I have always taken it as like you said: Green: connected but not PoE. Flicking off is activity. Red: PoE is on - you will see red while the device under power boots up and before ethernet connects. Orange: PoE + connected. It'll flicker between orange and red if there is activity. It's just a tri-colour LED which as you observed shows orange if the red and green are active. When glancing at the LEDs I have found it annoying the distinction between red and orange isn't that great. On Mon, 10 Sep 2018 at 23:08, Karl Auer <kauer@nullarbor.com.au> wrote:

I can't seem to find good info on what exactly the led colors mean on an RB260GSP.

When it's powering an RB951G via PoE, the relevant port's LED is basically amber, but it flicks red frequently and irregularly with activity.

If I power the RB951G from mains, but still connected to port1 on RB260GSP, the relevant port LED on the RB260GSP shows steady green or flickers with activity in very much the same pattern as the amber/red does.

The RB951G powering is not suffering while on PoE as far as I can tell. No console interruptions, no packet loss, so the power input must be fairly steady.

I think the amber colour is actually green plus red, and when the green flickers off during activity, the LED looks red. Which would mean that the LED is actually always showing red...

Any clues?

Regards, K.

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