Starlink Router 3 lights: what each colour means

5 light states of the Starlink Router 3, from Starlink’s own page What do the lights on my WiFi router / power supply mean? (Starlink Help Center). It has one WiFi light on the front of the router, and a power-supply LED on the lower front left whose meanings Starlink’s article does not give. Starlink’s reset article: to factory-reset a Router 3 by hand, briefly push the reset button under the LAN port cap on the back with something like a paper clip; the front light blinks quickly for a few seconds. Then connect to the WiFi network called STARLINK and set your own network name and password in the Starlink app (Settings, Router). A factory reset clears your WiFi name, password and other settings.

Starlink’s article tells the routers apart by where the light is: the Router Mini and the Router 3 have one light on the front; the Gen 2 router has no lights on the front (its front graphic is an Earth to Mars orbital transfer ellipse) and a single white light on the bottom; the Gen 1 router has its light on the front and a separate power supply with two lights of its own. On the Router 3 the reset button is under the LAN port cap on the back.

1. 

   Solid white

   Connected to the internet. The light turns off after 1 hour.

   Starlink’s page gives no step for this light.

   Source: What do the lights on my WiFi router / power supply mean? (Starlink Help Center) (Starlink), checked 2026-10-13, read in a browser.

2. 

   Blinking white

   Trying to connect. It turns solid white when set-up is complete and the router is online, or solid red if the router cannot get an internet connection within 20 minutes.

   Starlink’s page gives no step for this light.

   Source: What do the lights on my WiFi router / power supply mean? (Starlink Help Center) (Starlink), checked 2026-10-13, read in a browser.

3. 

   Violet light

   The router is in bypass mode. This light turns off after 1 hour; a factory reset is required to leave bypass mode.

   What Starlink says to do

   1. Factory-reset the router by hand to leave bypass mode: the Starlink app cannot reset a router that is in bypass mode.

   Source: What do the lights on my WiFi router / power supply mean? (Starlink Help Center) (Starlink), checked 2026-10-13, read in a browser.

4. 

   Red light

   Not connected to the internet.

   Starlink’s page gives no step for this light.

   Source: What do the lights on my WiFi router / power supply mean? (Starlink Help Center) (Starlink), checked 2026-10-13, read in a browser.

5. 

   No light

   No power to the router. With a good connection the light also turns off after 1 hour, so no light can be normal.

   Starlink’s page gives no step for this light.

   Source: What do the lights on my WiFi router / power supply mean? (Starlink Help Center) (Starlink), checked 2026-10-13, read in a browser.

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