@All Good lord. Three years later and this appears to still be an ongoing issue. Maybe I'm the first person to actually try and submit a bug report? I got an Archer A7 last week (and would have...

The only remotely viable workaround I've managed to find so far is to just configure the thing for a static IP. For many reasons this isn't really an acceptable solution, so I'm just hoping TP-Link's...

So... I ordered the thing from Amazon and got it this morning. I've configured it to use AP mode, set up the SSIDs, and let it update it's firmware. It appears to work fine but... I just happened to...