status | Green | Green | Green | DRAM memory test ok. |
| Off | Blinking green | Blue-green | Initialize Flash file system | |
| Off | Green | Pink | Flash memory test ok. | |
| Green | Off | Dark blue | Ethernet test ok. | |
| Green | Green | Green | Starting Cisco IOS. | |
| Association status | — | — | Light green | Normal operating condition, but no wireless client devices are associated with the unit. |
| — | — | Blue | Normal operating condition, at least one wireless client device is associated with the unit. |
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| Operating status | Green | — | — | Ethernet link is operational. |
| Blinking green | — | — | Transmitting or receiving Ethernet packets. | |
| — | Blinking green | — | Transmitting or receiving radio packets. | |
| — | — | Blinking dark blue |
Software upgrade in progress | |
| Slow blinking green | — | — | Hybrid-REAP standalone mode | |
| Boot loader warnings | Off | Off | Yellow | Ethernet link not operational. |
| Red | Off | Yellow | Ethernet failure. | |
| Amber | Off | Yellow | Configuration recovery in progress (Mode button pressed for 2 to 3 seconds). |
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| Off | Red | Pink | Image recovery (Mode button pressed for 20 to 30 seconds) |
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| Blinking green | Blinking red | Blinking pink | Image recovery in progress and Mode button is released. | |
| Boot loader errors | Red | Red | Red | DRAM memory test failure. |
| Off | Red | Blinking red and blue | Flash file system failure. | |
| Off | Amber | Blinking red and blue-green | Environment variable (ENVAR) failure. | |
| Amber | Off | Blinking red and yellow | Bad MAC address. | |
| Red | Off | Blinking red and off | Ethernet failure during image recovery. | |
| Amber | Amber | Blinking red and off | Boot environment error. | |
| Red | Amber | Blinking red and off | No Cisco IOS image file. | |
| Amber | Amber | Blinking red and off | Boot failure. | |
| Cisco IOS errors | Blinking amber | — | — | Transmit or receive Ethernet errors |
| — | Blinking amber | — | Maximum retries or buffer full occurred on the radio. | |
| Red | Red | Amber | Software failure; try disconnecting and reconnecting unit power. | |
| — | — | Amber | General warning, insufficient inline power (see the Low Power Condition for Lightweight Access Points section). | |
| Controller status | Alternating green, red , and amber1 | Connecting to the controller.
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| Green | Green | Blinking dark blue | Loading the access point image file. | |
If the access point remains in this mode for more than five minutes, the access point is unable to find the controller. Ensure a DHCP server is available or that controller information is configured on the access point.1This status indication has the highest priority and overrides other status indications.
Table – LED Signals (3600 series)
| Message type | Ethernet LED | Meaning |
| Boot loader status sequence | Blinking green | DRAM memory test in progress |
| DRAM memory test OK | ||
| Board initialization in progress | ||
| Initializing FLASH file system | ||
| FLASH memory test OK | ||
| Initializing Ethernet | ||
| Ethernet OK | ||
| Starting Cisco IOS | ||
| Initialization successful | ||
| Association status | Green | Normal operating condition, but no wireless client associated |
| Blue | Normal operating condition, at least one wireless client association | |
| Operating status | Blinking blue | Software upgrade in progress |
| Cycling through green, red, and off | Discovery/join process in progress | |
| Rapidly cycling through blue, green, and red | Access point location command invoked | |
| Blinking red | Ethernet link not operational in FlexConnect mode | |
| Boot loader warnings | Blinking blue | Configuration recovery in progress (MODE button pushed for 2 to 3 seconds) |
| Red | Ethernet failure or image recovery (MODE button pushed for 20 to 30 seconds) | |
| Blinking green | Image recovery in progress (MODE button released) | |
| Boot loader errors | Red | DRAM memory test failure |
| Blinking red and blue | FLASH file system failure | |
| Blinking red and off | Environment variable failure | |
| Bad MAC address | ||
| Ethernet failure during image recovery | ||
| Boot environment failure | ||
| No Cisco image file | ||
| Boot failure | ||
| Cisco IOS errors | Red | Software failure; try disconnecting and reconnecting unit power |
| Cycling through blue, green, red, and off | General warning; insufficient inline power |
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