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TPlink Archer Air R5 - Easy mesh Ethernet backhaul support

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TPlink Archer Air R5 - Easy mesh Ethernet backhaul support

TPlink Archer Air R5 - Easy mesh Ethernet backhaul support
TPlink Archer Air R5 - Easy mesh Ethernet backhaul support
2025-01-14 13:17:19 - last edited 2025-10-23 08:46:10
Tags: #EasyMesh Ethernet Backhaul
Model: Archer Air R5  
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Is the Archer Air R5 ear marked for ethernet backhaul support in the near future  ? Is there firmaware that one can download to pilot this functionality  ?

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Re:TPlink Archer Air R5 - Easy mesh Ethernet backhaul support
2025-01-15 06:54:13

Hi @Sani.Msindo,

Thank you for posting on the TP-Link community, and we certainly appreciate  your feature request(s) here.

Sorry that we don't get advanced notice of when a feature update will be available for easymesh Ethernet backhaul of Archer Air R5. 

We recommend keeping an eye on our official website for any new firmware updates if there would be any.

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RE:TPlink Archer Air R5 - Easy mesh Ethernet backhaul support
2025-06-11 15:13:25
I want also ethernet backhaul on my R5. Please vote at the top of this thread
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Re:TPlink Archer Air R5 - Easy mesh Ethernet backhaul support
2025-09-10 19:34:27

  @Sani.Msindo 

 

I'm so disappointed by this product and TP-Link in general. I was promised that you'll add ethernet backhaul feature soon when I've bought this router. 

And yet, after several years, there is no sign of any will from you to make it happen. 

 

It's a much-much more stable option. Do it PLEASE

 

 

 

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Re:TPlink Archer Air R5 - Easy mesh Ethernet backhaul support
2025-09-10 19:39:50

  @Sani.Msindo 

The promise is still in the product's description on the forum:

https://community.tp-link.com/en/home/forum/topic/611512

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RE:TPlink Archer Air R5 - Easy mesh Ethernet backhaul support
2025-09-14 03:14:42
Wireless backhaul is really unstable, i need wired backhaul
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RE:TPlink Archer Air R5 - Easy mesh Ethernet backhaul support
2025-09-14 03:15:02
I need it
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RE:TPlink Archer Air R5 - Easy mesh Ethernet backhaul support
2025-10-13 06:33:34
Please add it
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Re:TPlink Archer Air R5 - Easy mesh Ethernet backhaul support
2025-10-13 06:33:58

Please add it

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Re:TPlink Archer Air R5 - Easy mesh Ethernet backhaul support
2025-10-23 09:34:59 - last edited 2025-10-23 09:36:07

Please add it

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RE:TPlink Archer Air R5 - Easy mesh Ethernet backhaul support
2025-11-08 00:18:05
Really needs to be enabled
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