edu3com wrote

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I just wanted to say if any of the forum here has the same problem as in the update of wsb510 in bridge mode, the problem is that it is only falling after some time, TP_Pharos_V2.1.6_170908 after updating to this moment the equipment is falling to connection with bridge mode clients

After updating to 2.1.6 (from original 1.30), my CPE210 v1.1 hangs, usually in peroiod of next 24hrs.
It starts constantly rebooting. It is connected with ethernet to desktop PC, and I get message that
LAN is disconnected/connected/disconected...etc, and I can't login until I reset it manually.

It is in WLAN bridge mode, and it works fine, until it starts rebooting. I don't know why, so I will try
now getting back to older firmware. Unfortunately, there is no original 1.30 fw, the oldest one is 2.00,
which I am using during writing this post.

R1D2 wrote

Here you can download firmware v1.33 P9 beta (adds RADIUS authentication) dated 2016/07/13:

http://tp-link-support.de/firmware/CPE210_CPE220_CPE510_CPE520_WBS510_WBS210_PharOS_160713.betaRADIUS.zip

If this fixes your problems, let us know please. But note that this firmware has a slower web UI compared to v2.x.

Thx, but version 2.00 works fine for now (no hangs for days). I'll also try 2.1.0, and then once again back to "bad" 2.1.6 to confirm my problems.
It is important to know that 2.00 is OK. I have to manage 7 of those, so I have to be sure which fw is good.

What iritates me is that I can't find what are the diferences between fw versions.
There is no text like "WHAT IS NEW?" (or I can't find it).

R1D2 wrote

Sure it is, see "Modifications and Bug Fixes" on page http://www.tp-link.com/us/download/CPE210.html#Firmware.

Firmware 2.1.6 works stable with my Pharos devices.

Well, not with mine! Obviously I have done wrong changing firmware from original 1.30.
Version 2.1.0 also hangs, but in different way than 2.1.6. It just stops working
(only Power Led is ON) and I can't access to it any way.

I I'll go back to fw 2.0.0, which has been OK (luckly, since there is no download for original 1.30).
Now I'am in fear to change fw for other APs (they are all on original 1.30) since I can't joke arround
with something what is allready "in production".

This brings me in serious doubt about purchasing TP-LINK devices next time, since this test one
works worse with upgraded firmwares than with original. And that should not happen!

R1D2 wrote

Ok, so what is your problem? I told you where you can find v1.33, which is v1.30 with RADIUS extension.

If you insist to downgrade to v1.30 you might ask TP-Link support for it. And no, I'm not from TP-Link, but a user of a dozen CPEs HW v1.1 all running fine with FW 2.6.1, so it makes no sense to tell me what you will buy or not in the future.

Well, please dont't be mad at me, I don't mean anything bad to you or anyone else, working or not working in TP-Link.
We are all here to help each other if we can. And my comment about buying or not is not only for you but for all the others
who maybe have (or will have) same problem.

I belive that other people (as you mentioned) have no problems with CPE210 and fw. 2.6.1, but I do, and it is not some
special configuration that I mess arround with, it is just Client or Bridge mode without any special settings and it hangs
in period of 24hrs (with fw 2.1.0 and 2.1.6), sending or not sending data. As you suggest, there is fw 1.33, but I am
suspicious since those 2 official firmwares are not working as they are supposed to, and 2.00 is OK for me.

Best regards.

R1D2 wrote

In post #3 you asked for the original firmware 1.30 since 2.1.6 (not 2.6.1, sorry, typo) doesn't work and no older firmware then 2.0 is officially available. Maybe I don't still get it which version you actually are searching for when looking for " the original software" (which was 1.30 for your CPE v1.1), but the 2.0.x and 2.1.x branches are still offered on TP-Link's support sites. If I write "v2.1.6 works with my CPEs", I tested this in client and bridge modes.

You are right, there was orginaly 1.30, which I can't find anywhere.
I have tried 1.33, which you proposed as the closest one to original
1.30 but it still makes me a trouble. And going back to 2.0.0 also
made a problem of hanging in bridge mode! So obviously, something
is wrong with my device, not with firmware(s).

It just hangs in bridge mode, where I receive WLAN&LAN from my main
SSID, and creates another CPE's SSID to resend the same WLAN&LAN.
It is all happenning indoors, few meters appart, so there are no outdoor
"bad conditions". It hangs with every firmware in this bridge mode.

Don't know what else to check, I need it in bridge mode (receive one
wifi and create another wifi). It hangs usually after few hours. I test it
using video from few webcams on internet, and constantly pinging
CPE (to record the moment of hanging).