Controling LEDs on Actiontec GT701-WG

The stock Qwest firmware for this device runs Linux and has a telnetd listening. The username is admin the password is the same as the one used for the web interface.

ledapp

ledapp is the program used to control the LEDs. the syntax is ledapp -b LED value.

Posible values for LED include

powergreen

green "Power" LED

powerred

red "Power" LED

pppoe

green "Internet" LED

pppoered

red "Internet" LED

usb

green "USB" LED

wlan

green "Wireless" LED

A value of 0 means set the LED to off. Conversely a 1 means set the led on.

examples

alternate USB and Wireless LEDs

This assumes the modem is in 'transparent bridge' mode, where the USB and WiFi are disabled.

while true; do ledapp -b usb 1;sleep .1;ledapp -b usb 0; ledapp -b wlan 1; sleep .1; ledapp -b wlan 0; done

cycle Internet LED

ledapp -b pppoe 0;ledapp -b pppoered 0;while true; do ledapp -b pppoe 1;sleep 1;ledapp -b pppoered 1;sleep 1;ledapp -b pppoe 0;sleep 1;ledapp -b pppoe 1;sleep 1;ledapp -b pppoered 0;done

jakllsch's wiki: Actiontec GT-701 (last edited 2011-05-09 12:43:44 by JonathanKollasch)