So for anyone's benefit, the reason that the MR500 will not talk to an onboard NIC is that it requires a 1G NIC, in the auto negotiation phase if it cannot determine its connected to a 1G NIC it will...

I tried to copy the information level log about DNS in the body of the text above but it would not let me then post my message, hence the multiple responses.

In the system logs on the Archers there are only Information level notices about DNS resolve succede, I have checked that it is set to log "debug". I have applied the latest windows 10 updates and...

If I plug the older TP Link 6400 in, then you do see an immediate negotiations visible in the Network settings for the NIC's on both PC and laptop and the pc / lan connector indicator on the router...

@Sunshine Hi Sunshine, To confirm all four ports on both Archer's behave the same, whether I connect the LAN cable to my home PC or works laptop. I have used the LAN cable provided. On either PC or...

@JamesC Hi terziyski I had used the cable supplied with the two routers, plus the cable that was connected to the old router. The LAN indicator does not come on constantly it flashes very...