@richpriest thanks. I may go down this route. The effort involved in getting an old tp-link router to work as an access point is significant. I'm near yet so far in doing this.

@TP-Link Thanks for your reply. I will certainly look into this if I can't get my alternative tp-link router device as an access point.

@TP-Link Hi. Thanks for your reply. I can see the TD-W8980 as a wireless client on the M5 app "overview" page. I set a static IP address for the TD-W8980 on its configuration and another IP for the...

I have a deco m5 system. I need to connect my printer up to the network with an ethernet cable connected to an access point other than one of the m5s (the printer location does not suit an m5)....

I have very basic network knowledge. I am trying to connect a TD-W8980 to a Deco M5 system as a wireless access point. I am connecting an OKI printer to the TD-W8980 via an Ethernet cable. It has the...