I'm sad that I recommended this device to my sister before this massive feature flaw was apparent. TP-Link don't seem to care in the slightest.

@TP-Link TP-Link wrote Mihu wrote @Alexandre. The DNS server is a VM running on a host on the LAN. I should have a number of ways to restart the service or the whole thing, eg: 1) Using the web...

@Alexandre. #1 fails because the vm host is headless - the gpu is passed through to a VM for hardware transcoding. The only way to drive the host is via ssh, or using the web management console for...

@Alexandre. The DNS server is a VM running on a host on the LAN. I should have a number of ways to restart the service or the whole thing, eg: 1) Using the web management console of the host to...

@Alexandre. But "internet down" doesn't mean "network down". Why should Deco not relay ethernet traffic on the local network just because DNS fails? Moreover, in AP mode, it's none of Deco's business...

I have a pair of Deco M9 plus units which operate in AP mode. DNS for the network they operate on is provided by a local server, so the network looks like this (= is ethernet, - is wifi) [MODEM] = =...