@John1234 Been a hell of a week... just wishing I could reach SMB support... I was able to talk to Abdel here in Canada... but seems to be a nightmare finding someone local. As for your questions...

Working articles I have been following: How to use the Emergency Mode to recovery the firmware for Omada Gateways? | TP-Link Canada ER7206 bricked after firmware upgrade failed? - Business Community...

I had opened my box yesterday, aware of some of the security risks on the new device so first thing was to update firmware. ER7206(UN)_v1_1.2.0 Build 20220117 It chewed through upload process, screen...