Hello!
My routers hAP ac lite (RB952Ui-5ac2nD) don't have a port activity indicator when transmitting data. The LED doesn't blink when data is being transmitted. Instead, it simply blinks about once every two seconds, which has nothing to do with data transmission. Router OS 7.20.8. The LED settings are correct, but the LED doesn't blink. I tested this on two routers, and the behavior is identical. How can I configure it to blink?
But did it work with a previous RouterOS release? (it could be a specific issue of 7.20.8)
Post the output of:
/system leds print
Way in the past, switches used to have activity leds that flashed a very short time for every packet, and that way one could judge the activity based on the intensity of the led. However, that probably wasn’t workable anymore once speeds like 1Gbps were common (the led would be very dim for typical activity) so almost no device does that anymore.
The observed behavior (slow flashing of LED when there is activity, often synchronous for all ports) is common for most switches these days and is to be expected.
This issue also affects version 6.49. However, it doesn't affect the HAP ac router (not lite).
[root@MikroTik] > /system leds print
Flags: * - DEFAULT
Columns: TYPE, INTERFACE, LEDS
TYPE INTERFACE LEDS
0 * interface-activity ether1 led1
1 * interface-activity ether2 led2
2 * interface-activity ether3 led3
3 * interface-activity ether4 led4
4 * interface-activity ether5 led5
It is strange, the /system leds print should show only the configurable leds.
As an example on the hAP lite (that has only user-led configurable) the outputt contains only the user-led.
The fact that you have led1-5 in the output should mean that they are configurable, but you should also have user-led in that output, deoesn't it exist on the ac lite?
Can you turn them on/off besides "interface-activity"?
Maybe the way they are currently slowing blinking is the specific way "interface-activity" shows on that model, if the behaviour is th esame in both 6.49 and in 7.x it is improbable that is a bug or an oversight.
Yes, the user LED can be customized; simply select it from the list and add a function. However, it also blinks every 2 seconds when selecting the active or transmit/receive interface.