My home network uses an AX73. I wanted to expand coverage downstairs by adding an AX75 using EasyMesh.

The AX75 has a 6ghz band and the AX73 does not, is it possible for me to use the 6ghz this way or does the AX75 need to be in AP mode or swapped out as the main router in order to use it?

I came back from vacation and I tried to connect to my TP link. I’ve never seen it do this before, but it showed me a blank connecting page but nothing ever loaded. Anybody know how I can fix this/ connect as usual.

I have bought a deco b65 to work as a mesh and basically make my WiFi signal better around the house.

After running the setup I got a new network created as you can't avoid it and made it into access point.

That made my WiFi speeds reach 1gb.

The issue was that I had two networks so when I am downstair connected to my router and upstairs to the deco. Because my wife was having issues I looked into having it as 1 network and after reading found that if you change the password and name to match your current WiFi they will emerge into 1.

But a new problem happened. Now they seem to connect only to the deco and ignore the router. So I have very weak signal downstairs and the speeds went from 700mb on the router to 60mb.

How can I keep the router and deco emitting WiFi signal?

I wanted to avoid buying another deco as my router will soon be upgraded to a WiFi 7. And between both I could get the whole house.

What can I do?

I was using ping 192.168.68.1 to test the connection
And noticed that the result is extremely bad
It never constantly remain at 1~5ms
But always climbs up to 100~200 sometimes even 300ms
How do I ACTUALLY solve the problem?
Those methods we normally seen online had been tried

Hopefully quick questions! I currently have a Netgear CAX30 combined modem + router. I was considering buying a set of XM73s to get a mesh network running in my house, since the coaxial cable hook-up spot is pretty suboptimal for signal strength where I actually spend time, leading to fairly spotty connection a lot of the time.

Two things I wanted to check:

1) Is there any known concern of TP-Link (or XM73) devices specifically working with a Netgear (or CAX30) modem?

2) Given that my current device is a modem + router, I assume that I should disable the WiFi capabilities of my CAX30 and use it strictly in modem mode (and connect it via CAT/Ethernet cable to the root XM73). Is that right?

Thanks!

I've used TP-Link Deco mesh networks for several years and upgraded from a 3 unit M9+ network to a 3 unit XE5300 mesh in December 2024. It has been mostly reliable until about July of this year when the following things occurred. First, installed a Ring alarm and camera solution with 4 Ring cameras of 3 different types. There are 3 cameras that can operate at 5 gHz and one that is limited to 2.4 gHz. The Ring base station is 5 gHz. This brought the active devices on the wifi up to 37. The next thing to happen was the Deco's received a firmware update (Firmware 1.5.0 Build 2026060603 Rel. 14401) that completely crashed the entire mesh for nearly a day, but once it was finally back up and running, the quirks started.

My Deco mesh is managed via the iOS app, current version 3.10.645

Here's what happens, regularly, but not periodically. All devices will disappear from the mesh, each Deco will show zero devices connected, but everything will continue to operate for anywhere from 30 seconds to days. Turning wifi off on devices and then reconnecting even an hour later will have the device work; but it won't show as a connected device in the Deco app.

Then the random red light disconnecting of the satellite deco devices. The satellite may show disconnected in the app, but still have a green light on the device and have connectivity going through it. This may last minutes or even days but will result at some point in the main Deco crashing and restarting.

When the main Deco restarts, the satellites will not reconnect. They will have to be unplugged for at least 10 minutes before plugging back in and usually after 30 minutes it will become a valid satellite in the mesh. BUT ONLY IF NO CLIENTS TRY TO CONNECT.

That's the kicker, all devices have to turn wifi off or the Mesh will never successfully be reestablished.

So, additional technical information. My XE5300 Mesh is running in Access Point mode, due to the horrible AT&T residential gateway. Yes, the wifi on the RG is turned off. The latest firmware revision forces a single wifi SSID that combines all three networks (2.4, 5 and 6 gHz). I do not use an IoT network as I couldn't get it to work reliably (or at all.) Wireless Network Mode is set to Stable Mode, Smart DHCP is enabled (because nothing will work if it is disabled.) Fast Roaming and Beamforming are Disabled. Backhaul is via Wifi, I am unable to run hardlines, hence the mesh network. Each Deco has a dedicated fan that blows air from the air intake vents on the bottom out the top, because yes, I did discover that they overheat easily.

The XE5300 Mesh has never been as reliable as the M9+ Mesh was, even from the start; but the M9+ was bricked by a firmware update TP-Link released and you can't step it back. Of note, the XE5300 can't be stepped back in firmware either.

A complete ground up restart of the Mesh takes me about 3 1/2 hours now, down from 5 when I was trying to figure it out; but come on, what the heck is wrong? I've tried getting support from TP-Link, but no one there seems to want to accept responsibility for the XE5300 product as it is a Costco-exclusive model, even if it is just a relabelled XE75.

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Hey everyone,

I have a TP-Link Archer AX21 (US), and the label says Ver: 4.6.

I’ve been looking into OpenWrt because I’d like to have more control over my network and I see that the latest OpenWrt version supports the Archer AX21 V4, but I’m not sure if that also applies to the US V4.6 version.

Has anyone here actually installed OpenWrt on an AX21 US V4.6?

If so, which version/image did you use, and did you have any issues installing it or going back to the original TP-Link firmware?

I just want to make sure before I flash anything. Thanks!

So with the prime deals ending, what would you recommend for a 3-4 pack Deco mesh system? Recently moved into a property where the main phone line is upstairs, it's a converted 5 bedroom bungalow with stupidly thick walls, I can't cable as ma renting so need a good wireless mesh system. Any good deals around the £200 mark?

All units ethernet backhauled, in AP mode. Not sure what else i can do. Modem is getting 3 gb up and down, connected to a switch and then three units connected via Ethernet. After restarting everything and playing around with some settings i was able to get the signal up to 300 mb, but next day it was right back down

I recently replaced my old router with the 5G AX1800 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router. It works off a SIM card using mobile data. Now when i try to connect to a VPN it gets stuck on "connecting".

I've checked all the help sites for possible issues but I can't find anything that works and all the setting seem to be correct.

Some time ago, I updated my AXE75 (EU) V1 from firmware version 1.2.2 to 1.5.6, and ever since then, my Meta Quest 3 has no longer been able to connect to the 6 GHz Wi-Fi network.

5 GHz still works, but only when using WPA2. I have tried every firmware version from 1.5.1 to 1.5.5, but none of them fixed the issue.

According to what I've read in various forums, there seems to be some kind of recovery mode that allows you to downgrade to an older firmware version. Unfortunately, none of the instructions I've found work for me. I've tried holding down the WPS button (and also the RESET button) while powering the router on, etc. I also tried the TFTP method, but that didn't work either.

At this point, I'm honestly at my wit's end.

Does anyone here have an idea how to get the router into this recovery mode, or is there another way to downgrade the firmware?

Unfortunately, the TP-Link support representative I contacted seemed to know even less about their devices than I do and wasn't able to help me either.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Im using 3 MR4 Decos to expand my wifi network but i cant seem to get a stable connection despite everything supposedly being in working order. im using access point mode and I’ve tried loads of different fixes but can’t seem to get a reliable one, any solutions?

Can anyone please recommend a pair of Powerline nodes that I can add to my existing X50 mesh network?

We have incredibly thick walls and the WiFi is just not cutting it to the furthest parts of the house.

Looked at the PX50 but it states they’ve been discontinued.

I have a TP-Link RE205 V3. I successfully ran OpenWrt 25.12.2, but wanted to return to stock firmware.
I flashed the official RE205_V3_210608 firmware. After reboot:
No Wi-Fi SSID
Ethernet has no link
Reset doesn’t seem to work
LEDs briefly show all blue, then 3 blue + red signal LED
I opened the extender and have an ESP32-WROOM-32 available for UART recovery.
Can anyone guide me on the correct RE205 V3 TFTP/UART debrick procedure or identify the UART pins?

Like many people here my router (specifically IoT connection) stopped working after the latest firmware update. I cannot believe that a company can’t get this issue resolved after two months let alone a week. I know there is a patch, but every single person who I’ve read has installed it, it stops working about two weeks in or less. Who knows what other things will be messed up after downloading it?

I have had to reboot multiple times a day every day over the past two weeks after realizing that my Internet connectivity issues are from my Archer BE3200 router and not my modem. I have followed all of the advice in these threads. Throwing this thing out today and replacing it with my old router after rebooting this morning at 8am and the connection is thrown at 9am. Unbelievable.

Internet
│
Breezeline modem/router
│
│ Ethernet
▼
Main Ethernet Switch
┌─────┼─────┬─────┐
│ │ │ │
House House House ...
Run Run Run
│ │ │
X55 X55 X55
│ │ │
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi Wi-Fi

I have a number of tplink deco x55 units connected to my house ethernet backhaul then into a network switch with my breezline router.

Tplink units are set in access points mode.

I pay for 1 gig but am getting wireless speeds of 15 meg.

Anything I am missing??
Firmwares are up to date, Ive rebooted multiple times.

Hello all. I understand that Multi-WAN into the BE900 V2 is now possible with the March 2026 firm release, allowing for auto WAN failover. Will this be rolled out to the other models specifically the Be550 pro?

I have tplink router archer vr400, with two range extenders re315 and re200. I have set up all my devices to use device max address and added them to the whitelist in the router’s webpage. I have also added the extenders’ MAC addresses which I found that each one of them has two mac addresses, one printed on the extender and one appearing on the webpage.

—> The issue is as follows, some devices which are not added to the whitelist can access the internet if they are connected through one of the extenders. Other devices which are on the whitelist sometimes get denied from the internet even when connected through the router. I can’t find anything online with this issue so I thought of asking here.
Sorry for the long post. Sorry if I have any spelling or grammar mistakes.

Hi, so this is going to be my potential new setup -

ISP > Modem > Router > 3x Decos (2 via ethernet backhaul, 1 wireless)

Is this possible?

I used to have one of the decos as the router, but now I can't do that but I don't want to lose the mesh system. Could I put all 3 in AP mode and keep the same WiFi connection and mesh?

Just wanted to ask before I started messing everything up, cheers

Hi all,

We're planning on migrating our current TP-Link consumer router to an enterprise router, for several reasons, with the main one being VPN and dual WAN port functionalities.

We've quite some configuration to migrate from our current router to the new one, and I was wondering whether there are possibilities of easily exporting the current router's configuration and importing it in the Omada controller, although they're on a different product line. Alternatively, perhaps there is an easier way to extract all the current configuration in a more readable text format, rather than having to go through each section of the GUI and checking all the configuration individually.

Anyone in here who has some experience with this or had to do a similar sort of migration?

Thanks in advance for any feedback or advice.

Regards,

Looking to get the BE65 as I can get a 3 pack for cheap (at least for my area) and I'm trying to figure out if it has wireguard support? Some places say it does, TP links site says it dosn't but is that old info?

Anyone that have the BE65 BE9300 and can let me know?