Modem lights

Hello,
My old modem died so I had to get a new one. I now have a Westell 6100.
The online documentation says that the Internet light should be a solid green.
However, on mine it flashes. Is there something wrong?
Thanks!

I now have a Westell 6100.
The online documentation says that the Internet light should be a solid green.
However, on mine it flashes.
Your modem has two lights. The first is DSL which makes a signal connection between Verizon's DSLAM and your modem. What does that report? Second is internet which reports a router making a proper conversation to the DSLAM (on solid), is trying to start a conversation (flashing), or extinguished if only connected as a bridge (only echos what DSLAM says).

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Browser and type on the address bar, 192.168.1.1 and press enter. When
it prompts for the username and password, leave the username field
empty and provide password as "admin" (Without quotes)
click on ok.
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on ""Obtain IP Automatically - DHCP “. Click on the Save Settings
button.
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- Click on enable
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