I flashed to this beta firmware after all the network performance issue i had, still nothing change in performance, LAN speed still slow, WAN speed too

Now I wanna flash back to normal firmware, but got error

So how to flash back to normal firmware? tried to use webgui but no access available 

I had hope that this firmware would be more stable.

Unfortunately it's not: today a node was disconnected again :(

And the same thing: LED green + no indication that node is offline in the app.

A node that had ip address 192.168.68.100

After the disconnect the DHCP server gave this ip address to a mobile phone, and i think somehow the node was coming back up, resulting in I think a IP conflict.

I think it is not handy that the DHCP server can give ip-addresses to devices that belong(ed) to nodes.

-> it would be more bullet proof to reserve IP addresses of the nodes and never release them anymore (only when  a node is explicty removed from the network)

Ofcourse i can reboot / remove etc, but really: this only works for a couple of days :(

Firmware 1.2.4 proved the system can be stable...

Hi,

I've been using the Beta 36613 for a week. So far, I don't have much issue to report.

wafer

DY-deco wrote

To those that updated via the DECO App to 1.3.0 before it was taken out, 

 

there is a NEWER 1.3.0 which is Build 20190529 36613 which i received via email from TP Link Support (credit to TP link, they ARE listening to our complaints) 

http://support.tp-link.com/f/bffa2478b4/?dl=1

 

the 70702 still had lots of problems, though it didnt drop connects as often as 1.2.8

1) Bad Throughput - can only get 20mb next to a deco? WIRED/Wireless backhaul

2) Authentication failures

3) Poor handoffs

 

 

Is anyone else on 36613 ? 

at least my deco test speed hit back 900+mb (70702 only had me 700 down, 100 up) 

inital testing - the handoffs are faster and throughput at slave nodes are back to normal (getting 400+ on iphone XR and Note 9) 

yet to see about the authentication failures 

 

 

EDIT : 3 DAYS OF USING THIS FIRMWARE AND ITS THE CLOSEST TO PERFECTION. THANK YOU TPLINK

 

DY-deco wrote

To those that updated via the DECO App to 1.3.0 before it was taken out, 

 

there is a NEWER 1.3.0 which is Build 20190529 36613 which i received via email from TP Link Support (credit to TP link, they ARE listening to our complaints) 

http://support.tp-link.com/f/bffa2478b4/?dl=1

 

the 70702 still had lots of problems, though it didnt drop connects as often as 1.2.8

1) Bad Throughput - can only get 20mb next to a deco? WIRED/Wireless backhaul

2) Authentication failures

3) Poor handoffs

 

 

Is anyone else on 36613 ? 

at least my deco test speed hit back 900+mb (70702 only had me 700 down, 100 up) 

inital testing - the handoffs are faster and throughput at slave nodes are back to normal (getting 400+ on iphone XR and Note 9) 

yet to see about the authentication failures 

 

 

EDIT : 3 DAYS OF USING THIS FIRMWARE AND ITS THE CLOSEST TO PERFECTION. THANK YOU TPLINK

 

Hi, can share the firmware 1.3.0 rel 36613 with me?

As @Wafer mentioned: the culprit / cause of clients not connecting is VERY probable 5GHZ:

My network was up without any issues for about a week - until today: 

I could not connect anymore with WiFi to the main unit (On the client: no errors: after a connect attempt the client just stops),  - on all deco's: LED green + no errors in the app).

• All other nodes were still working correct ! - I can connect with 2.4GHz and 5 GHz (I can check this just by going to the rooms where the nodes are located)
• Interestingly enough: the nodes CONNECTED TO THE MAIN UNIT (1 with WiFi and 1 with Ethernet) were also STILL WORKING FINE ! (both on 2.4GHz and on 5Ghz !)
• On the forum I read issue could be 5GHz, so I tried the following: open the app, disable 5GHz (without rebooting any device): 
  now i was able to connect with a client to the main unit with WiFi again. As soon as I enable 5GHz again, I cannot connect to the main unit with WiFi anymore

I did not reboot the main unit yet, so it is still in this state - maybe this can help with debugging - let me know.

Other observations:

• On 36613 no issues with disconnecting nodes anymore (after disabling beamforming + disabling fast roaming + reserve address for all clients)
• Speed is fine !

Hi,

Good news: 

Support asked me to set another Deco unit as main Deco.

So i swapped 2 units, and now a different Deco is the main deco.

After that the connection has been stable for 3 weeks.

So 1.3.0 seems OK 

I don't understand however why this works: hardware-wise all units should be identical or not ?

Anyone any ideas why this worked ?

Super weird coincidence: today again a satellite deco lost the connection :( 

Only way to get it up is to reboot the device.

I see there is 1.3.1 - Any way to download it ?

Note:

Maybe it would be an idea to make Beta's always available on the forum, with a clear disclaimer: Install on own risk.

This way users can decice to take the risk, which would also help to get more feedback about new beta's