# Ports 1, 3, 5 green - ports 2, 4 red. Alternating pattern with new AnywhereUSB/5

**URL:** <https://forums.digi.com/t/ports-1-3-5-green-ports-2-4-red-alternating-pattern-with-new-anywhereusb-5/15738>\
**Category:** Edgeport\
**Tags:** anywhereusb5\
**Created:** [November 7, 2015, 12:42pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/ports-1-3-5-green-ports-2-4-red-alternating-pattern-with-new-anywhereusb-5/15738 "2015-11-07T12:42:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![asun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@asun](https://forums.digi.com/u/asun)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2015, 12:42pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/ports-1-3-5-green-ports-2-4-red-alternating-pattern-with-new-anywhereusb-5/15738/1 "2015-11-07T12:42:35Z")

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Got a new anywhere USB/5 gen 2 today and when trying to get it up the lights are alternating on the usb ports as well as the power connection. Any help appreciated.

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**Author:** ![jeremym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@jeremym](https://forums.digi.com/u/jeremym)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 4:59pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/ports-1-3-5-green-ports-2-4-red-alternating-pattern-with-new-anywhereusb-5/15738/2 "2015-11-09T16:59:22Z")

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Try recovering the unit per the instructions in this KB article:

[http://knowledge.digi.com/articles/Knowledge\_Base\_Article/AnywhereUSB-firmware-recovery-procedure](http://knowledge.digi.com/articles/Knowledge_Base_Article/AnywhereUSB-firmware-recovery-procedure)

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**Author:** ![asun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@asun](https://forums.digi.com/u/asun)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 11:20pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/ports-1-3-5-green-ports-2-4-red-alternating-pattern-with-new-anywhereusb-5/15738/3 "2015-11-10T23:20:49Z")

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Was able to get past the alternating LEDs after trying 5 different computers. Now the device does not get an IP and is stuck on apipa and has a mac of ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff . Never had so many issues from the gate with any device except for this one. Any idea?

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**Author:** ![jeremym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@jeremym](https://forums.digi.com/u/jeremym)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2015, 11:23am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/ports-1-3-5-green-ports-2-4-red-alternating-pattern-with-new-anywhereusb-5/15738/4 "2015-11-23T11:23:34Z")

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I suggest RMA’ing the unit by creating a new support case / RMA request with Digi. Be sure to reference this forum post and it should get approved.