Stay AWAY FROM TP LINK esp W8980!!
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Stay AWAY FROM TP LINK esp W8980!!
Region : Australia
Model : TD-W8980
Hardware Version : V1
Firmware Version :
ISP :
Stay away from this modem!! Modem freezes on load and needs hard-set atleast once a day.
I upgraded from my 'ol faithful billion 7700n for the greed of dual band, NBN future proofing & (so-called) VLAN / interface grouping functionality of the W8980. I got a reply on this forum from the TP link guy saying what I request for the VLAN functionality is not possible – that leaves me with my 2 other points.. but guess what?
I have properly configured ADSL connection, wi-fi interface and disabled all unneeded features like usb and print server.
After a night's worth of download on torrents or newsgroups, I wake up in the morning to find out my shiny new TP link router is frozen, devices not able to access wifi, no LAN devices able to communicate. I even checked out some TP link support forums and it seems to be common issue with some of their other models as well.
You get this for about 119$ from MSY – Please spend it on something more useful!
I've put my billion 7700n back and configured the W8980 as a WAP.
Thanks TP-Link!!!!!!! :mad:
Model : TD-W8980
Hardware Version : V1
Firmware Version :
ISP :
Stay away from this modem!! Modem freezes on load and needs hard-set atleast once a day.
I upgraded from my 'ol faithful billion 7700n for the greed of dual band, NBN future proofing & (so-called) VLAN / interface grouping functionality of the W8980. I got a reply on this forum from the TP link guy saying what I request for the VLAN functionality is not possible – that leaves me with my 2 other points.. but guess what?
I have properly configured ADSL connection, wi-fi interface and disabled all unneeded features like usb and print server.
After a night's worth of download on torrents or newsgroups, I wake up in the morning to find out my shiny new TP link router is frozen, devices not able to access wifi, no LAN devices able to communicate. I even checked out some TP link support forums and it seems to be common issue with some of their other models as well.
You get this for about 119$ from MSY – Please spend it on something more useful!
I've put my billion 7700n back and configured the W8980 as a WAP.
Thanks TP-Link!!!!!!! :mad: