hey guys, i just had a very basic question and was wondering if anybody knew or not.
Basically i was wondering if the LED light combinations vary from computer to computer or network to network.  i am using a lenovo thinkpad t400 on the ibm network, xp is my os, and i know i am connected just fine, and was just wondering if say someone was using a different laptop on a different network assuming they were connected to the network fine would have the same combinations. i was speaking to someone that had a flashing green light with a solid orange light on a hp desktop who couldn't get into her network, i saw that a flashing green light has to do with the cpu sending or receiving a signal, error message she was receiving was just a very generic "invalid username and password and could not figure out if it was her nic or not. i've TRIED to be detailed as possible, if someone needs more info let me know, and any input would be appreciated. thanxBest thing to do would be to visit the manuf. site and see what the different color lites indicate...Is this a home or work network? Desktop led light indicators are usually for LAN ETHERNET ports only. However the invalid username and password is not a complete information whether its a PASSKEY to access a server or network or a website login requisite.its a work networkGood morning marine_brolly and welcome back

     On laptops if one light is green and one is orange that just means the green is power to the jack and orange would be a communication light. But the colors can and do vary from COMPANY to company and model of PC does not always hold true about "green lights" sometimes means a good connection.

    On some laptop PC's both lights can be green or orange and some older laptops "integrated" NIC's do NOT have any lights.

If you are are a work network (in a domain) and your friend is on her work network (domain) that she would NEED a username and password in-order to join your network. If both of your work PC's are considered "workgroup" network in most cases she would not need to input a user name and password.   

Hope this answers your question, Mike That being said: :

Quote from: patio on July 26, 2012, 03:26:47 PM

Best thing to do would be to visit the manuf. site and see what the different color lites indicate...