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What do these lights mean on the Pace 5168 Wi-Fi gateway?

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Status light	State	Meaning
Power	Solid Green	The gateway is on.
Red	The gateway may have a fault with its power supply.

Status light	State	Meaning
Ethernet	Solid Green	A computer or other device is connected to an Ethernet port.
Ethernet	Flickering Green	There is activity from devices connected to an Ethernet port. The flickering of the light is synchronized to data traffic.

Status light	State	Meaning
Wireless	Solid Green	A wireless computer or other device is connected to the gateway.
Wireless	Flickering Green	There is inbound or outbound activity. The flickering of the light is synchronized to data traffic.

Status light	State	Meaning
Home PNA	Solid Green	A set-top box or other device is connected to the coaxial port.
Home PNA	Flickering Green	There is activity from devices connected to the coaxial port. The flickering of the light is synchronized to data traffic.

Status light	State	Meaning
Phone 1 & 2	Solid Green	A phone is connected.
Flashing Green	The associated phone is active.

Status light	State	Meaning
USB	Solid Green	A device is connected to the USB port.
Flashing Green	The USB device is active.

Status light	State	Meaning
Broadband 1 & 2	Solid Green	The gateway is connected to the provider network.
	Flashing Green	The gateway is trying to connect to the service provider network. The light might flash for a few moments while the gateway connects.
	Flashing Green and Red	The gateway has been trying to connect to the service provider network for more than three minutes.
	Flashing Red	The gateway cannot connect to service provider network or no DSL signal is detected.

Status light	State	Meaning
Service	Off	The gateway is not powered or broadband connection is not present.
	Solid Green	The gateway is connected to the Internet. The gateway has a WAN IP address from Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP) or 802.1X Authentication and broadband connection is up.
	Flashing Green	The gateway is attempting to establish a connection to the broadband service. Attempting IEEE 802.1X or attempting to obtain DHCP information
	Solid Red	The gateway attempted the Internet or broadband service connected and failed (no DHCP response, no broadband or IEEE response, 802.1X authentication failed no IP address from IPCP, etc.) The Red state times out after two minutes and the service indicator lights returns to the off state.

Status light	State	Meaning
WPS	Solid Green	WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) is configuring the gateway.

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