@ClemDaddy I think the behaviour varies if you have wired back haul or not. With wired, my m5 master goes hunting a wan if it's disconnected. As the wireless range isn't enough in my case to use...

@ClemDaddy AP mode doesn't prevent the deco's from trying to auto sense the wan connection. They are still cloud reliant! I have now replaced 3 of my 5 decos with open wrt based devices with the...

@TimDan you couldn't unless you worked for TP-Link! It's a nuance of the firmware and not someone anyone sane would have thought to ask! it's like buying an ev and finding it doesn't work when...

@ah1stb I've given up and have been buyinh g l i n e t products and build and configure my own wireless network. It's not mesh, but it does work through co-ordinated configuration screens and is...

@Antonio_M_A_S you will need to open a defect call with TP-Link as they have never responded to messsges on this forum. Tbh I'm not sure what point of this is as they don't seem to react to anything...

@chaybee1 you are not alone. they lost me - and I will not consider tplink network products for any system because of the complete arrogance and stupidity shown by the company on this issue. For any...