So my piece of sh!t deco S4R decided today that it would not operated as a wireless access point.  My router rebooted and all of sudden the deco refused any proposed IP address and would continue to ask for 172.27.35.20.  It is not connected directly to the modem.

I attempted to reset it, which is a cluster fu@k of unplug, press button, hope it comes up in reset, nope, unplug for two minutes, plug in press button hope it comes up in reset, nope, press reset again loop.

Once I got it to come up in setup mode it goes through the setup, of course it never does the logical thing and asks what mode it should be in, but defaults to router.  Go into advanced settings and choose "Access Point" for operation mode.  upon reboot it again refuses the DHCP offers and only asks for the 172 addres..

Nov 21 17:51:55 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 868378157 vendor class: udhcp 1.22.1
Nov 21 17:51:55 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 868378157 client provides name: deco-S4
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 868378157 DHCPDISCOVER(enp3s0) 1c:3b:f3:1b:23:98
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 868378157 tags: enp3s0
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 868378157 DHCPOFFER(enp3s0) 192.168.2.133 1c:3b:f3:1b:23:98
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 868378157 requested options: 1:netmask, 3:router, 6:dns-server, 12:hostname,
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 868378157 requested options: 15:domain-name, 28:broadcast, 42:ntp-server
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 868378157 next server: 192.168.2.1
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 868378157 sent size:  1 option: 53 message-type  2
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 868378157 sent size:  4 option: 54 server-identifier  192.168.2.1
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 868378157 sent size:  4 option: 51 lease-time  1d1h
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 868378157 sent size:  4 option: 58 T1  12h30m
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 868378157 sent size:  4 option: 59 T2  21h52m30s
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 868378157 sent size:  4 option:  1 netmask  255.255.255.0
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 868378157 sent size:  4 option: 28 broadcast  192.168.2.255
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 868378157 sent size:  8 option: 15 domain-name  home.lan
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 868378157 sent size: 12 option:  6 dns-server  1.1.1.1, 1.0.0.1, 192.168.2.1
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 868378157 sent size:  4 option:  3 router  192.168.2.1
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 868378157 available DHCP range: 192.168.2.50 -- 192.168.2.150
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 868378157 vendor class: udhcp 1.22.1
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 868378157 client provides name: deco-S4
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 868378157 DHCPREQUEST(enp3s0) 172.27.35.20 1c:3b:f3:1b:23:98
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 868378157 DHCPNAK(enp3s0) 172.27.35.20 1c:3b:f3:1b:23:98 wrong server-ID
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 868378157 broadcast response
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 868378157 sent size:  1 option: 53 message-type  6
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 868378157 sent size:  4 option: 54 server-identifier  192.168.2.1
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 868378157 sent size: 15 option: 56 message  77:72:6f:6e:67:20:73:65:72:76:65:72:2d:49...
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 1605323578 available DHCP range: 192.168.2.50 -- 192.168.2.150
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 1605323578 vendor class: udhcp 1.22.1
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 1605323578 client provides name: deco-S4
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 1605323578 DHCPDISCOVER(enp3s0) 1c:3b:f3:1b:23:98
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 1605323578 tags: enp3s0
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 1605323578 DHCPOFFER(enp3s0) 192.168.2.133 1c:3b:f3:1b:23:98
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 1605323578 requested options: 1:netmask, 3:router, 6:dns-server, 12:hostname,
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 1605323578 requested options: 15:domain-name, 28:broadcast, 42:ntp-server
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 1605323578 next server: 192.168.2.1
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 1605323578 sent size:  1 option: 53 message-type  2
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 1605323578 sent size:  4 option: 54 server-identifier  192.168.2.1
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 1605323578 sent size:  4 option: 51 lease-time  1d1h
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 1605323578 sent size:  4 option: 58 T1  12h30m
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 1605323578 sent size:  4 option: 59 T2  21h52m30s
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 1605323578 sent size:  4 option:  1 netmask  255.255.255.0
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 1605323578 sent size:  4 option: 28 broadcast  192.168.2.255
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 1605323578 sent size:  8 option: 15 domain-name  home.lan
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 1605323578 sent size: 12 option:  6 dns-server  1.1.1.1, 1.0.0.1, 192.168.2.1
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 1605323578 sent size:  4 option:  3 router  192.168.2.1
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 1605323578 available DHCP range: 192.168.2.50 -- 192.168.2.150
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 1605323578 vendor class: udhcp 1.22.1
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 1605323578 client provides name: deco-S4
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 1605323578 DHCPREQUEST(enp3s0) 172.27.35.20 1c:3b:f3:1b:23:98
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 1605323578 DHCPNAK(enp3s0) 172.27.35.20 1c:3b:f3:1b:23:98 wrong server-ID
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 1605323578 broadcast response
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 1605323578 sent size:  1 option: 53 message-type  6
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 1605323578 sent size:  4 option: 54 server-identifier  192.168.2.1
Nov 21 17:51:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[1790]: 1605323578 sent size: 15 option: 56 message  77:72:6f:6e:67:20:73:65:72:76:65:72:2d:49...
 

Anyone have an idea how to fix, besides buying another brand.