ER605v1 Beta 1.2.3 Thread Closed Quickly- Now I know why
ER605v1 Beta 1.2.3 Thread Closed Quickly- Now I know why
I guess it's pretty obvious now as to why the beta firmware thread was closed so quickly. A lot of once again broken promises for people using the (still up for sale) ER605v1. The OpenVPN full mode implementation still isn't working, and mDNS is a useless half-attempt. Any mention of these issues in a separate thread receives no attention from TP-Link personnel.
What a waste of money this whole thing has been. The sad part is I used to like TP-Link products but this whole experience has really soured me toward their stuff. Never again.
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Hi All,
A new 1.3.0 Official firmware has been released, please follow the post link below for details.
ER605 V1_1.3.0 Official Firmware (Released on May 17th, 2023)
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I'm trying to stay optimistic, but I feel more and more that the 605v1 should never have been released. I think mine is about to go offline again because of memory starvation:
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@d0ugmac1 This whole situation is beyond ridiculous. I could have sworn the Omada hardware was supposed to be a step above the regular consumer grade stuff and yet it's missing some REALLY basic features and is extremely buggy. I just want my money back at this point.
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@d0ugmac1 If they offered some sort of a trade-in I'd take them up on it but the constant lies and promises of "we'll fix it some day" are just insulting and getting old.
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I had the same thought, but it will never happen. About the only thing I can think of is for them to open up the hardware and allow third party firmware to be built and installed (a la WRT54GL)...at least it might retain some value as a standalone unit.
I'm holding off buying anything further until there's some evidence that Omada is a serious commitment. I mean, these routers are basically running OpenWRT, the only secret sauce is in the hardware board support and the Omada daemon.
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@unhappycust0mer you're frustrated, we get it. I bought the V1.6 just before the V2 came out. It sucks. But the amount of ire you're expending over a $60 router is a little much, though. It's a well known trope that the computer equipment you buy is obsolete a few weeks after you open the box.
V1 and V2 are vastly different pieces of hardware (I'm surprised they didn't release it as a new model...). V1 was a rebadged TL-R600VPN (the original model number was TL-R605) and everyone with eyes could tell. V1 only has 16MB of flash storage; V2 has 128MB. That may not seem like much, but the newer V2 firmwares are 19+ MB. It takes time to figure out how to trim out whatever is unnecessary. The fact that they are working on a beta firmware and releasing it in a public forum at all should be enough for you. Some manufacturers simply don't care, at least TP-Link is making the effort.
To your point that they are still selling the V1 hardware, no they are not. Retailers are pushing out their old stock; some of them don't understand there's a difference and some of them are not as ethical as others in their marketing. TP-Link is not manufacturing any V1, V1.6, or V2 hardware, they are manufacturing V2.6 units.
Be patient, or start a GoFundMe for the $60 to buy a new one. That's the beauty of SDN: modular upgrades. I'm considering upgrading to the ER7206 (I'm waiting to see if there's a V2 dropping soon), and I'm just grateful that I won't have to redo all the static IP's, failover settings, etc. when I do. Same when Wi-Fi 7 comes out; just plug in the new AP and keep rolling.
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@iampegram I appreciate your pragmatic point of view, it would be mine too if I wasn't sitting on a small mound of $60 teetering-on-being-obsolete doorstops coming up on their first birthdays. Also there is a 7206V2, it's called the ER707-M2 and it should start shipping next week in the $200 range.
I suspect it's not just the firmware size that's the issue, I'm guessing the CPU architecture is also a problem when trying to build features like Wireguard.
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@d0ugmac1 Fair enough. I was fortunate enough to only get one V1. I purchased another for my church, and that ended up being a V2. Another company I work with decided to go with Omada, and I set them up with the ER7206.
I figured the processor changed between versions as well; V1 only gets 41.5 Mbps throughput on IPSec VPN (AES256), while the V2 can get between 171.26 and 248.04 Mbps.
I had seen the ER707-M2 on the international pages, but the US support pages make reference to an ER7206 v2, and there's a separate page for the ER707-M2 v1
There's also an installation guide for the ER7206v2 on the international site that shows a USB port and an external power supply.
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I guess I should have used 'air quotes' around the 2nd generation 7206 :)
It's not hard to see they've intended it as an update to the platform, and with those 2.5G ports, especially if LAG'd will provide support for most applications out there.
7206 - 6 ports 707 - 7 ports
I do give TPlink some credit in having a reasonable naming approach. Entry level is 6XX, Mid-range 7XX, High end 8XX
605 - Entry, 5 ports
7206 - Mid range, 6 ports
707 - Mid range, 7 ports
7212 - Mid range, 12 ports
8411 - High end, 11 ports
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7206 is dual core (880Mhz) 7212 is dual core (1.2Ghz) 8411 is quad core (2.2Ghz) Now the 605 is quad core, but....we all know why the '0'
The ER707-M2 is actually a Dual-core ARMv8...so it should really be the 7207 ;)
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