I got the statement through official TP-Link support, which has the line to the HQ, but authoritatively the statement was from HQ's engineering. I really hope they support the previous versions in...

AFAIK, OpenWRT does not actively support switches except the ones built into WiFi routers. But you can download the core source code for the T2600G here if you want see for yourself what SW is...

You don't need Internet connectivity to connect to the CPE's web UI. Just make sure to set a static IP and to have your laptop/PC connected to the CPE directly ( not over the network, since...

RTouris wrote which makes me wonder how v2 hardware is differentiated from v1/v1.1... Take a look at the HTML source (page header), there is the key for differentiation, it almost certainly comes...

Great, thank you. Hopefully TP-Link will update this in the firmware for other switches like T1600G, too. :)

RTouris wrote Could you please confirm? PoE passthrough option is still there and it works as before. Being a property of the hardware/model and not the firmware, it would make me wonder if it would...