@Joseph-TP 

I will wait for future firmware updates, but I sincerely hope the software can be improved. At the moment, it feels like the firmware does not fully extract the potential of the hardware, and unfortunately there is no custom firmware ecosystem available for TP-Link routers, which limits advanced optimization.

To be clear, my intention here is not to compare brands. However, I inevitably reference my previous router because it was my first real “high-performance gaming router” experience. My old ASUS router provided a complete security solution out of the box: threat blocking, infected device protection, and exploit prevention — all without requiring any additional paid subscription.

This is exactly what I expect when purchasing a router that claims to offer “security.” Features such as parental control and time scheduling are basic functionalities and should not be advertised as differentiators. From my perspective, a security solution that requires both a premium router purchase and an additional recurring subscription is disappointing, especially when it fails to protect IoT devices unless the user pays extra. This approach is, in my view, a negative point for TP-Link.

Currently, I am only using the QoS feature from the HomeShield suite. I do not intend to pay for additional features, as I believe that users who have already invested in a high-end router should have access to core security and performance features without further cost.

Game Center feedback

At the moment, I am also only using QoS within Game Center. The remaining features are either not useful in my scenario or do not work as expected:

• Game Detector: There are no servers listed for Brazil or Latin America, which makes this feature useless for my region.

• Game Statistics: Game detection is inaccurate. For example, when playing Battlefield 6 and Ready or Not, the system only identified “Source Engine” due to Steam activity. While this is an interesting idea, achieving accurate detection is extremely difficult. Development effort would be better spent on more impactful features.

• Game Port Forwarding: Useful feature overall, but it would benefit greatly from more frequent updates to the game database.

• Game Diagnostics: This is essentially a standard ping and traceroute tool. While functional, it does not belong under the Game Center section, as it is not a gaming-specific feature.

Additional feedback

I also miss:

•  having a built-in network-level ad blocker similar to projects like Diversion. At the moment, I am using AdGuard DNS as a workaround.
• A page where I can see all connections by device, this is usefull to know where my games are connecting to, i had this on Asus and I cant find this on GE550

Final customer feedback

• Improve QoS implementation to effectively prevent bufferbloat

• Consider offering a truly complete security solution without mandatory subscriptions

Game statistic screen:

 Hi, @Joseph-TP 

The only thing that they answered was:

  @Joseph-TP 

Thanks, I will be waiting, hope we can see some improvements, otherwise it will be my first and last tp link router..

  @Joseph-TP 

Another issue:

Wi-Fi clients are intermittently disconnected and are unable to reconnect, receiving an “Incorrect Wi-Fi password” error, even though the password is correct.

The issue only occurs under high P2P traffic, specifically when Stremio is running with BitTorrent-based streaming enabled. Once the application is stopped, Wi-Fi connections immediately recover.

Wired connections remain stable at all times.

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Steps to Reproduce

1. Connect a device to the router via Wi-Fi.

2. Start Stremio with torrent-based streaming enabled.

3. Generate sustained P2P traffic.

4. After some time, Wi-Fi clients are disconnected.

5. Reconnection attempts fail with “Incorrect password”.

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Expected Result

Wi-Fi authentication and connectivity should remain stable under high traffic load, or the router should gracefully handle internal resource limits without impacting Wi-Fi authentication.

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Actual Result

Wi-Fi authentication fails and clients are rejected with a false “Incorrect password” error. Also the internet does not work properly on the other devices.

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Log Evidence

Router system log shows conntrack/NAT table flush events occurring at the same time as the Wi-Fi failures:

Flush conntrack

Flush conntrack table succeeded

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Additional Notes

During the issue, CPU and memory usage do NOT show abnormal or sustained high utilization according to the router’s system status page.

This suggests the problem is not caused by general CPU or memory exhaustion, but more likely related to:

Internal connection tracking (conntrack/NAT) limits

Firmware-level handling of high concurrent sessions

Wi-Fi authentication state handling under connection table pressure

The misleading “Incorrect password” message appears to be a side effect of failed authentication handshakes, not a real credential issue

Log attached 

  @Joseph-TP 

Additionally, system logs from a separate incident (under weak Wi-Fi signal conditions and without high traffic) show the same behavior, including forced conntrack table flush events:

Flush conntrack Flush conntrack table succeeded

This indicates the issue is not traffic-specific, but related to Wi-Fi authentication state handling under stress conditions (weak signal or high retries).