Please remove the firmware deco be85 v2 from the support page for deco be85v1 . This is confusing us, and I was going to make the mistake of using version 2 on my version 1 device.

  @Martyns20 

 

I have just rechecked the support page here

 

Download for Deco BE85 | TP-Link United Kingdom

 

 

If you download this firmware the file is not for v1 but it is for v2 as follows

 

Deco BE85_V2_1.1.1_241023

 

So it would seem the link is incorrect

 

https://static.tp-link.com/upload/firmware/2024/202411/20241125/Deco%20BE85_V2_1.1.1_241023.zip

 

So, it's not possible to download the v1 firmware here.

 

I also checked the Dutch website and that too has an incorrect link to v2

 

I installed this - sent to me by tp-link staff after me helping them solving a problem in the vpn client 

 

My hardware version is v1 and I was sent this exact file (v2) by tp-link so I installed it 

 

Whilst most everything is working the vpn client stopped working completely and even the behaviour is erratic causing a lot of problems in the network 

 

So, whilst tp-link says on their support page that this file is for v1 and v2... Something is not right 

 

I have my be85s running this now and they are not operating properly. 

 

Again this was sent to me by tp-link support and now they don't answer to me to fix my problem 

 

The vpn client was working and now it just doesn't work at all - when you select clients to be on the vpn client list... As soon as the vpn connects the traffic from these clients is blocked. Something is missing maybe a firewall rule or something but the fact is that it doesn't work 

 

I also am unable to rollback to a previous firmware - I believe because this is V2 and the other firmwares are. V1 so some checks are happening and the rollback doesn't work. 

 

Please tp-link. Hiw can I fix this? Vpn client is a massive feature for me and without it I can't work and my network is unusable. Please let me know how to fix it or at least how to rollback to a previous working version 

 

Thank you 

 

Nuno 

  @Rider 

 

Wow that's really bad..why would TP-Link Tech send you the wrong file for your hardware...

 

Check my posts, I've not been able to find v1 latest firmware anywhere....so there's no way I'm trying v2 on v1 hardware.

The worst thing is there's no way back, as you found out.

 

Come on TP-Link soirt this out...

 

Update..I just checked the download page again and the link is still wrong....

  @Martyns20 

 

Yes this was sent to me by tp-link themselves as I helped them sort out a few issues in the vpn client feature and they sent me this as it was the first version where the fixes would be in 

 

Yes... No fixes and now I'm screwed 

 

Don't get me wrong... The device is not bricked. It works fine for most settings... Just a few that I'm finding some issues but they are very specific as I'm a network guy and push these things quite hard. Being that this firmware should contain my fix for the vpn client.... Whilst it does contain it, it introduces a new bug whish is traffic blackhauling... Which is as bad as the vpn client not connecting. The result is the same 🤷

  @David-TP 

 

Can we get some answers here please for all of us in the UK? As pointed out it seems some of us have installed a v2 firmware as the v1 page links to the wrong file.

https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/deco-be85/v1/#Firmware

 

This link is on the global page from which I was going to download the firmware, but I finally noticed that the name of the file belongs to the second version, while I own the first version.