First you have to enable tftp on your pc if you havent already. From the fine cm700 high speed cable modem user manual p6 table 1.

How To Reset A Netgear Router 7 Steps With Pictures Wikihow
Netgear router internet light blinking green. This light is often labeled as internet wan or marked with a symbol of globe or a satellite. R6260 internet and wifi flashing green. Is it having an issue. The ethernet port is processing traffic. Downstream light blinking green on modem netgear cm500 no internet access logs provided our modem is a netgear cm500 and in the morning when i woke up the internet wasnt working. No ethernet cable is connected between the router and the modem.
Blinking green or amber. Turn off the router and then turn it back on to see if the power led turns green or white. On a router most routers have a single light dedicated solely to the status of the internet connection. If the power led is still amber or blinking then connect your computer to the lan port of the router. All you have to do is manually push the firmware to the router through a tftp which is just a file transfer protocol connection to the router. Ive checked all cabling.
Blinking green power light actually there is no need to return the router ive had this issue before. And nothing in the user manual states check out this or that when your upstream light is flashing green and the power the downstream the 24ghz the 5ghz and the ethernet lights are solid green. Many times when the light is flashing it means data is being transmitted. A powered on device is connected to the ethernet port at 1000 mbps. A powered on device is connected to the ethernet port at 10100 mbps. The green blinking ethernet led isnt indicating an issue im afraid.
After pressing the apply changes netgear wifi router will reboot itself and detect the connection. If that does not work you can try and recover the router using the tftp method that i linked below. Further change the dhcp address to 10001 and then click on apply changes. Set your computer ip. Ethernet green. I looked at the modem and the downstream light was blinking green with the other lights solid green besides the ethernet light which always blinks quick.
Yes i can log into the web management. Press and hold the reset button to restore the router to its factory settings. Power light flashing green you can try to hold the reset button for 30 seconds to see if the router resets. Solid green or white. And your internet light is out. Message 2 of 6.
The internet connection is ready. Login the admin panel and go to the internet setup.