@David-TP Just updated to Deco version 3.1 on iOS and now another problem appeared.

 

The device client numbers connected are no longer showing after the update.

 

David-TP wrote

  @Steveo369 

Hi, Thanks for the feedback.

It will be fixed on the later version very soon.

And so far, even though it said "block for Today", it actually did block the parental control profile full time(24h/day, 7 days/week).

Best regards.

  @David-TP :

Thank you for the information; I see that this has been shown differently in APP v3.1.7 posted today.  Wonderful news.

 

However, I note a couple of additional bugs in this version of the APP:

1. In Parental Controls, the 'Block' function replaced the "Pause Internet" function.  This is fine, however the term Block when used under Parental Controls behaves differently than when a Device is added to the Block List from the Clients page of the App. 

A Block using Parental Controls (previously Pause Internet) restricts the Devices in that Profile from accessing the Internet, but still allows local network access.

A Block (device) by adding a Device to the Block List from Clients completely restricts the device from accessing the Deco network (both local and Internet access) it is a true device block.

 

Using the same term of "Block" for both of these functions is confusing.  The previous use of the terms Pause Internet for Parental Controls and Block for blocking a device did not have this confusion.  The TP-Link team should review/revise this to provide better clarity on how these functions are named and how they work.

 

 

2.  When I navigate to Parental Controls and then to a Profile with Block turned on, and then to Edit, the Devices section shows "None", but navigating into this section shows a device registered in this profile.

David-TP wrote

  @Steveo369 

 

As for the devices in the profile, somehow I was unable to reproduce this issue. If it showed "none" all the time since the APP had a delay sometimes, could you please refer to this link to help me get the APP log:How to submit Deco APP log

Best regards.

  @David-TP :

To be clear, you must enable the Block (pause) function on that Profile first, then click through the Profile, and select Edit.  Then the Devices show as "None" rather than the number of devices in that Profile.  I verified it on all of my Profiles.  I will upload an APP log as requested.

 

The language corrected for the Profile Block (pause) only appears to have been partially fixed (iOS APP v3.1.7, Deco M9+ FW 1.5.6):

When initiating a Profile Block (pause), the pop up screen to verify the action shows language which describes the function correctly. "Devises belonging to the XprofileX will be unable to access the internet until you manually allow."  Like this:

 

However, the confirmation message which pops up AFTER the Block (pause) is enabled still shows incorrect language, implying that the Block is only until tomorrow.  "All XprofileX's devices are disconnected from internet and will be restored to internet tomorrow."  Like this:

The issue of number of devices not showing in device icon actually was already present in the previous version. It happens on and off, about 5 out of 10 times probability. However, upon updating to ver 3.1 yesterday, the probability maybe shot to 9 out of 10 times. The devices connected are shown in the "Online Clients" bar when it's clicked, but not the above device icons. Definitely a bug. I've sent in the logs as requested.

  @David-TP 

I have updated the App but now when I select any Deco from the list it no longer shows a list of any clients connected. However if I select a client from the online clients list it shows me the Deco to which it is connected.

 

  @Hawklord the funny thing is that I got a follow up email from the enginneer asking for more screenshots and details, when I have already given the logs and the proper screenshots.

 

 Seems that they are just oblivious about their very own products. They should make their engineers use the products themselves to see how buggy and poor things are quality wise. Just sad state of things having invested into the TP-Link ecosystem.