@AXE16000_A I agree with you. I wish the vendor's life cycle was longer for everything.

@Longtrain Apple and some other devices have a feature where it changes th MAC address which causes this. In your phone network settings, something like "do not track" setting can be turned off for...

@Yigiter010 It may depend on which version, language, or area if it is supported? A quick look at the router US english version 1 emulator does not show mesh where the lateset version does.

@AXE16000_A Open Source router firmware has it place where the product is enhanced or the support is extended. But at some point the support from Open Source is going to end. I doubt that my previous...

@tp_gandhar You may need to contact TP Link support directly. It appears you have installed the wrong firmware on the router which TP Link says not to do. They may be able to help you. Also this the...

@AXE16000_A I have installed DD-WRT on a Linksys router to gain some functionality before I got an Archer C8. DD-WRT worked fine but I do not recall any updates to it during the year or so I used it....