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Re: Purple flashing light

behzad — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 20:12:45 GMT

I use the BT smart home as an access point, is there a way to disable this flashing purple light? Because now its always blinking.

Re: Purple flashing light

gg30340 — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 20:16:42 GMT

@behzad wrote:

I use the BT smart home as an access point, is there a way to disable this flashing purple light? Because now its always blinking.

Put a piece of black insulation tape over it.

Re: Purple flashing light

behzad — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 21:03:28 GMT

Really there isn't a way or option to disable it?

Re: Purple flashing light

licquorice — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 21:07:13 GMT

Re: Purple flashing light

naylor2006 — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 22:02:59 GMT

@gg30340 said:
Put a piece of black insulation tape over it.

Im having deja vu….

Do you reckon you could achieve a solid orange or red light by taking a patch cable and hooking up the assigned WAN port to one of the LAN ports?

Could be more desirable.

Re: Purple flashing light

behzad — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 14:44:26 GMT

I think it is possible to find a creative way to keep the light solid in such a situation. Can you explain more about your idea? There is no WAN port in BT Hub6.

Re: Purple flashing light

licquorice — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 15:10:24 GMT

The idea (which might not work anyway), is only applicable to the Smart Hub2 where LAN port 4 can be configured as a WAN port for FTTP.

Re: Purple flashing light

behzad — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 15:14:04 GMT

Is there any guidance for this?

Re: Purple flashing light

licquorice — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 15:15:15 GMT

Any guidance for what?

Re: Purple flashing light

behzad — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 15:17:49 GMT

For configure LAN port 4 as a WAN port

Re: Purple flashing light

licquorice — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 15:20:00 GMT

As I just said, it can only be configured as a WAN port on the SH2, not the Hub6. I doubt very much whether it would work in any case.

Re: Purple flashing light

behzad — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 15:51:10 GMT

Thanks, maybe it works on HB6 too

Re: Purple flashing light

naylor2006 — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 15:57:13 GMT

@licquorice said:
As I just said, it can only be configured as a WAN port on the SH2, not the Hub6. I doubt very much whether it would work in any case.

It was a bit pie in the sky and I shouldn’t always assume folks are using the SH2.

Probably won’t work like you say.

@behzad if there is no risk of having to return the router just take it apart and literally tape over the LED if you want the cleanest solution.

Re: Purple flashing light

naylor2006 — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 16:03:46 GMT

You would need an rj11 to rj45 cable, to literally plug into the DSL port then connect to one of the lan ports.

Im not recommended that though btw, if it was me I’d get at the PCB.

Re: Purple flashing light

behzad — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 16:16:25 GMT

Do you think this would work?

Re: Purple flashing light

naylor2006 — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 16:23:16 GMT

I’m not really an expert on DSL as it was so long ago I had it, I had cable for about 10 years but isn’t DSL just two wires? Someone else can answer that for sure.

RJ11 connector can have 4 wires and RJ45 can have 8, I have no idea what combination of those wires being in the right location in the jacks would have the desired effect….even if it did work.

My original suggestion was only based on if you had a SH2 or router with a WAN port that was RJ45. That would have been easy to try and see.

Like I said, I would take it apart.

Re: Purple flashing light

behzad — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 16:26:31 GMT

Thanks, I'll test with rj11 to rj45 cable.

Re: Purple flashing light

licquorice — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 16:46:37 GMT

It won't work. The DSL port won't recognise an Ethernet signal.

Re: Purple flashing light

naylor2006 — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 16:51:38 GMT

Ok I literally said dont do this, I dont know what will happen lol.

Your only hope is the get a steady red light, I think steady orange is that there is broadband but your credentials are wrong, you wont be able to achieve that, steady red light is for "Something is wrong", so perhaps you can get it to think something is wrong, I doubt it.

To clarify, I was only suggesting hooking the WAN into the LAN because if you had a WAN port it would be easy to test and find out immediately whether it would work or not, likely not, but easy to find out.

Just take it apart and tape over the LED like ive done for everything my daughters room.

Re: Purple flashing light

behzad — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 17:28:50 GMT

Thank you for your guidance. If I exchange the device with my brother's, which is SH2, do you think that this problem can be solved by activating the WAN port?