@TP-Link I've now removed the Deco X50 as a router and reconfigured it as an AP so hopefully won't get these issues anymore, but definitely a failing on TP-Link side

  @David-TP I've replaced the Deco X50 as my router and gone back to OpnSense and reconfigured the deco to run in access point mode

this gives me the ability to change lease times, manage devices correctly, assign devices to groups, monitor the usage and protection for free, access to lan devices in the event of an internet outage

  @David-TP well that's good news - and shows that the problem is in the code (and is fixable there!)

lets hope they have plans for the M5 firmware as well (hopefully they are built from a common code base!)

I will ask as I now have a case open with TP-Link support (and an official reference number!)

  @mirdragon 

yeah - sad - the product has poor design. I bought 4 of these to provide coverage on a biggish area - but also have a bunch of wired devices and want a 'guest' wireless network that cannot access  the wired devices. THe Deco when it works does this ok (although I am beginning to think the router functions are pretty pants! - the device naming doesn't stay consistent and the device list doesn't often match an IP address scan of what is active)

They become expensive Access Points - very disappointing

  @MarkRound yeh they do become expensive AP's and it is true the router side is poor for technically minded users. for plug and play they are ok, but still lots of limitations due to the current bugs

Please also fix this autosensing problem for the Deco M4. Thanks.

  @TP-Link 

Please vote this bug up (button on the left upper corner of the page).
Seems we need to pass 50 to get the support team's attention.