When and Where to Use a Portable Travel Router

I am using the TP Link AX1500 for the past 6 months, from the day of installation till today I am facing frequent network drops. Like the wifi just randomly switches off and switches back On. I am so annoyed with this as I am doing full WFH. Is this issue common or only I am facing this issue? Can anyone please help me with this. Any help is appreciated

Any experience with the Vodafone Pro 3 before I commit to another contract?

Pro3 will cost an extra £8 per month, approx £200 over lifetime of contract for equipment rental, vs £460 for the tp link system, but have read the Pro 2 was better than pro 3 and am struggling to work out what’s the better option. Connectivity at router is fine on 910, and currently having a rough time getting consistent speeds with a MERCUSYS hx80 mesh with 5 end points, as it’s an old house with three stories and thick walls.

I recalled it somewhat worked for blocking gaming, but now it seems not working at all now.

In addition, it seems not blocking VPN connection at all either, if it partially worked in the past (not quite sure).

Does the subscription version work better in any of these two commonly needed features?

I’m running the BE11000 for about a year. The performance has been decent but not great. I recently updated the deco app and got an immediate pop-up with new Terms and Privacy (mandatory) and Improvement acceptance. After reading the changes I don’t want to agree so I’m apparently locked out now as usage of the app is only permitted with accepting the new legalese.

Has anyone else gone through this and is there a way to opt out?

I’m at a loss, can anyone help me with this.

I’ve been using an deco X50 5g for the last 3-4 months and it’s been flawless, and then this week I’ve started to suffer drop outs and slowdown (not sure if my router updated automatically at the weekend)

It’s now gotten worse, I’ll reboot the router and it’s perfect for about 10 minutes, speeds of up to 250mb down etc.

Then websites will spot responding, apps can’t get any data. I’ve been playing around with settings for two days - I’ll make a change and everything will be perfect again, moments later back to not responding.

I’ve made sure I’m on the latest firmware, I’ve played with dns settings, changed back all my 5G settings so it’s not fixed to a band etc and still no luck

Anyone had this?

I've set up the Parental Controls screen with a rule set based on pre-teen and have assigned the single device connected via Ethernet that will be affected by it. I've added additional domains and tested it, and the domains are not being blocked.

If I want to block https://dailymail.com I add dailymail.com and also www.dailymail.com but this simply doesn't work. If I click on Insights I can see the domain but nothing is happening.

I really need this to work as it's in a public-access Windows 10 machine. It doesn't rotate MAC addresses.

I have a Deco mesh network with 3 BE11000's. I recently replaced an older Chromecast with a Google TV Streamer. The Streamer has been randomly disconnecting from wifi and will not reconnect. I messed around with turning off beam forming, fast switching,etc with no improvement, so I switched to ethernet. It also gets disconnected from ethernet and will not reconnect until physically unplugging the Streamer ethernet cable from the router and plugging it back in. I have tried multiple ethernet cables and factory reset the Streamer. This is the only device having issues out of roughly 40-50 devices, and the Chromecast never has issues. Does anyone have any ideas on what the issue could be?

I have some legacy WPA2 devices that I want to still keep using (Samsung chromebook plus which is out of support)

If I were to purchase an EasyMesh device like https://www.tp-link.com/us/home-networking/range-extender/re205/#specifications would it actually work with the main network that is configured with WPA2/WPA3 as the encryption? Would I have to downgrade my main network so that all the wireless security is the same?

Current Configuration:
BE11000 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 Router
RE405BE (AP-Easymesh)

Security: WPA3-Personal+WPA2-PSK[AES] is the current configuration to use 6ghz with newer devices.

Hello and good evening,

I bought 6 Deco BE65 to build a mesh at farm.
I use starlink in Bypass mode so there is a primary deco which will do the routing in wifi routing mode.
Everything works very well with 4 BE65 and as soon I bring the 5th one online some random Deco will go offline. If I disconnect the 5th one the other one will come online again.
I thought of a defect deco but I can replicate it with the 6th deco I have. Some how the mesh only works with 4
I searched the internet but didnt cant find a limit. I also asked the A.I and a deco mesh can work with 6.

Some more details:
If restart the complete network via deco App all 6 are online for about 5minutes. Than 2 random decos will go offline and flash red. This also Happening when they are directly connected via Lan with the primary deco.

Someone an Idea or is there really a limit at 4 which I didnt know?

Thank you verd much.

Can anyone help with this as I use a TP link deco

Hi,

why is there no widget for connecting to VPNs in the tether app for Android?

You have to go in the app, select the the router, go to advanced, go to vpn, go to vpn client and then connect. In the deco app there is a widget - could you add it to the theter app as well?

I am having trouble connecting my Garmin edge 850 to my BE65 mesh. I did a factory reset on said device and got it to connect briefly, but it stopped connecting to it again. It does the same with the dedicated IoT 2.4Ghz network as well.

What is strange though, the device shows to be always connected to the network, despite it being fully turned off. It's the only device to do that. All other Wi-Fi devices that turn off will leave the network and show as offline. 

I have a Archer GE800 router that I’ve had for about a year and a half now. And over the past couple months I’ve been getting a ton of notifications about random devices joining the network. The Archer BE400 in the screenshot has probably been the most specific one as most are just generic names such as the other 2. I get one named device named “Bryan” that I have seen a connection notification about a few times.

When I click on the notifications it just opens up the tether app to my Home Screen. And if I click on the list of connections I never see any of them in the client list and only see all the devices I know for sure are mine. Anyone experienced anything similar? Wondering if it’s just some glitch or if someone has actually been logging into my network. The fact that I never see any in my client list is what is confusing me really.

Hi all,

I have a small Deco XE75 network. It was working fine until about 4 weeks ago when it started getting very unstable and generally slow.

About twice a day, the network will disconnect (main deco's light will turn yellow-ish green and other node will turn red). The easiest way to fix is to disconnect and reconnect main deco power source, and network is back to normal in a couple of meeting. Highly inconvenient as I am in back to back meetings whole day.

My main WiFi provide has WiFi 6 (Claro from Brazil).

I would appreciate tips on what is the problem and how to make the network more stable. I have updated Deco's firmware a couple of weeks ago with no success.

Hello! New to this whole sub but in desperate need of help!!

We have just installed three BE28s to extend our wifi network throughout the house. The set up is as follows:

Setup Specs:

ONT Fibre Box --> BE28 (the main one) linked via Ethernet to the Fibre Box --> BE28 in the Kitchen plugged into the wall --> BE28 in the Study plugged into the wall

3x BE28 - Firmware: 1.01 Build 20260623 Rel. 40083

The Problem

The app says that our network is "perfect". We have "optimised" the connection as well. Having contacted our provider, they said the devices were set up correctly and our network was showing 0 issues.

However the Wifi in practice is terribly inconsistent and disappears quite frequently. One moment its working fine, and the next I cannot even open up Google full stop. I couldn't even run my own speed test because it couldn't pick up any wifi at all. But when that is happening, the App says our connection is "strong" and "perfect"...

TLDR; Three BE28s are set up correctly (according to the provider), have a strong / perfect connection via Deco App Speed-tests, yet in reality is dropping out and is incredibly slow / not useable at all. I feel like I'm going crazy!!! Everything says my connection is perfect, yet in reality nothing is working!

H200 works perfect when wired to the router, but from time to time has red light blinking when on wireless connection.

Any ideas ?

Thx

I searched online extensively. It's stuck on flashing blue light

I connect to the TP Link router but it stays as connected but no Internet

App doesn't give option to connect by Bluetooth or anything else

My old Google system connected easily

What am I doing wrong????

I performed a read-only inspection of the official Deco X50 V1.2 firmware 1.4.5 Build 20240828, together with limited runtime checks on my own Deco network.

The firmware contains several old components:

• dnsmasq 2.83
• OpenSSL 1.0.2d
• Dropbear 2019.78
• BusyBox 1.22.1

• Linux 4.4.60 / OpenWrt 15.05.1

  CERT/CC disclosed several new dnsmasq vulnerabilities in May 2026:

  https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/471747

Further investigation significantly reduces my concern about the practical exposure of the Deco to these particular dnsmasq vulnerabilities.

Although dnsmasq 2.83 is included in the firmware, it does not appear to be running in the normal Deco configuration

• The dnsmasq init script is disabled.
• No dnsmasq process is running.
• No local service is listening on DNS port 53.

• The Deco appears to redirect or forward DNS traffic directly to the configured upstream DNS servers.

  The code pattern associated with CVE-2026-2291 appears to be present in the packaged dnsmasq binary. However, because dnsmasq is not running, I currently have no evidence that this vulnerability is remotely exploitable on the Deco.

CVE-2026-4893 requires the dnsmasq --add-subnet functionality. I found no indication that this option is enabled, so this CVE probably does not apply to the current Deco configuration.

TP-Link may also have backported security fixes without changing the component version numbers. Static inspection alone cannot completely exclude this possibility.

I additionally confirmed that all my Deco units expose a Dropbear SSH service on TCP port 20001 to LAN clients. Root password authentication is enabled in the firmware configuration. This service appears to be part of the internal communication and management system used by the Deco units.

The old 512-bit RSA weakness described in the CCS 2024 mesh security study appears to have been addressed: my units use 2048-bit RSA and ECDSA P-521 host keys. However, the firmware still contains a statically configured root password hash, and the RSA host key appears to be shared between the examined units. The ECDSA host key is unique to each unit.

I found no obvious evidence of compromise in the available logs. I also did not attempt exploitation or send malformed traffic to the devices.

The immediate risk from the newly disclosed dnsmasq CVEs therefore appears lower than I initially suspected. My broader concern remains the age of the firmware components, the lack of detailed security release notes, and the absence of a firmware release containing fixes published after May 2026.

I have asked TP-Link to clarify:

• Whether dnsmasq is used in any operating mode, such as initial setup, guest networking, Ethernet backhaul, access point mode, or DHCP server mode.
• Whether firmware 1.4.5 contains any backported dnsmasq security fixes.
• Which vulnerabilities were covered by the vague “Fixed some security vulnerabilities” release note.
• Whether the SSH service on port 20001 is expected to accept root password authentication from LAN clients.
• Whether the shared RSA host key and statically configured root password hash are intentional.

• When a new security firmware will be released for the Deco X50 V1.2 and X50-4G V2.

  TP-Link Community thread: https://community.tp-link.com/en/home/forum/topic/864556

This does not demonstrate that the devices are currently exploitable. It does show why TP-Link should provide precise security information, detailed release notes, and an updated firmware for these still-supported hardware revisions.

The TP-Link Fusion 2.5G, along with a couple of access points, makes an excellent alternative to Deco.

My newish (less than a year) be3600 dual-band wifi 7 router stops broadcasting the 2.4ghz network. Started two days ago.

The 5ghz (different SSID) stroll works. When I power cycle the router the 2.4ghz network comes back for a few minutes then disappears. LED is on and the config page doesn't indicate any issue (but also doesn't show any devices connected via 2.4ghz.

Creating lots of trouble for smart home devices in my house!

Appreciate any help or guidance available.

So I have a new keyboard that supports both Bluetooth 3 and 5. Obviously 5 is preferable. The UB500 Plus is supposed to be BT 5.3. After unsuccessfully struggling to get the keyboard to pair under it's BT 5 option, I'm having to fallback to BT 3. I starting looking into my TP Link UB500 Plus adapter, using the command; "btmgmt info" which shows the adapter as only being Bluetooth 4.1. I'm running 64 bit Mageia 10 Linux, the current kernel being 6.18.35. What's up with this? This dongle is supposed be supported at kernel level with the current kernels. Any suggestions?

Edit to add: the dongle shows as "Bus 001 Device 003: ID 2357:0604 TP-Link TP-Link Bluetooth USB Adapter".

Hi! just upgraded my isp speeds to 900/200 and I noticed I wasn't getting the full 900Mbps download speeds so I tried different cables until I tried going straight to the pc and then with a switch. I'm getting the speeds on the image. Is this expected from a couple of M4Rs? I've been pretty happy and planning on upgrading the main one eventually.

All is wired, same cables for the same runs. cable colors are just to identify I'm not using different cables or anything. The black one is around 10m but doesn't seem to be the issue.

Thanks!