@C0deape I can confirm the PX50 doesn't have the option (unless it is very well hidden in options) to assign a WAN port. 

 

Anyway I'm being plagued by a problem that intermittently happens several/many times during the day when the entire network (wireless and wired) goes down for a second or two.  I thought it was related to this thread and that during this down time my ISP (AT&T fiber perhaps temporarily went down). But like someone in this thread suggested to put the DECOs (including the "main" one) into access point mode and then introduce another router as the DHCP server.  We'll, even in this setup I still get the annoying intermittent network is down. 

 

And FYI I have my setup (both the original setup with the main deco as the DHCP server and latest setup where the DECOs are in AP MODE) with ethernet backhaul. 

 

My previous setup was with the slower older ORBI. I had no issues with the same wired topology. I do have an unmanaged switch in play as well - I can't imagine that is a factor?! 

  @TimDan 

I've got PX50, X50-Outdoor, X50-4G and they all behave differently.

 

X50-4G has option to assign a port to WAN so 4g kicks in when its down.

 

PX50 has no option to specify WAN so it throws a wobbler if WAN isnt there.

 

From the forums I believe the X50 (not PX50) has a way to set the WAN port

  @ClemDaddy 

From elsewhere in this thread I believe the nature of the fix in the px50 is to allow you to use an advanced setting to assign a fixed WAN port and that will stop the autosensing.

Did you find such a setting?

 

T.

I just setup a PX50 (1.0) a week ago. FW version = 1.2.2 Build 20231226 Rel. 74361.  To confirm whether this has been fixed in the PX50, I unplugged the cable connected to the fiber modem and as reported in this thread, I lost access to my shared drives within my home network. So it doesn't appear to be fixed/optimized/etc with my setup.

 

I was getting intermittent "all devices/network are/is offline" for a second or two. While researching that issue I stumbled across this thread. I've seen other threads complaining about ATT fiber going offline for a second or two randomly during the day. I wonder if that coupled with this auto sensing is the cause of my intermittent network issues...

  @Sus_Deco How is the parental controls (ability to block devices from the internet) on those.  That's the best feature of the Decos for me

Sus_Deco wrote

  @TP-Link  I agree with the latest poster.  It doe NOT make sense for TP-Link to leave this bug in their devices AND tell the customer they can suck it up or go elsewhere.

 

I have now switched to Orbi and Asus and find the support great and the product even better. Worth paying the extra few dollars folks!

 

  @TimDan I'd also be interested in the answer to this. I imagine it would be fine.  I'm largely unaffected by the issue.  My Deco (in router mode) sits behind a Sonicwall which has WAN failover to 4G.  However last week I got called downstairs as the 'internet' was off.  Internet was fine for wired devices through the Sonicwall but Deco had confused itself over which was LAN and which was WAN.  Had to disconnect the LAN cable, reboot Deco, wait for white light, then plug Deco back in to the LAN to fix.  Just rebooting wouldn't cure it.  Doesnt happen often enough to be a nuisance, but is an annoyance.

TimDan wrote

  @TP-Link Just wondering. If the X50 model now has this problem fixed by allowing WAN port assignment, can I get a single X50 unit and replace my current main S4 Deco only. Will the X50 interoperatate with the remaining S4 units. 

 

 

  @TP-Link Just wondering. If the X50 model now has this problem fixed by allowing WAN port assignment, can I get a single X50 unit and replace my current main S4 Deco only. Will the X50 interoperatate with the remaining S4 units. 

 

  @TimDan you couldn't unless you worked for TP-Link! It's a nuance of the firmware and not someone anyone sane would have thought to ask! 
 

it's like buying an ev and finding it doesn't work when disconnected from the charger! You'd not think to as as we'd all assumed Boone would be stupid enough to design it like that!

 

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Not having LAN because no external internet WAN, is insane. How could i have known this prior to purchase

It's driving me nuts to have to have two devices next to each other