flashing traffic light
 

i had a super hub installed on Saturday the traffic light is flashing all the time even when pc switched off. it has only recently started flashing all the time.
is this normal. it is a super hub vmdg480

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Traffic light? As in the data traffic light? Is that middle or bottom?

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weest i think he is on about the blue light at the top m8 that flash every so often.

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it is the top blue light.

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Apparently its supposed to be on solid from what Ive heard, mine flashes intermittently but connection is solid.

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The Top Blue light is the Traffic/Throughput light and will flash as per the receive and send lights on an Ambit 256.

The middle light is the Ready light which indicates the modem is online once lit solid.

The bottom light is the wireless light which flashes whenever a wireless device accesses the internet via wifi and is green in 2.4ghz mode or blue in 5ghz mode.

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hit.......... Nail........ On .......... Head

Well done

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The Top Blue light is continually flashing.
very annoying

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It's a very bright LED that lights the whole room up when I'm working in a darkened room. Almost strobe-like. I had to turn the SHUB around to reduce the luminosity.

I wonder if it's bad for epileptics?

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probably, but you dont need to be epileptic to have a fit at the superhub!

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black tape, bash bosh

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its all very well using black tape that don't solve the issue of why it is continually flashing.
when it should only flash when data is being sent or received. it even flashes continuous when pc not on and wireless switched off.

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the modem will be communicating with the CMTS, nothing to worry about

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Blue light goes off at night and daytime when you dont want it to!!!

It flashes so u cant sleep, then goes off at day time when virgin media can not support the speed they advertise!!!

Great business, NOT!

Still waiting my call back to allow them to PICK UP THE HUB and HD boxes!

NEXT MONTH MUST BE FREE!!! Wooooohoooo!!!! :confused:

MOD EDIT: Please don't try to bypass the swear filter - Lew

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It obviously will be free as you will no longer have the equipment to receive thier services.

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:gpoint:

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I always switched off my superhub every nights when I went to bed.

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It doesn't bother me because

a) I don't have the modem in my bedroom
b) as a backup plan, I close my eyes when I go to sleep, and this reduces my ability to see any flashing lights

;)

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I have mine against the side of my monitor enclosure and a speaker in front of that and oddly enough I can no longer see the light.

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Rather a pointless thread. If all else fails put a paper bag over it!

Problem solved!:D

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there is settings to change the lights which were found when SSH was enabled, but obviously we cant do that now

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You would burn it out and then have to wait for a replacement as you covered the top vents.:D

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flashin but NO help at all yet how to turn off the LIGHT!!! Argh.

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Is it in your bedroom? If not, how does it keep you awake?

If you don't like the flashing light, how about doing what I do - put it out of sight or behind something,

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If you need the Superhub on at night and it is in your bedroom then use this below.

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Marker pen?

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vmng300?

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Doesn't it have any flashing lights?

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agreed

but i also agree that the lights are too bright. It didnt bother me as the hub was downstairs, but if i looked down the stairs, the hub lit up the whole hall. As i said, there is options to change the lights in the hub, as was seen when SSH was allowed. the lights are for nothing apart from indicating whats on/off/locked, and if data is being transferred, they dont need to be so bright

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Hens teeth.

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bull sperm

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That exists but Hens teeth does not.https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2012/04/8.gif

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sorry wasnt paying attention, i was sipping a brew from my chocolate tea pot

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loads of constructive answers .
but not the one that tells me why it continually flashes now when it never used to .

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I cant answer you fully, but have you always noticed the light flashing, maybe you didnt notice it before?. do you have anything wired to the hub via ethernet, even if the device is off the NIC transfers some data which the superhub may be seeing as wan traffic (somehow?) The hub communicated with the network for the whole time it is connected, and it might be doing more than it used to with the recent firmware update, which did add something where there was a bug when the user was connected to a motorola BSR and they didnt get full upload speeds, so they may have added a patch which communicates data. the hub also downloads other things like the firmware, which will cause the light to flash.

again, i dont know exactly what has caused it to start flashing, but really, it doesnt matter, and as has been mentioned, if its bothering you, put some black electrical tape over it. :)

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it doesn't bother me just would like to know why it has started flashing continually, when it used to flash occasionally. wireless is switched off so there is no reason for it to flash continually only occasionally.

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You're not on your own.
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/12...ue-lights.html
I gave up and faced it toward the wall.

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it has nothing to do with wireless it is all communications

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As Masque posted in this thread on the 22nd March

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It took me a while to work out why my blue light constantly flashed even when the PC was turned off as well as wireless, then i remembered about the 'thinkbroadband' monitor i had running, once disabled it stopped flashing.

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Isn't that installed on your PC?

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No it's on the website and you have to click disable on the website to stop it pinging your IP.

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Thanks alot that was the reason, i forgot about think broadband its stopped now. problem solved.:)

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I think we now know why virgin were in such a rush to get out the SSH blocking firmware. Not security reasons, they just really like those bleemin lights.

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Ah, I see. :)

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So, in summary - this whole thread was because the OP had forgotten he had implemented something on a website that sent traffic to his modem, which made the top blue light flash?

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it gave a good laugh as well, for a while

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Not only that, he agreed to it when he decided to become a SamKnows tester! 2GB/month up and down.

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Turned mine side on, and put a piece of black electricians tape over the blue network led, it was driving me mad, lit up the room at night as if I had a Panda car parked in the drive :erm:

Now I'm just providing an illuminated Virgin Logo to all and sundry, clever these VM folk, free advertising in all home's with a superhub, got to hand it to the publicity department "genius" :cool:

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Do you have think broadband monitor running?

if not and its just occasionally then is jus the hub synching with the cmts (bit router where all the modems connect to)

If its constantly flashing and not down to any of those check your router log to see if there is errors in the log :)

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My hub is on the forth floor so to far from telly to hide behind so stuck behind monitor :)