WA-3001 and pfsense
The following thread describes my issue almost exactly.
https://community.tp-link.com/us/home/forum/topic/663412
I have a pfsense router that is also acting as a DHCP server. That router is connected to a SG108E smart switch on port 1, VLAN 1, 20, 30. On port 2 of that switch connects to a WA-3001 (AX3000) with VLAN 1 (main SSID), VLAN 20 (IOT), VLAN30 (Guest). On port 3 of that switch connects to another SG108E with VLAN1 and 20. The 2nd SG108E is for security cameras.
The WA-3001 and both smart switches connect to the DHCP server and successfully gets their IP assignments. Any device connected to any wireless connection on the WA-3001 fails to get an IP assignment.
In the DHCP logs on the pfsense server it shows that those devices send a DHCPDISCOVERY, the dhcp server responds with a DHCPOFFER but the device never sends a DHCPREQUEST which means that they fail to get an IP assignment.
You can't just use the DHCP server on the WA-3001 because it only uses a single subnet, which is stupid for a device that supports 4 SSID's with VLAN's.
The WA-3001 comes with basically no documentation.
I'm begining to wonder if the fact that TP-Link doesn't even allow you to chose this AP (which is why I had to chose the TL-1201) is an indication that even they do not like this product.
Does anyone know why I'm having this issue, and how to fix it?
PS. It is really annoying how some TP-link products require a password with only letters, and others require that you use a special character.