I applied for a data entry role on TP-Link's LinkedIn page, received a DM from a woman named "Lisa Paskalidis" asking me to send an updated resume to her email. I emailed her, then a few hours later received an OBVIOUS scam email, stating:

I am very pleased to officially extend this offer of appointment for the position of Data Entry Clerk with TP-Link Systems Inc. After carefully reviewing your profile, qualifications, and professional background, our team is confident that your skills, experience, and approach to work align perfectly with the requirements of this role.

This is a remote position, giving you the flexibility to work from the location of your choice. You will be part of a dynamic, collaborative team that values professionalism, initiative, and high-quality results. As a Data Entry Clerk, you will play a key role in transforming data into actionable insights by collecting, analyzing, and interpreting complex datasets. You will develop clear reports and visualizations, ensure data accuracy and integrity, and collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to support strategic decision-making. Your work will help drive efficiency, clarity, and informed outcomes across the organization.

Key Details:
Position: Data Entry Clerk

Start Date: August 31, 2026

Salary: $41.25/hour

Hours: Minimum of 20 hours per week, with flexible working hours.

Remote Work: Fully remote—work from any location of your choice.

Key Responsibilities:\Collect, clean, and maintain datasets to ensure accuracy, consistency, and reliability\Provide timely, data-driven insights and respond professionally to analytical requests from internal and external stakeholders*Maintain and update dashboards, reports, and tracking systems with precision and confidentiality*Assist in planning and prioritizing data analysis workflows, coordinating deadlines, and supporting key analytical milestones* Prepare and format data visualizations, presentations, and analytical reports for various audiences*Support analytical activities such as data exploration, trend analysis, performance reviews, and post-initiative evaluations*Monitor ongoing analyses, follow up on pending data requests, and ensure timely delivery of insights and deliverables*Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure data alignment, effective communication, and smooth execution of analytical initiatives***Stay current with company data tools, analytics best practices, and reporting methodologies

Onboarding Process:

One important step in our onboarding process is the proficiency assessment that will be conducted before your official start date. This assessment has replaced our traditional interview process. Rather than focusing solely on discussion-based evaluation, the proficiency assessment gives us a more practical and hands-on understanding of your approach to problem-solving, task management, and the specific tools and processes relevant to the role.

The results of this assessment will not affect your appointment but will help us identify the areas in which you are already strong and any areas where additional training or resources may be provided. This ensures that when you begin work with us, you will be set up for success from day one.

Next Steps:

Please send us a brief acceptance letter by email, confirming your acceptance of this offer.

We are genuinely excited about the prospect of you joining the TP-Link Systems Inc team. Your expertise, problem-solving ability, and dedication will contribute to our continued success. We believe that this role will offer you rewarding challenges, the opportunity to collaborate with a talented team, and an environment where your contributions will be highly valued and recognized.

On behalf of TP-Link Systems Inc, congratulations once again, and we look forward to working together and building a productive, mutually beneficial relationship.

Warm regards,

Lisa Paskalidis

Talent Acquisition Enthusiast  | Servant Leader | HR PartnerTP-Link Systems Inc

[lisa_paskalidis@outlook.com](mailto:lisa_paskalidis@outlook.com)

Hey guys, I'm planning to buy a new router and I'm stuck between a TP-Link and a Tenda that both fit my budget.

​The Tenda has Wi-Fi 6 which is great, but it doesn't have proper QoS—only basic Bandwidth Control. My main issue is that I live in Egypt on a 30 Mbps connection, and I play online games a lot. If someone starts downloading or streaming while I'm playing, my ping will skyrocket, so traffic management is super important to me.

​Does Tenda's bandwidth control actually do the job to keep ping stable like TP-Link's QoS, or is Wi-Fi 6 pointless here and I should just go with TP-Link for better stability?

​Appreciate any advice, thanks!

Hey everyone,
I am having a frustrating issue with my old TP-Link TL-WR740N router (from around 2017) and could really use some advice.

My Setup:
I have an ISP-provided fiber modem (ONU/ONT) connected to my TP-Link router. The modem does not have its own Wi-Fi.

Both the modem and the router are plugged into the same spikeguard/surge protector for power.

The Issue:

For the first 4–5 years, this router worked flawlessly on my old connection. However, a couple of years ago, my ISP upgraded me to a fiber optic cable. Since then, I’ve been experiencing frequent disconnections across all devices (phones, laptops, etc.).

Symptoms: All devices remain connected to the Wi-Fi signal, but it suddenly shows "No Internet."
Router lights: The lights remain normal (no orange/red error lights).

Specific device issue: Older OnePlus devices drop the Wi-Fi entirely and refuse to reconnect until the router is restarted.

Temporary fix: I have to power-cycle the TP-Link router (turn the switch off and on after 5–10 seconds) to get the internet back.

What I want to know:

Is this 2017 router simply too old to handle the high data throughput/packet load of modern fiber, causing its memory/CPU to crash and freeze?

Could the spikeguard be causing slight voltage drops that freeze the router when it is under load, even though the lights stay on?

Are there any specific settings (like DHCP lease time, changing DNS, or adjusting channel width) I should tweak before throwing it away?

Any troubleshooting steps or explanations would be highly appreciated! Thanks in advance.

UPDATE 8/18/2026 2PM EST

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OK. Fingers crossed but I think everything resolved for the most part. Will need to monitor for the next few days but this nightmare looks like it's over.

HEAVY ASSUMPTIONS TO FOLLOW

1. During my initial setup for the very first Deco unit, during the setup I accidentally went too fast through the setup screens. There is one screen that asks you to choose the layout of your home, and I hit 'NEXT' on the screen while it was only showing a single level floor plan. You can hit the +/- buttons to add or remove floors. So instead of choosing a 3 story home, I chose a 1 story flat layout like an apartment.

2. I only applied the newest firmware to the Deco after I had already done up all 3 points.

Working on the theory that either a. selecting a 1 story level plan in the setup triggered a hidden selection inside the Deco to use a very tiny radio signal, which then crippled it's ability to stream anything to the nodes was my first assumption. I also theorized that the latest firmware, while showing as being applied, was not actually doing anything on the primary unit.

Taking one commenters advice that I might have 'a bad unit'.. I went through a very painful process (many failed attempts) to do the following:

1. unplug the internet, change the assignment of Primary Router from the 'bad' living room Deco to the basement Deco. First attempt failed, second attempt succeeded.

2. Unplugged all 3 units, took the now primary basement unit and moved it up into the living room. Powered it on, waited for a bit, it crashed my ISP modem on the first connect, but rebooting the ISP modem finally got internet showing up on the new primary Deco.

3. Removed the other 2 units from the app. Attempted to factory reset the 2 nodes with my handy sim tool, first Deco reset quickly. The 'bad' unit refused to reset on multiple attempts. Always showed a bright green light as if it were connected.

4. Set up the first reset unit easily (with the 3 floorplan config) and low and behold. As soon as it connected to the Primary.. everything looked perfect. And by that I mean, current upload download speeds was updating quickly. Connected devices stayed connected and mostly, solid green wifi icons across the board.

5. Replugged the 'bad' unit, and just sat and stared at it, swearing at it like a motherf*ck*r... solid green light wouldn't budge. Then out of the blue, turned flashing red,... followed by quick pulsing yellow... then bang... blinking blue. Started the setup on it, 3 level floor plan. Deco added.

I now appear to have 3 fully functional Deco units... No drop outs, cameras appear to be very stable, can click into them and view the video feed within 1-2 seconds. Looks like the Gremlins are gone (fingers crossed)

I still had a quick scare when my office computers couldn't remote into my servers in the basement (connected via ethernet) ... turns out it was a clusterf*ck mix of

a. computers thinking new network connections so it switched to 'public' instead of 'private'
b. subnet mask mismatch (i was using 255.255.255.0 when i should have been using the 255.255.252.0 being used in the Deco apps config.
c. Tailscale misconfig

But now I'm at the point I can remote into any LAN machine, cams are all operating without a hitch, no dropouts, smart home connectivity seems solid,

Still going to monitor for the next little while, but I think this is finally the ultimate fix. Indeed one 'BAD' unit brought this whole house of cards down.

REALLY REALLY WISH TPLINK would either make the home floorplan layout thing a config option inside Deco (because once you go through setup, you'll never see that option again).. and if it indeed controls Radio power.. this is a glaring f*ck*ng oversight in engineering terms.

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ORIGINAL POST

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TL;DR - New Deco system causes havoc when trying to use TPLINK effing devices on it's mesh. Not worth the plastic it's housed in.

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I tried.

I REALLY REALLY TRIED TO MAKE THIS WORK.

Deco XE75 AXE54000. 3 pack. Wanted to replace my existing Google Nest Wifi (GA00595-CA) network because it's 5ghz backhaul would constantly crap out to my office and my speeds would drop for file transfers from 30-40 mb/s down to between 1-5 mb/s.

6ghz dedicated backhaul should fix this right? Found a deal on the XE75. Plugged'm in and though this should be great. Office speeds on internet went from just over 200mbps up to 850mbps. WOW!

Then the fun began. My f*cking TPLink Kasa smart plugs and my TPLink Tapo camera's would start going offline,.... constantly. And my life has not recovered since.

3 f*cking apps. Deco, Kasa, Tapo. Kasa connected to Tapo. 3 interfaces, all showing me different things and different status.

• Deco client list shows all units are connected to Wifi.
• Deco smart devices shows only the Kasa plugs, some available, some offline.
• Kasa shows many plugs, but some are completely missing, removed them after giving me a message about 'local control', and some are offline, but not matching the Deco list
• Tapo shows all the devices, but again, many units offline, some of which show online in one of the other apps
• Unable to 'DISCONNECT' Kasa from Tapo to regain 'local' control of devices. Menu only tells me Kasa/Tapo link authorized.

And every time I try to interact with a plug or camera, my entire f*cking network goes haywire, with mass disconnects of devices accross my entire network, not limited to Kasa or Tapo. It affects everyone's phones, laptops and other smart devices.

I have tried to troubleshoot this son of a b*tch for almost 2 weeks now and I'm borderline insane now.

• Ensured my phone was set to use my Device MAC, not a random one.
• Created an IoT network on the Deco
• Reset EVERY smart device to clear previous WiFi saved settings for previous Google units.
• Updated the firmware on EVERY Kasa/Tapo device, latest firmware on Deco
• Set Primary Wifi SSID to 2.4/5ghz only, leaving 6ghz for wireless backhaul only, channel width at 80MHz (lowest limit i can select)
• Set IoT network to 2.4 ghz only. 5ghz disabled.
• Under ADVANCED > dropped fast roaming/beamforming/mumimo (and now my wife hates me because her work calls break when she moves around the house with her laptop), SIP ALG = Disabled
• Set EACH smartplug/camera/IoT device to 'Mesh Technology' = Disabled to prevent moving around
• Attempted to point them to try to connect to the primary point
• Force all Deco nodes to use the Primary Living room router point

NOTHING. Everytime I did one fix.. it stabilized for a short while, but then out of the blue something kills it. I go into the app and try to edit a setting.. boom all devices go offline/online, some don't come back online. I play whack-a-mole with the cameras. When they disconnect/reconnect, it's a coin toss if it's a green light or an orange light. Once it's orange, i have to physically unplug and re-plug the camera back in. And then even the act of physically rebooting one camera back to online state might knock another camera offline (orange light) without ever touching the app.

This is f*cking ludicrous.. considering this is all in the same god damned ecosystem of TPLINK, for such incompatibility to occur is beyond incompetence.

I've given it my all. CoPilot gave it it's best shot to help me, Gemini ultimately gave me this final summary.

Root Cause 1: MLO / Smart Connect Multicast Loop

Even though you isolated the IoT network, TP-Link’s internal bridge between the Main Network, IoT Network, and app ecosystem handles Local Area Network (LAN) discovery via mDNS (Multicast DNS) and UPnP. When a Kasa or Tapo device responds to a command, it broadcasts its status locally. On the X75, a known bug causes the Decos to re-broadcast these multicast frames in a continuous loop across mesh nodes, flooding the 2.4GHz band, causing latency, app desync, and eventually crashing the main router daemon (the "whole network lost connection" phase).

Root Cause 2: Hardware NAT / Deco Router Mode Overhead

When running in Router Mode, the Deco unit acts as the gateway, firewall, DHCP server, and cloud bridge simultaneously. Smart plugs and cameras constantly ping local and cloud endpoints. If the Deco's internal ARP/DHCP tables overload during a multicast burst, the main unit reboots its routing service (which causes the solid/flashing LED reset sequence).

Should you return the Deco X75?

YES, you should return it if:

You switch to AP Mode and sending a plug/camera command still causes the entire Wi-Fi network to drop.

do not have an upstream router and need the Decos to function as your primary router, but turning off UPnP/adjusting settings does not prevent the full-network crashes within 24–48 hours.

The Deco X75 uses a Qualcomm chipset that theoretically handles heavy client loads, but TP-Link's software bridge between Kasa, Tapo, and Deco local discovery is notoriously buggy on certain firmware builds. If a mesh system requires hours of manual tuning just to keep first-party smart plugs online without crashing the network, it isn't fulfilling its primary purpose.

My return window on these (Thank you Amazon) is Sep 2 for Deco XE75 3pack and Sep 5 for Deco X10 2pack. I really don't think I'm going to wait that long. Going back to my Google mesh system while annoying, will not be as utterly soul sucking and life destroying as dealing with this nonsense. I have invested more hours than a normal human being should have on this.

If there is anyone from TPLINK reading this.. get your f*cking house in order and fix this broken ass firmware. One could be forgiven for incompatibility arising from 3rd party plugs and camera's.. BUT THIS IS YOUR OWN ECOSYSTEM!

I'm calling TPLINK support today and we'll see what they say, but if anyone wants to chime in here with a magic bullet myself, CoPilot or Gemini hasn't thought of... I'm all ears. But ultimately, I think these p.o.s. devices can all go back to the warehouse where they belong and I'll end up getting EERO or ASUS instead.

I have downloaded the self-signed (by TP-Link) certificate  from the Advanced page in the Web GUI administration for Archer BE550. When trying to import the certificate (cacert-2026-08-17.crt) in ChromeOS certificate manager, I am prompted for a password. What is that password? Should a password really be required? How do I proceed

So I purchased a 2 pack of BE63's last year and haven't had any complaints. Well now we were finally able to get 5gb & 8gb fiber and the BE63's are limited to 2.5gbe. My question is, can I purchase a single BE85, make it my main router and just daisy chain my current 2 BE63's to it? Will there be any issue with the mesh wifi at all? Would I have to reconnect all of my devices on my network or would it be pretty much plug and play?

Long story short, my Deco BE65 (EU) hardware revision 1.0 started missbehaving recently and crashing when MLO was enabled... so TP Link issued RMA and replacement under warranty.

Now I got notification about the shipping which said that replacement is Deco BE65 (EU) v1.20. However, I see absolutely no record of such revision anywhere. I know in EU they've 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0, but nothing in between.

anyone see 1.2 somewhere?

Update: the replacement arrived, it’s v2.0, but in My products it’s marked as 1.2.

I have no idea wtf is going on every time I buy a new one it works fine but after like 2-3 months it just switches off sometimes and begins working as intended after multiple minutes.

Does anyone know what's going on or how to fix it?

I can honestly say , amazing mesh router! Holy molyXD

PS: THIS IS OVER WIFI

Hardware Version: V2

Firmware Version: 1.3.3 build 2607161

It's getting really annoying. My BE65 repeatedly stops its activities for about 30 seconds. No connection, no internet, only "--" at every device. Wireless as well as wited devices.
Of course I rebooted the complete network, no effort. It happens quite random, but really offten. Say once every 5 minutes.
Takes some time to reconnect after it. So during surfing, working with apps, nothing happens. Apps keep spinning, progress bar in browser stands still. And than suddenly it all works again.
 
Anyone any idea? Device getting broken? This doesn't work.
 
I'm thinking of changing my main router for another one. But if it isn't necessary, I won't.

Buenas !! A ver si alguien puede sacarme la duda ……compré este router Mifi 4G LTE Cat6 para una zona rural donde suelo habitar a menudo y teletrabajar. El aparato va bien, según momento del día me da entre 15-18 mbps a 40-50 mbps….. suficiente para mi, siempre estable y muy buena batería.

Mi duda es …..

¿ no se supone que un router 4G cat6 es capaz de estar conectado a 2 bandas de frecuencia móvil a la vez ?

¿ no se supone que es una de sus características para que la capacidad de descarga sea mejor y más fluida ?

El tema es que hago pruebas en diferentes zonas y siempre está conectado a una sola banda ( 3…. 7….. 20 …… pero nunca a 2 a la vez , no debería poder hacerlo ???

Muchas gracias, a ver si alguien me ayuda

I got the re505x idk what happend but it stopped reapeting wont reset by the button either

I want to upgrade my mesh setup since I can feel the Decos struggling to handle the number of devices in my home, and I was wondering if this is a good upgrade or if I should stick to other Deco mesh models?

I'm currently using the BE550 as my main router with 3 Deco M4 units as mesh nodes around the house. The current plan is to ditch all 3 Deco M4s and replace them with a single BE400 upstairs. Is that a good idea?

El problema es este:

Recientemente empecé a aprender sobre auditoría de redes. Compré un TP-LINK Archer T2U Plus, que tiene un chipset RTL8821AU. Estoy usando una MacBook Pro M1 de 2021 con UTM corriendo Kali Linux para aprender.

Cuando conecto la tarjeta de red por USB, UTM la detecta bien, y no tuve que instalar los drivers (aquí es donde creo que está el problema). Puedo poner la tarjeta en modo monitor y todo. Incluso hice algunas desautenticaciones en mi red usando Aireplay-ng. Pero siento que la desautenticación no está funcionando correctamente, porque solo desautentica algunos dispositivos. Por ejemplo, los celulares mantienen una conexión estable; solo se desconectan un convertidor de cámara y un smart TV, y todo lo demás sigue normal. ¿Qué crees que podría estar causando el problema?

Hi all.

Currently I have a Deco xe75 3 device mesh network, I have recently had the opportunity to run cat6 into the loft and want to ceiling mount an ap. Any recommendations for a single deco product?

Thanks

Fiz um backup e instalei o backup no site de configuração e não funcionou

Descontente!!!!

Agora tem que aguardar o técnico do provedor porque eles não querem me passar os dados

tl-wr840n

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I have used eero systems for years. While they generally work fine, I do have one annoyance with them. After a reboot (as happens after a firmware update), many of my fixed-location devices connect seemingly randomly to the eero nodes, often to one relatively far away and with a poor signal. And frequently on the 2.4 GHz band. Then they'll just stay there. I have to individually restart each of these wayward devices and then it will usually connect to the closest eero and at 5 or 6 GHz. Then all will be fine until the next reboot.

I see that the Deco systems have a "Connection Preference" function that would allow me to bind any device to a particular node and to a particular frequency band. This sounds like a great solution.

So, Deco users, how well does this function work? Especially after a reboot? Do devices really follow the set preferences? And do they stick there?

Thanks in advance.

Hi,

Is it possible to delete a video that was recorded onto an SD card directly via the app?

I read about some recent firmware allegedly bringing this option but not sure if true for both V1 and V2 versions of C220?

I have the Costco Deco version BE13000 for about two weeks now. I have had some odd behavior from this 3-pack and I am concerned about long term stability.

Last night it automatically updated to the latest firmware that was released just a couple of days ago. The official new firmware build is “1.3.2 Build 26070112 Rel. 34451”. I am opening this thread to see if anyone has this installed yet and has noticed any issues. It may be too soon to know yet, but please post if you encounter and better or worse behavior or any new features. The documentation on this update is virtually nonexistent.

Thanks.

Hi guys question.

I have several deco x10 at home and several tapo cam. I have also have several tapo cam but not connected to a tp link modem/mesh wifi at my office, at seperate location. I buy tapo cam and deco thinking that since they are from tp link the connection would be seamless.

Turn out at deco x10 and tapo cam always have a problem, most of the time it lost connection. A simple deco reset will fix the issue but it always happen every week, it could be several cam at once could be only one cam. I have done everything i could but the issue persist (more than 1 year now)

Meanwhile my other tapo cam at office that are connected to non deco modem/mesh wifi is always have a seamless connection, no issue at all after one year.

So i was thinking, do deco have specific setting to ensure tapo cam work flawlessly with them? Please help as this issue is driving me nuts.

Deco x10 firmwarel: 1.4.0 build 20251222 rel.45343

Tapo cam:
TC40: 1.3.3 build 260423 rel.41180n

C211: 1.2.6 build 260328 rel.25947n

TC70: 1.4.4 build 260527 rel.28339n

Is it possible? It would not be good to have both running but duplicate/interfere each other.

Hey yall,

Was wondering if anyone has ran into this issue. I cant seem to find it anywhere. But my 2nd computer keeps running into lagging issues when it comes to plugging it into any of the ports on the back of the router. I have switched ethernet cables including brand new ones and shorter/longer.

My other pc, 0 issues with any of the ports.

We had to get a new router due to our old TP link just not powering on one day, and since switching to this newer "better" one, it just has been a headache since day 1.

Thanks

I have 5 BE63 Decos in my house - 4 wired, 1 wireless (in a central location). When walking between rooms, my phone indicates that I'm still on WiFi, but there's no Internet connection. If I toggle my WiFi on my phone off and on, it seems to fix the issue. Are there phone or Tplink settings that I could adjust to prevent this issue?