@Tosoth I do not have that setting in my version of the app (AU version .83).

My Deco devices are in AP mode. Is it possible that the option to set WAN / LAN autosensing is only available when Deco units are router mode?

  @AndreyKM 

Hi, my Deco X50 firmware version is 1.5.1 build 20240417.

I have polish version but In english this option is probably in:

More / Advanced / WAN port

My Deco app version is 3.7.83.

I don't know if it's more app version or firmware version that matters.

Tosoth wrote

I got update for my Deco X50 yesterday. They added option to turn off Auto LAN/WAN sensing and set WAN port manually.

@Tosoth I use the latest version 3.7.74 of TP-Link Deco app for my Deco X50-PoE. Can't find the option to turn off Auto LAN/WAN sensing. Could you please advise where you found it in configuration menu?

McMike wrote

Today i have made the slave deco the main and the main the slave in the app and switched locations, thinking maybe there was an issue with the main Deco. So far so good. 

  @McMike 

I've got a pair of M4 v1.0 that are wired backhaul to the ISP router. They've been great and up close can manage up to 400/400 up/down which is fast enough for my mobile devices.

However I recently added some Govee Wi-Fi lights that require LAN control for the Dreamview app on PC. They'd randomly drop LAN control, which requires multicast, with the mesh units but would stay solidly connected to the ISP router Wi-Fi albeit with a much weaker signal. That's when I discovered this issue.

So, I thought I'd try your suggestion of switching the mesh units main and slave. This has worked and I no longer have any more problems with Govee LAN control. Seems the mesh unit, in the pantry set as main, connected via ethernet directly to the ISP router causes an issue. Whereas the landing mesh unit set as main which goes through a switch then onto the ISP router doesn't with the pantry unit set as slave. Both are still using wired ethernet back to the ISP router just switched places as main/slave.

  @TP-Link Does anyone know if ANY models of the Deco have this issue / bug fixed?

I note that TP-Link do not even have the latest firmware 1.7.4 (AU) for the M5 Deco listed on their wesbsite. Too busy making money off later models to provide support to existing customers.

Still, the Orbo works and is MUCH cheaper than the TP-Link product.

  @Tosoth good, they are doing it but very very slowly. Been promised same for BE85, still waiting. 

I got update for my Deco X50 yesterday. They added option to turn off Auto LAN/WAN sensing and set WAN port manually.

  @ah1stb I've given up and have been buyinh g l i n e t products and build and configure my own wireless network. It's not mesh, but it does work through co-ordinated configuration screens and is based on open source software

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ah1stb wrote

  @silviun completley agree.  I went with this mesh to simplify my home network for my wife and decrease signal congestion within the house.  The WiFi works great and achieves the speeds I need.  However, I am going with another product I am just tired of this not working, requiring numerous resets after power outages, my work VPN always dropping mid call.  The best logs I capture indicate to me its the protocol being by CiscoAnyconnet (or whatever thew newer VPN is called nowadays).  But there is no way to create rules to allow my specific work asset to allow the traffic without crowding the logs, which are actually pretty useless on the device anyway.  I have decided I am going to go with a new solution since it has been a year and TP Link has failed to even respond other than support an RMA request which did nothing.  Any suggestions on a "family frienly" solution?  I like to have total administrative control and have extensive experience as a network engineer.  Just need something with good WiFi to keep the kids happy, all of my connections are hard wired aside from wireless devices.

  @silviun completley agree.  I went with this mesh to simplify my home network for my wife and decrease signal congestion within the house.  The WiFi works great and achieves the speeds I need.  However, I am going with another product I am just tired of this not working, requiring numerous resets after power outages, my work VPN always dropping mid call.  The best logs I capture indicate to me its the protocol being by CiscoAnyconnet (or whatever thew newer VPN is called nowadays).  But there is no way to create rules to allow my specific work asset to allow the traffic without crowding the logs, which are actually pretty useless on the device anyway.  I have decided I am going to go with a new solution since it has been a year and TP Link has failed to even respond other than support an RMA request which did nothing.  Any suggestions on a "family frienly" solution?  I like to have total administrative control and have extensive experience as a network engineer.  Just need something with good WiFi to keep the kids happy, all of my connections are hard wired aside from wireless devices.

  @TP-Link Please fix this ASAP! I dont know what PR do you have, what are your issues in  your company but auto sensing MUST be optional! it is literally a flaw in the design, not a bug.

I cannot use my IOT bridges at all. I have Philips hue and aotec bridge which are disconnecting all the time. I simply cannot use them, randomly disconnects! I will post every week until this is resolved.