@Sunshine 

 

Hi Sunshine,

 

Many thanks for your reply.

 

That's a shame to hear about being unable to install V3.2 firmware on V4 hardware.

 

 

 

 

Unfortunately all 3 router hardware versions were confirmed in advance (as best as possible) with the sellers before purchasing the devices... 

 

In all 3 instances the sellers web pages listed the devices as version V3.2

 

In 1 instance I was able to ask & persuade the seller to actually physically check the stock and confirm that the device was V3.2... but for whatever reason they still sent me V4.

 

Sadly the other sellers felt it to be too much trouble to physically check & confirm the version number on the box for me.

 

 

 

 

In regards to the filter and device versions... that's a good point you make about paying attention to device versions. 

 

Note: Although in this case it isn't relevant... as I'd already previously checked the version compatibility and so had tried to order V3.2 already knowing that V4 didn't have the VPN service I required.

 

However the filter does need to be updated & made clearer for customers. The trouble is that VPN Server function can be selected in the filter and the Archer C6 could be shown... however as you mention not all Archer C6 router versions support the VPN Server function. 

 

Which makes the filter misleading... and it would probably be better if it explicitly stated/showed which version/s of a router model support the VPN service - rather than just showing a router model as being compatible with VPN services.

 

As while researching online and checking version functionality. I came across a number of posts on various forums where other customers had purchased the Archer 1200 C6 - only to discover that previous features available on older models had been removed. 

 

 

 

 

 

I will probably return the TP Link Router again & purchase another Asus router, as even their most basic routers seem to offer VPN services. I would try again with a different model of TP Link router, but I'm worried about having to research and check the different versions - in order to see which features have been removed. Plus the additional concern of having the wrong version of the router sent to me again.

 

I also noticed this router V4 is missing Alexa compatibility compared to previous models... & it's a shame that TP Link has removed features/functionality from the newer version of this model.

 

Is there any possibility TP Link will add VPN service to Archer 1200 C6 V4? As I noticed there is a feature request forum. 

 

Thank you in advance for any further assistance.

 

 

Could someone tell me what processor is in the Archer 1200 C6 version 4 please? 

 

Also what processor in inside the Archer 1200 C6 version 3.2?

 

As would like to know what the possibility is of TP Link adding a VPN server to version 4 of this router in the future?

 

 

As kindly mentioned above by Sunshine version 4 of this router uses different hardware, so is that the hardware used isn't powerful enough to include a VPN? 

 

 

 

Also if the hardware has been changed & can no longer run a VPN server  - then perhaps version 4 of this router should have been renamed for example-

 

Instead of Archer 1200 C6 to perhaps Archer 1200 D6 or similar.

 

To reflect that it's a downgraded router which uses/contains different hardware lacking in both functionality & capability as unable to run a VPN server & Alexa compatibility etc) in comparison to the previous better routers. 

 

 

 

 

I also noticed another recent forum post from yesterday mentioning that there is no VPN client on the new AX53 models & asking why it wasn't included. I would also be interested to know as to why TP link are removing all these features like VPN client, VPN server etc from newer TP Link router models please?

 

 

 

Thank you in advance for any info regarding the above.