Solution Manual Band Selection for 4G Wi-Fi Routers and LTE Gateways
If you have experienced an issue of disconnecting or slowness on the 4G Wi-Fi router’s network due to the auto band selection, Please download and install the following beta firmware on the router to manually fix the band.
Please be sure you have read The Beta Test Agreement before proceeding!
| Archer MR600(EU) v2 | supported via the latest official firmware |
| Archer MR600(EU)_V1 | Archer_MR600(EU)_V1_220818 (Beta firmware) |
| Archer MR400(EU) V4.2 | supported via official firmware |
| Archer MR400(EU) V4 | Archer_MR400(EU)v4_20210408 (Beta firmware) |
| Archer MR400(EU) V2/V3 | LTE_GATEWAY_20200325 (Beta firmware) |
| Archer MR200(EU) V5.2 | supported via official firmware |
| Archer MR200(EU) V5 | ArcherMR200(EU)_V5_211015 (Beta firmware) |
| Archer MR200(EU)V3/V4 | LTE_GATEWAY_20200325 (Beta firmware) |
| TL-MR6500V(EU)V1 | supported via latest official firmware |
| TL-MR6400(EU) V5.2 | supported via latest official firmware |
| TL-MR6400(EU) V5 | TL-MR6400(EU)v5_20201113 (Beta firmware) |
| TL-MR6400(EU) V3/V4 | LTE_GATEWAY_20200325 (Beta firmware) |
| TL-MR6400(APAC) V3 | LTE_GATEWAY_20210129 (Beta firmware) |
| TL-MR150(EU)V2 | TL-MR150(EU)v2_20200930 (Beta firmware) |
| TL-MR150(EU)V1 | LTE_GATEWAY_20210108 (Beta firmware) |
| TL-MR100(EU)V1 | supported via the latest official firmware |
| M7450(EU) V2 | M7450(EU) _V2_20220303 (Beta firmware) |
| M7650(EU) V1.1 | M7650(EU)_V1.1_20220427 (Beta firmware) |
Note: For MR600 v1/v2, Please note that not all combinations of the 4G bands are supported in 4G+ mode. Only when the router and the SIM card support the same combinations of 4G band in 4G+ mode, the bands might be aggregated successfully.
Besides the beta firmware, it is also planned to release the official firmware for Band selection. Keep an eye on the official website or router web GUI for the new updates.
If you are not sure about how to select the band manually on the router web interface, check the instructions below:
How to select 4G band manually on the web interface of LTE Gateway Routers?
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Hey any answer any reaction? Tplink support is tooooo bad and you no answer to us, I saw Huawei routers support, their admins will answer too fast and support is very good, so sorry for TP-Link.
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Hi, Support doesn’t get advanced notice of when new updates are being released or when a feature update will be available.
Right now, the feature is planned but we cannot guarantee when or if. We do ask for updates and provide the information that we are able to, but release dates aren’t something that is known. The dates can change and often do. If we were to say X product or X feature was coming out on X date and it didn't that would be worst.
So if the beta firmware is not working, or you have further issues, we would be glad to provide any assistance.
But for the release date, we, like the rest of the users could keep checking regularly on Fridays when the website is updated.
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Yes, but for mr6400 v5 , manuall Band selection frimware is in beta version about 10 months, and we think it's time to release a stable band selection update for it, although this beta version works good I tested it, but we don't like to use a beta version for long time, and , I request to add 3g band selection too, it has 4g band selection but it has no 3g band selection, just release a stable update, it's no need many changes, it can be ready so fast, because almost it's working good
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So if the beta firmware is not working, or you have further issues, we would be glad to provide any assistance.
How can I have band selection, and disabled mesh hidden SSID on the MR600v1 please.
And with normal background in the UI, not this "CONFIDENTIAL" "ONLY FOR TEST" thing that makes everything hard to read.
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Hi, you have made a very solid point.
Did anyone have the same dilemma that needs to install the two, even more, beta firmware at the same time(please leave me a private message) so that I could push them again to speed up the process?
PS: Could not guarantee an official firmware, maybe a combination fix of all the current beta firmware without the watermark.
For the manual band selection on the 3G band, I did not recall whether there was the same feedback before so I think it has not been planned yet.
Would you mind starting a new thread about this feature and let’s see how many users have the same needs?
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Is it a hard work to add 3g band selection? You added 4g Band selection. So you did it actually, just complete it not hard work it's simple now.
Just go and see Huawei routers framware and learn some user full option services
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@Kevin_Z for MR200 v.5 EU it helps a lot. My router with latest official firmware kept insisting on using either Band 3 or 20 with 75% signal strength and these got 20-30 Mbps download. While Band 1 is at 100% of strength and gives me a 80 Mbps download. So I can't understand why official router FW keeps switching to lower signal band too.
Sticking to this BETA, as no sign of LTE Band selection on the latest stable one. I hope someday it will be delivered. As it solves a big issue.
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I have a Archer MR600 V1 purchased in July 2021.
I wonder how to navigate which firmware version is considered new, BETA of one type or BETA of another type?
And which BETA has the manual band selection that works and is the absolute latest "temporary" solution?
A few weeks ago I noticed this band choice problem and spent (literally) hours reading about this issue here of this forum. (not what I had planned!)
So I then went through the real trouble of installing this my current version (1.1.0 0.9.1 v0001.0 Build 201204 Rel.66940n).
The text "Build 201204" is the date correct? So December 4, 2020? So 10 months ago? I used the Utility tool and installed it.
It gave me the choice to choose bands manually. But it seems unstable (I have to reboot alot) and has that "confidential" message written sideways on the web interface.
Not so professional.
NOW when I look at the web interface on my device (http://tplinkmodem.net/) it says I can upgrade online to v (1.2.0 0.9.1 v0001.0 Build 200511 Rel.44954n)
Now that date: "Build 200511" seems to be May 11, 2020? That is 16 months ago! So this is an earlier OFFICIAL upgrade I am offered to do from a later BETA and that most likely does not include the manual band choice? Please answer...
BUT on the support page (https://www.tp-link.com/se/support/download/archer-mr600/v1/#Firmware)I can see a version called: Archer MR600(EU)_V1_210608 and Published Date: 2021-06-10 So this is what? A newer BETA? This was published 3-4 months ago? Does it include Manual band choice?
Listen, this is 100% unacceptable TP Link! No bad vibes on you personally who is answering us in this forum, but how on earth can a product
be sold and then your answer is "We don't know when the team will get around to fixing a proper firmware version that includes solution we have solved in a series of Betas but somehow can not place into a proper solution. Just check back here every Friday and hope for the best."?
Please! Right now, go Print out this LOOOOONG forum chat on paper, copy 15 copies, walk up or down to the office were these hackers sit
and demand that they deal with this issue!! This product is STILL BEING SOLD IN STORES!
I don't want to be unpolite but THIS CHAT HAS 59 KUDOS, 32796 VIEWS and 200 REPLIES!!! It should be your NO 1 Priority!!
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@TP-Link @Kevin_Z
It's been over a year now since you guys released the first beta for MR600v1, but you couldn't release a stable build. And, finally, decided to unpin this thread as it's getting a lot of traction. Kudos to your support team!! Keep Rocking!!
Durkster wrote
I have a Archer MR600 V1 purchased in July 2021.
I wonder how to navigate which firmware version is considered new, BETA of one type or BETA of another type?
And which BETA has the manual band selection that works and is the absolute latest "temporary" solution?
A few weeks ago I noticed this band choice problem and spent (literally) hours reading about this issue here of this forum. (not what I had planned!)
So I then went through the real trouble of installing this my current version (1.1.0 0.9.1 v0001.0 Build 201204 Rel.66940n).
The text "Build 201204" is the date correct? So December 4, 2020? So 10 months ago? I used the Utility tool and installed it.
It gave me the choice to choose bands manually. But it seems unstable (I have to reboot alot) and has that "confidential" message written sideways on the web interface.
Not so professional.
NOW when I look at the web interface on my device (http://tplinkmodem.net/) it says I can upgrade online to v (1.2.0 0.9.1 v0001.0 Build 200511 Rel.44954n)
Now that date: "Build 200511" seems to be May 11, 2020? That is 16 months ago! So this is an earlier OFFICIAL upgrade I am offered to do from a later BETA and that most likely does not include the manual band choice? Please answer...
BUT on the support page (https://www.tp-link.com/se/support/download/archer-mr600/v1/#Firmware)I can see a version called: Archer MR600(EU)_V1_210608 and Published Date: 2021-06-10 So this is what? A newer BETA? This was published 3-4 months ago? Does it include Manual band choice?
Listen, this is 100% unacceptable TP Link! No bad vibes on you personally who is answering us in this forum, but how on earth can a product
be sold and then your answer is "We don't know when the team will get around to fixing a proper firmware version that includes solution we have solved in a series of Betas but somehow can not place into a proper solution. Just check back here every Friday and hope for the best."?
Please! Right now, go Print out this LOOOOONG forum chat on paper, copy 15 copies, walk up or down to the office were these hackers sit
and demand that they deal with this issue!! This product is STILL BEING SOLD IN STORES!
I don't want to be unpolite but THIS CHAT HAS 59 KUDOS, 32796 VIEWS and 200 REPLIES!!! It should be your NO 1 Priority!!
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