This article is about the LED status on TP-Link extender. You may face the issue regarding the LED status on your extender and you are confused that lights mean what. So our issue is What lights should be on my TP-Link extender? We here to help you out with this issue, we will teach you all about the LED color status and what color indicates. Read this article very carefully and understand the LED functions.
LED Status
Let’s understand the LED indications according to the methods and the connections:
First, understand according to the method that called WPS methods for TP-Link extender setup:
RE light is for the indication of the WPS process. It shows a successful connection via WPS. In this process, the RE LED must changed from “blinking” to “solid on”, that will indicate the WPS connection is successful. Moreover, the signal LED will light up if the connection is successful.
Secondly, we will understand if we are doing configuration of the TP-Link Range extender:
Here the Signal lights will show you the correct indication like whether you have configured Range Extender successfully or not. When the range extender connected to the router, the Signal light turns to solid “on”.
Note: Doesn’t matter which color it is or how many signal bars there are, if the LED turns to solid that means the connection is done.
Now understand about color or number of signal lights shows the signal strength that RE gets from the main router, it is just to help you find the perfect location for your RE. Then come to the color of the LED shows the connection meaning like:
1. If LED turns to solid green that means the connection between the router and extender is good.
2. After that, Check if LED turns to solid red that indicates the extender is too far from the router.
3. Furthermore, If LED turns orange that means the extender is too close to the router.
However, We hope that you understood all the indication process and these indications must help you out to understand you TP-Link extender and router functioning
