On the german website an update of v2 Pharos firmware has been released by TP-Link recently. The new firmware's web-UI now loads much faster compared to previous versions.

Link: http://static.tp-link.com/Pharos_v2.1.0_170609.zip

Although this firmware is marked "For CPE510" (see http://www.tp-link.de/download/CPE510.html#Firmware), it installs on my CPE210 v1.0 so far w/o problems:






Note: If you install on a CPE210 v1.0, you do so on your own risk. A downgrade to previous firmware versions is possible.

For CPE210 v2 a different firmware image for 2.1.0 is available. See the TP-Link support site.

Changes I found in firmware 2.1.0:

+ Faster loading of the web UI.

- Forms such as the login form can't be submitted anymore with a RETURN in last input field, need to click the submit button explicitly.

- Font size changes to 12px where it formerly was 11px. Unfortunately site survey now looks much worser due to line breaks in table cells.

+ Distance shown more precisely in Advanced Wireless Settings (but on Status page still capped to 100 meter units):





+ Minor change in spectrum analysis allows better identification of the channels.
- Spectrum analysis still shows unusable frequencies outside the legal WiFi band on CPE210 even if a region is selected where those frequencies are not supported at all: