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UPDATE ON Archer AX73 replacement (so far, so good) The setup on the replacement TP-LINK Archer AX73 / AX5400 went much smoother this time. Even though I had temporarily gone back to my old ASUS router, I didn't have to reset any of the IoT things when I setup the new TPL. All my cams, doorbell...

For those who've been following my saga on routers, I'd like to ask some questions. We had a network wiring consultant look at our setup today and he proposed considering using MOCA to get more throughput to our home offices and possibly our home theater. Our problem is that the in-wall wiring...

I think my head is going to explode. Gack. So many models. So many considerations.

I don't have any AX compatible devices. Even my LG Smart TV is only AC. I figured I'd try what seems to be one of the better AC routers and compare it to the replacement TP-LINK -- assuming the TP doesn't show the same problems as the one I "think" is defective.

I ordered an Asus AC86 along with the replacement TP.

I may be a glutton for punishment but I'm gonna try the same router as a replacement from Amazon. I have to think that the 2.4 devices losing their connection is a hardware problem (defect). So we'll give it one more shot and see.

Last straw was getting a tech support guy from TP-LINK who couldn't speak english and wanted to virtually start over on the "troubleshooting". I finally got frustrated and said this isn't worth my time. router goes back to Amazon. Bye. 5 minutes later a supervisor calls and says we're going to...

Well my cams went offline again. TP-LINK Tether can't see the router on 2.4 but OK on 5ghz. Something is wrong internally.

I got Merlin running fine on my old AC56U but was limited out on updates. Never saw any issues with it other than trying to setup a 3rd guest network at which point it would configure correctly. Not that I really needed a third guest network. I thought I was doing myself a favor for running IOT...

I downloaded the new firmware, updated and of course, the router rebooted. Connections restored to all the IOT things and my cell phone. We shall see if it loses the connections again. If it does, the router is going back to Amazon. I can try simply replacing it with like for like. Or I could...

All the 2.4 band devices went offline overnight. I checked first thing in the morning. The router was still connected to the internet just fine (via ethernet) but all the devices were offline including my cell phone. Contacted TP-LINK again and they said do a manual firmware update since the...

So far, it's working. Cut the channel to 20. I'll see what happens overnight. That's when the IOT things have lost internet but still showed in client list of router. So I had no idea why they showed offline.

I already did what you suggested except TP-LINK said use 40mhz wide fixed channel. Wake time, fairness disabled. Separate SSIDs after I figured out that the IOT things (except the Amazon thermostats) couldn't figure out how to connect.

If this reply doesn't make sense it's because my longer, more complete post is held up in the moderator queue. No idea why. Probably some sort of keyword trigger. :P