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Disable DHCP Deco X60

  This repeated request has been merged into the main thread DHCP Turn off - When Meshing in Router Mode. Please vote on the main thread.

 
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Disable DHCP Deco X60

  This repeated request has been merged into the main thread DHCP Turn off - When Meshing in Router Mode. Please vote on the main thread.
Disable DHCP Deco X60
Disable DHCP Deco X60
2024-02-04 17:09:40 - last edited 2 weeks ago
Tags: #DHCP
Model: Deco X60  
Hardware Version: V3
Firmware Version: 1.2.4 Build 20230601 Rel. 37750

Hello,

 

I have a deco X60, and would like to either disable DHCP completely, or have an option to add static routes to dhcp while in WiFi Router mode, so I can connect to my other networks connected via VPN.

 

Thanks and kind regards,

Hans

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Re:Disable DHCP Deco X60
2024-02-04 17:54:58
by the way: the fact that you think I'm too stupid to understand the repercussions of disabling DHCP might not be the message you want to send to people paying €260 for your hardware...
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Re:Disable DHCP Deco X60
2024-02-05 03:32:05

  @hans-martijn 

Hi, Welcome to the community.

Currently, Deco needs to be the NAT gateway and DHCP server to guarantee Parental Control and HomeShield features working as expected. We haven't figured out a better solution to get around this restriction. Before that, we still prefer to keep DHCP enabled under wireless router mode.

I think your current firmware of Deco X60_V3_1.2.4 already supports static routes. It should be under Deco APP>More>Advanced.

Thank you very much and best regards.

 

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Re:Disable DHCP Deco X60
2024-02-05 04:20:34

  @David-TP 

 

Thanks for welcoming, and thanks for your reply. 

 

The Deco currently is the NAT gateway, but I don't need parental control or homeshield. I also have a TP-Link AX3000, on which you actually can turn off DHCP and parental control and homeshield still work...

I tried setting a static route in the Deco, but it doesn't send that static route through DHCP. I need my mobile devices (laptops etc.) to get their routes from DHCP, because they only need it when connected to my network, so I shouldn't set it statically.

 

Kind regards,

Hans

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RE:Disable DHCP Deco X60
2024-06-10 20:17:12 - last edited 2024-06-10 20:21:49

First of all, your voting buttons don't work - they only create a reply with a weird title! Anyway... 

 

Why oh why TP-Link do you think that not having such a fundamental option to disable DHCP on an expensive and technically advanced system is something that customers want?! It's such an oversight and very naive to think that, and will drive a lot of business away.

 

Please do enable this feature ASAP to address what is clearly a wide-spread annoyance and anger with your customers.

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Re:Disable DHCP Deco X60
2024-08-22 10:21:51 - last edited 2024-08-22 10:23:02

Agreed, at least give us the option to disable the DHCP server. It is quite annoying. 

 

Than it's OUR choice to use the parental options or other functionalities (which I don't want to use anyway)  

 

I'm using Adguard for ad filtering and sometimes I want to block services for my kids but this quite hard because of that DHCP server. I need to make reservations for every device in order to create clients in AdGuard so I can set filters and check the statistics

 

Don't think for us, don't take decisions for us.  leave us the choice wether we want to use it. For example, you could provide an "Expert Firmware"  for users like us where we have more options. Put some disclaimers in it that it isn't for the novice users and you're done

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