'Aggressive / Hijacking' Smart DHCP under AP mode
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@Kevin_Z what are TP-Link doing to fix the 'aggressive' / hijacking Smart DHCP kicking in on AP mode when the router goes down issue?
It's been nearly a 18 months since it was raised to you and no response for over a year. See: https://community.tp-link.com/en/home/forum/topic/155575?page=1
I was going to buy a Deco setup to run in AP mode, but this 'aggressive' smart DHCP issue outstanding is a deal breaker there's no way I am making the purchase until TP-link put in the option to fully disable DHCP under AP mode.
Thanks to all on the various other threads for highlighting the problem, I feel your pain.
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@TP-Link_Deco when will you be issuing 1.6.0 with the disable SMART DHCP option - this has been over 6 months now since the issue was raised?!!
Please issue the fix for the S4 range too.
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@atca this is rediculous. If I knew this I hadn't bought the expensive currently useless deco set!
This was the last TP-link device ever in my house!
Get this done asap!
My home network is malfunctioning. No, correction, this infiltrated device is malfunctioning!
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@ArcoW Same here. I only found this after buying. :(
https://community.tp-link.com/en/home/forum/topic/181548?page=1
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It's been >6 months since you hinted the 1.6.0 firmware would fix the DHCP issue. I just installed a 3-pack of the M9, whose latest firmware seems to be 1.5.1, with a build date of January 26 of this current year. Unless I have a hard date given in the next day or so, this mesh system will go back in the box. It looks like TP-Link claims to take this issue seriously, but when show-stopping issues have persisted over a year, it's hard to take TP-Link's word seriously.
When will this be fixed? If never, that's a fine answer, I just want an answer I can rely on. Like others here, I have my own network devices to manage, and only wanted a reliable mesh network system without ceding administrative control over the rest of the network.
Thank you.
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It's been two days, on top of well over six months since this was raised. Costco's getting this one back, the Netgear Orbi seems to be doing the job. I got burned about 6 years ago with a wifi repeater, I thought perhaps your QA might have improved. Not buying TP-Link again.
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