If you've ever used a Wi-Fi router to connect to the internet, you've probably wondered what all the blinking lights mean.

Our devices never seem to stop blinking at us. Smartphones have different colored lights for different types of notifications, for instance. It's just another way of calling us back to them yet again.

Zoomed-in view showing LEDs with labels titled WLAN, Fon, and DECT on a Wi-Fi router - Thomas Nuehnen/Getty Images Modern Wi-Fi routers give you a lot to work with in terms of troubleshooting issues ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Modern Wi-Fi routers give you a lot to work with in terms of troubleshooting issues at home. This is mainly in the form of various ...