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TP-Link BE230 EasyMesh - Internet LED randomly turns red, but internet still works

TP-Link BE230 EasyMesh - Internet LED randomly turns red, but internet still works
TP-Link BE230 EasyMesh - Internet LED randomly turns red, but internet still works
20 hours ago
Tags: #EasyMesh
Model: Archer BE230  
Hardware Version: V2
Firmware Version: 1.0.4

Hi everyone, I need help understanding an issue with my mesh setup.

 

My setup:

 

ISP router: ZTE F609

 

Main router: TP-Link BE230 (connected via LAN from ISP → WAN on BE230)

 

Second BE230 added as a wireless EasyMesh node (let’s call it “node”)

 

Internet works fine on both routers

 

 

The problem:

On the node, the globe/internet LED randomly turns red for a few seconds, then goes back to white.

 

Internet does NOT drop when this happens.

 

I even tried Ethernet backhaul (LAN from main → LAN on node). The LED still turns red sometimes, so I switched back to wireless.

 

When the LED turns red, I connected a laptop directly to the node’s LAN port, and kept pinging 8.8.8.8 → 0 packet loss. Internet continues working normally.

 

 

So why does the LED keep turning red if the WAN/internet connection is actually fine?

 

Additional info:

 

The node’s system log shows constant LED controller entries, sometimes multiple per second:

 

 

2025-12-11 13:17:20 Led Controller INFO [2090] Start to run WAN1_ON

2025-12-11 13:17:20 Led Controller INFO [2090] Start to run WAN0_OFF

2025-12-11 13:17:14 Led Controller INFO [2090] Start to run WAN1_OFF

2025-12-11 13:17:14 Led Controller INFO [2090] Start to run WAN0_ON

2025-12-11 13:12:43 Led Controller INFO [2090] Start to run WAN1_ON

2025-12-11 13:12:43 Led Controller INFO [2090] Start to run WAN0_OFF

2025-12-11 13:12:28 Led Controller INFO [2090] Start to run WAN1_OFF

2025-12-11 13:12:28 Led Controller INFO [2090] Start to run WAN0_ON

...

 

Has anyone seen this before?

 

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Re:TP-Link BE230 EasyMesh - Internet LED randomly turns red, but internet still works
9 hours ago

  @HendraLink 

 

Try updating the router FW to Archer BE230(EU)_V2_1.1.0 Build 20250718 from here and test if there's any improvement.

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Re:TP-Link BE230 EasyMesh - Internet LED randomly turns red, but internet still works
9 hours ago - last edited 9 hours ago

Thank you for the reply, Just want to make sure. 

1. is it okay to update the firmware from that link? (en) Because i'm from Indonesia, and when i change the URL from "en" to "id", the firmware only has BE230 V1 here's the "id" url
https://www.tp-link.com/id/support/download/archer-be230/#Firmware

2. I should update this on both of the router, correct?

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Re:TP-Link BE230 EasyMesh - Internet LED randomly turns red, but internet still works
8 hours ago - last edited 8 hours ago

  @HendraLink 

 

Look at the router bottom sticker to check its HW version and FW region first - details.

If it's with an (EU) region FW then proceed with the upgrade on both devices from the link I posted (don't change the URL).

If it's with a (US) region FW you're most probably with the latest FW version 1.0.4.

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Re:TP-Link BE230 EasyMesh - Internet LED randomly turns red, but internet still works
8 hours ago

  @terziyski 

I checked both of my BE230 routers, and it says US/2.0.
So i'm already on the latest firmware version, correct?

Is there anything that i can do?

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