Question What to do to hide modem/router lights

[darkknightrasil]

What Can I do to hide my spectrum router/modem? The lights are way too bright and I have an entertainment room set for pitch-black darkness so I can use LED lights to make it entertaining with my tower.

I have blackout stickers but the lights are by the ethernet ports in the back and small crevices in the front. I thought of throwing a pillowcase over but I dont want to do something that might damage the router.

 

[Lutfij]

Hide it behind furniture but not too much so as to obstruct airflow...? An image of the device would help the community though.

 

[Gam3r01]

You could try electrical tape, cut it to fit specific locations/fit into weird places your stickers wont.
Beyond that some people resorted to putting a blob of paint over certain hard to reach LEDs

 

[Ralston18]

Are you able to identify the specific make and model router? Even if its branded for the ISP.

There could be a configuration setting that allows you to turn off the LEDs.

For example (from a Linksys WRT 1900 AC router):

HOW TO DISABLE THE ETHERNET PORT STATUS LIGHTS Depending on the placement of the router in a home, you might find the lights distracting. You can easily disable the lights using Linksys Smart Wi-Fi. To disable the lights, do the follow: • Log in to Linksys Smart Wi-Fi. (See “How to connect to Linksys Smart Wi-Fi” on page 7.) • Under Router Settings, click Connectivity. • Click the Basic tab. • Under Port Lights, click the ON/OFF button.

If there is such a configuration setting you will need full admin rights to the router's configuration screens in order to make the change.

Take a look at the option /configuration screens.