@greyhair Unfortunately the DECOs seem to be geared towards a simplified setup with minimal tinkering required, but also minimal configurability.  One of the newer Archer models probably continue to have similar control like your AX50.

  @jzchen Thanks for the reply. Sadly, part of the reason I bought the Deco units was the 'spousal acceptance' factor. The AX50 was relegated to the basement because it was ungainly and ugly. It worked, but it really limited coverage to the second floor (from the basement) and outdoors, because of its installed location. Before I commited at all to the Deco units, I installed them, one on a sideboard in the living room and one on a bookshelf on the second floor. The design and overall appearance of the units was acceptable, so at that point I started to configure them. So, acceptable to the spouse, but somewhat of a PITA to me. I run my own local DNS cache in the house, and I also configure fixed IPs for certain devices. The IoT feature of the Deco works well with my Nest stuff, that is cool, but the granularity of control on DHCP configuration leaves a lot to be desired, compared to the AX50. So they work well as APs, but I am underwhelmed by their operation as a router, in comparison to a much older TP-Link product.

I think ultimately, to resolve it, I will set up either a wired OpenWRT or OpenSense router, and convert the Deco to AP only mode. The other option would be a port of OpenWRT to the Deco Units. Does TP-Link support installing OpenWRT on the Deco line?

Is there any documentation on the Deco units in regards to Guest network vlan tagging to separate the guest network from the primary network? I am hoping that Guest network segregation is supported in AP mode.

Doug

Another option would be for TP-Link to support an AX series model in a Deco style enclosure. We can hope.