New Firmware Deco M5 1.6.0

Update:
The official firmware 1.6.0 for Deco M5(V1/V2/V3/V3.2) has been released now, please try to update to the latest version and let us know how it works.
Modifications and Bug Fixes:
All the reported issues in the previous beta tests.
New Features/Enhancement:
1. Added Reboot Schedule for every day/week under Deco App > More > Reboot Schedule.
Note: This feature is ONLY supported when the Deco with the firmware 1.6.0 installed is set as the Main Deco.
2. Added support for customizing Satellite Deco signal source under Deco App > Internet > Select the Satellite Deco > Signal Source.
Note: This feature is ONLY supported on Deco with firmware 1.6.0 installed.
3. Added support for customizing clients connection preference under Deco App > CLIENTS > Select the client > Click the gear icon on the right-up corner > Connection Preference.
Note: This feature is ONLY supported in Mesh networks consisting of ALL Deco's with firmware 1.6.0 installed. And it is only available when clients are connected to the HOST NETWORK.
4. Added No-IP and DynDNS to the DDNS settings under Deco App > More > Advanced > DDNS.
Note: This feature is ONLY supported when the Deco with 1.6.0 installed is set as the Main Deco.
No-IP and DynDNS are the two commonly used dynamic DNS providers and after installing firmware 1.6.0, you can choose to set up a No-IP or DynDNS domain name for your Deco in addition to TP-Link DDNS.
5. Added Smart DHCP on/off switch under Access Point mode.
Note: This feature is ONLY supported when the Deco with the firmware 1.6.0 installed is set as the Main Deco.
Smart DHCP is enabled by default. When the Smart DHCP function is enabled, Deco will periodically check whether the DHCP Server in the LAN is working properly, and when it stops working, Deco will take the initiative to assign IP addresses to the devices in the LAN.
6. Added a prompt when the Ethernet link rate goes down to 100Mbps.
Note: Deco M5 supports a maximum link speed of 1000Mbps, but due to the quality of the Ethernet cable, the link speed of the connected device, the flow control, and power-saving settings, etc., the link speed can sometimes drop to 100Mbps or even 10Mbps. This can affect your download and upload speed if your bandwidth is more than 100Mbps. After installing firmware 1.6.0, you will receive a prompt in Deco App when the Ethernet link speed is not 1000Mbps.
7. Added schedule and bandwidth limit to guest network under Deco App > More > Wi-Fi > Guest Network.
Note: This feature is ONLY supported when the Deco with the firmware 1.6.0 installed is set as the Main Deco.
8. When configuring Deco for the first time, you can choose to establish an IPv6 connection directly.
9. Improved system reliability.
Notes:
1. This firmware CAN'T be downgraded to the previous 1.5.7 version.
2. Please update your Deco APP to the latest version for the new features.
3. If there are other Deco models in the Mesh network, you may miss some new features but this feature will be supported via firmware update in the future.
4. You may miss some new features when Deco is set to Access Point mode.
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is this new version fix the issue were the Main Deco frequently disconnects from the Internet? @TP-Link
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Installed the 2022.03.07 firmware for M5 version 3.8 hardware last night. Noticing a couple of things that are not working (seemingly). I'm using Brave browser to log onto the tplink.deco.net site, on a MacBook Air (2020) MacOS 11.6. I realize the website is not a priority, but thought I'd report it here.
1. On the Network Map - Clients screen, the filter by device tab does not filter the devices connected. It continues to show all devices.
2. On the Network Map - beneath the central icon representing the base station device, when the All Deco Map is expanded, clicking on one of the devices reveals a notification that "Operation Failed" which goes away after 3 seconds.
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@TP-Link After being installed for < 24 hours, the extremely noticeable internet delays and dropouts have lessened, or said another way, the wifi reliability has improved.
Also, doing a speedtest, internet speeds have not worsened, as one user reported on a previous version of the 1.60 firmware beta. I could not say if they have improved, as I've not been keeping tabs on our throughput until working to troubleshoot this issue.
I have another competitor's hardware sitting on the shelf that I got today if this does not fix the issue. Enough messing around with this.
Oh, and your website gives "Server Exception" notices about 9 out of 10 times when trying to post on this site.
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Hi, welcome to the community.
Thank you very much for the feedback.
Would it be possible to record a video clip about these issues on the web UI to support.forum@tp-link.com?
1. On the Network Map - Clients screen, the filter by device tab does not filter the devices connected. It continues to show all devices.
--Do you refer to the settings here:
2. On the Network Map - beneath the central icon representing the base station device, when the All Deco Map is expanded, clicking on one of the devices reveal a notification that "Operation Failed" which goes away after 3 seconds.
--it is the map and by clicking each Deco, it reports "operation failed"?
Do you have this issue just after the 1.6.0 upgrade since I seemed to receive similar feedback on the 1.5.x version before?
As for the issue here," your website gives "Server Exception" notices about 9 out of 10 times when trying to post on this site", I also had this issue today and less frequently than you had experienced. I guess it might be due to the new tag filtering features and the engineers are already working out it.
Thank you very much.
Best regards.
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