@PC_60 not sure why you reply to me but the latest firmware resolved all of the issues with my device. Works perfectly now. Just needed the 'disable DHCP' option.

@David-TP thanks your engineer was able to determine that the firmware download that is on the TP-Link US website is corrupt. The hash did not match the expected values. For anyone else experiencing...

Support (TKID230107684) asked me to do the following: For the Static IP address set up, please try to choose use the following IP address, and set the IP to 192.168.80.199, and the gateway to...

new post created here - https://community.tp-link.com/en/home/forum/topic/595458 Very tempted to take this thing back and never buy another tp-link product.

@glenn0524 it sounds like you're stuck in the same scenario as MANY others (including me) - Smart DHCP is awful and should be disabled. See here for more details:...

I am stuck in that my TL-WPA7517 KIT is ruining my home network enforcing the 'Smart DHCP' option as per: https://community.tp-link.com/en/home/forum/topic/265692 The suggested fix is to update the...