Why is it not possible to set up these units as a dumb but powefull Access Point without being forced to use an email address / signup / sign in polling? i.e. possible packet sniffing. You guys need...

@MarkBFr I did the same, thier marketing is misleading, I believe on purpose. Anyway, as I have the same setup, you have two options; Setup 1 (what I'm using now, too tired to test the other one...

Really? I just spent a small fortune for this mesh system to find out I can't even set it up without giving tplink my email address? What gives? Why do I need my email account tied to my access...

Will_W wrote @Nik_Bcn Seeing how it is now 4/9/20, I have that sinking feeling we're screwed and they'll release a new model with good firmware rather than address the issues with P9... Only after...

@SrDarkWarrior Current Firware version: 1.3.0 Build 20190821 Rel. 54023 I only set up one of the units, the other din't even make it out of the box!!! Thats what I remember it said anyway. Checking...

@SrDarkWarrior Out of the box, 190403. I updated to 190821.