Why do the three ethernet port green lights go out?

At random times my 802.11n (gigabit) AEBS seems to get very confused and I have to power cycle it. I noticed that one indication of things amiss is the fact that the 3 ethernet port status lights are out. Anyone know why that would happen?

I don't know, but I have the Airport Extreme with Gigabit ethernet, and I notice that the ethernet ports' lights go out whenever I make changes to the base station (ex. if I change port mappings). So after it reboots, that's when the lights go out. Everything seems to work fine after that though, even though the lights are out. The indicator light on the front is always on though.
Another member, Akislot, posted a similar problem in the following thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5748864
So we are not alone, but I wonder if this issue is normal. I have tried both the soft reset and hard reset, and I have also reinstalled the firmware to the latest version (7.2.1). The issue still persists, and power-cycling allows the ethernet lights to return. Sometimes attempting to change the port mappings allows the lights to return, but not always. Power-cycling always allows the lights to return.
I just bought this 2 days ago too, so it is brand new.
If I still cannot find information online today, I think I will contact AppleCare. Does anyone know anything about this? Please let us know if you do. Thanks so much!
Cya!
\m/ Mage \m/

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