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I built an Android app for DD-WRT routers and I'm looking for beta testers!

Hey everyone!

I'm an independent developer, and I've been working on DD-WRT Pilot, an Android app designed to make managing DD-WRT routers easier right from your phone.

I'm looking for DD-WRT users who would be willing to try it out and help me improve it before its official release.

🔧 What does DD-WRT Pilot offer?

📡 SSH Management — Connect to your router and execute commands.

⚡ Saved Commands — Save frequently used commands for quick access.

🛜 Router Profiles — Organize and manage multiple router connections.

📱 Device Management — Access tools to help manage devices on your network.

🔄 Firmware Updates — Check for firmware updates and access upgrade functionality.

🧪 I'm looking for beta testers!

I'd love to hear from people using different router models and DD-WRT firmware versions.

You don't need to be a developer or networking expert. I'm looking for honest feedback about:

Compatibility with different routers and firmware builds.
SSH connection issues or bugs.
User experience and interface improvements.
Features you'd like to see added in future versions.

📥 Want to give it a try?

Repo: https://github.com/elglladX/DD-WRT-Pilot-Releases

Download the latest release: https://github.com/elglladX/DD-WRT-Pilot-Releases/releases/tag/v1.0.0

Download the APK from the https://github.com/elglladX/DD-WRT-Pilot-Releases page and follow Android's prompts if installation requires permission for apps from that source. Only install it if you're comfortable testing an independently developed app.

If you try it, please leave a comment or send me a message with your router model, DD-WRT version, and any feedback you have.

This is an independent project, and every bit of feedback helps me make it better. Thanks to everyone willing to give it a shot!

u/According-Ant1395 — 4 days ago

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Mesh wifi speed drop after connecting wired backhaul

Hello everyone ... so I have a 300 Mbps paid plan with my ISP, my setup is shown below in the image. Can someone please help me understand what I am doing wrong?

I have plans to add more additional Deco units to cover the rest of my home, but first I would like to know if there is something I am doing wrong. The end goal is to have 300 Mbps throughout the entire home.

u/Longjumping_Hunt6723 — 4 days ago

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XE75 Pro - Limited bandwidth WiFi LAN to WAN, but super fast on WAN or Wired LAN to WAN.

Hello,

I just bought a set of DECO X75 Pro and I get weird results from my laptop when doing speedtest to WAN (speediest on LAN is great).

Can someone help me makes sense or that or suggest to double check X or Y setting, because I'm kinda lost at this point.

Speedtest resultats:

- Between NAS and laptop : DL: 1490 Mbps / UL: 1250 Mbps
- Between NAS and WAN : DL: 850-925 Mbps / UL: 850-925 Mbps (variation due to congestion?)
- Between laptop and WAN : DL: 620 Mbps / UL: 750 Mbps

I don't understand how I cannot reach full speed from my laptop to the WAN when the WiFi does not seem to bottleneck...

Thank you for your time.

XE75 Pro (v3.0 US), Firmware 1.5.0 Build 20260603 Release. 15804

u/badaboum466 — 4 days ago

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BE25 Outdoor Issues

I recently upgraded my fibre and needed a router to cope with the higher speeds. I was using an ISP router with a Deco BE65 connected to it. When my new fibre was installed, I did a reset on my 2 BE65's and BE25. One BE65 is now the router, and the BE 25 remains connected to my network switch via ethernet, as it was before. However, the devices that use the BE25 are regularly disconnecting from it. The Deco app shows each device as having a "Strong" connection, but if I tap it to see the RSSI value, they all say -100dB and it never changes.

I didn't have any issues when the BE65 was in access mode.

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u/Mapants — 4 days ago

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weird bug

is anyone aware of a bug that entails an iphone unable to use any of the 2.4mhz networks (regular, iot or guest) on an archer be800 router? all firmware is the most current

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u/llaarr123 — 4 days ago

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TP Link Deco Mesh Help

I'm currently running a Mikrotik HAPAC2 as a router, WiFi disabled, with a set of TP Link Decos forming a mesh network across the house. DNS is handled by a PiHole on a Pi3. DHCP is performed by the Mikrotik.

We have 5 Decos across the house, which in theory could use power line as well as wifi mesh for back haul, but only one does. There doesn't seem to be a way to force power line back haul.

For reasons that aren't entirely clear, individual decos fail irregularly which leaves gaps in the mesh. From a trouble shooting standpoint, I can see when they fail they fail to refresh their DHCP lease from the Mikrotik, but why is unclear. The deco app is virtually useless, and regularly misrepresents the state of the network.

Any suggestions from anyone to help improve the reliability of the decos?

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u/_Mouse — 4 days ago

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Help with recent MOCA/router issue

I ran into an issue with my home Wifi today, and I've exhausted everything I know how to do.

I want to be incredibly detailed so this is a longer post. Before getting into it, though, I want to make sure to point out that nothing in my setup or system has changed - it's been running as is for a couple of years.

Anyway, I have a Deco Model W7200 routers, a total of 4. Three are in my house, one in my barn. The barn is pretty far away, around 300 feet. However, I have it and one of the house routers hooked up via GoCoax MoCa adapters. So my system is main router in the basement, satellite via just Wifi on the main floor and then a satellite in the barn and one on the third floor, hooked up via MoCA.

As mentioned, the system has performed great, with no issues. Until this morning.

I was out in my barn and noticed that the Wifi wasn't working, the Deco unit was blinking red. I came in the house and found none of the Wifi devices were working. I rebooted everything, and the house units immediately came back online.

The barn device did not, it was still blinking red. I rebooted just that device twice, it was still red and the app said it was offline. I told Deco to remove the device, then tried to reinstall it. After unplugging and plugging back in, it would never flash blue. Eventually, I did a hard reset on the tiny button on the bottom.

After that, it flashed blue but the Deco app couldn't find it. I brough the unit inside and plugged it in right next to the main unit in the basement. I went to re-add it in the app, and more issues. The device light turned green, but the app kept telling me it couldn't find a new device. I exited the app, reopened it and it listed 3 satellite devices.

So, I unplugged the barn one, took it back outside and hooked it back up via the MoCA...and it's back to blinking red and the app says it's offline.

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u/MFronczak — 4 days ago

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TP-Link Deco AXE5400 Tri-Band WiFi 6E Mesh System (Deco XE75)

I recently installed this mesh system and it’s working really well. Is this the system that will take me far into the future without any issues? The speeds are great and I don’t anticipate ever needing any more Wi-Fi speed.
Thank you.

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u/Uncle-Elmer — 4 days ago

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XE75 Mesh suddenly capped at 94 Mbps - direct connect thru same cable exceeds 500 Mbps

Hoping someone has seen this issue before to save me disappearing further down this troubleshooting rabbit hole....

Setup

Virgin Media hub in modem mode - 1 Gig Fibre
Three TP-Link Deco XE75 units
Virgin hub connected directly to the main Deco by one long Ethernet cable
Other Decos connected through a mixture of Ethernet and wireless backhaul
The system previously worked at much higher speeds

Problem

The whole Deco network now appears capped at approximately 92–94 Mbps. I’ve seen essentially the same ceiling on both a desktop via ethernet and phone over Wi-Fi.

My son initially noticed intermittent dropouts and buffering. I then realised some downloads had also been unusually slow.

The Deco app showed 94 Mbps down / 94 Mbps up under QoS “Total Bandwidth,” which initially looked like the obvious cause. However, changing the QoS settings hasn’t removed the cap.

What I’ve tested

Disabled QoS completely: still approximately 94 Mbps up and down.
Re-enabled QoS, removed all accelerated clients and changed Total Bandwidth to 1000/1000: still approximately 94 Mbps.
Closed and reopened the app to confirm that the settings had persisted.
Rebooted / restarted the 3 Decos: no change
Reseated the Ethernet cable at both the Virgin hub and Deco ends, and moved the Virgin cable to a different Ethernet port on the main Deco: no change.
Updated the firmware on all three Deco units: no change.
Confirmed the Virgin hub is in modem mode.
Connected a Windows laptop directly to the Virgin hub using the same hub port and Ethernet cable normally feeding the main Deco. After restarting the hub, the laptop achieved over 500 Mbps.

That last test seems to show that the Virgin connection, hub port and long cable are capable of well over 100 Mbps.

The repeatable 94 Mbps result looks very much like the Ethernet connection between the hub and main Deco is negotiating at 100 Mbps rather than 1 Gbps. The QoS figure may therefore have recorded the reduced link speed rather than caused it.

The Deco app was also behaving strangely at one point, showing zero connected clients and failing to execute a reboot - but restarting the main Deco restored live client and traffic information. The speed cap remained.

What next?

I'm just completely baffled by this now. Next I'll probably try making one of the other Decos the main unit and connecting it to the the same Virgin port / cable. Just wanted to see if anyone else had seen and solved this problem before I start messing with the mesh configuration and potentially lose the best part of my Sunday going round in circles...

Any help appreciated. 🙏

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u/Ceefol — 4 days ago

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Archer GE800 VPN Merge bug? 1,400 Mbps download but 0.15 Mbps upload

I'm experiencing a severe upload issue with my Archer GE800 V1.0, firmware 1.4.1 Build 20260728, when using VPN Merge with Windscribe WireGuard.

Same Ethernet connection, completely different results:

GE800 VPN Merge: ~1,400 Mbps down / 0.15 Mbps up
Windows Windscribe WireGuard (VPN Merge OFF): ~1,430 Mbps down / 956 Mbps up
PC1 Windows Ethernet through VPN Merge: 0.25 Mbps up
PC1 Ubuntu Ethernet through VPN Merge: 7 Mbps up
PC1 Wi-Fi through VPN Merge: 839 Mbps up

I've spent days troubleshooting. New WireGuard profiles, different ports/servers, MTU, NIC settings, router reboots, and restoring configurations from September and October all failed.

Even disabling IPv6 after discovering thousands of DHCPv6 errors made no difference.

Everything points toward the GE800's wired VPN Merge processing, but the exact cause remains unknown.

Has anyone experienced this or found a fix? Particularly interested in firmware bugs, hardware acceleration, or WireGuard forwarding issues.

Already contacted TP-Link support. Screenshots available.

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u/Breeze23412 — 4 days ago

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TP-Link Deco XE75 Pro Melted

One of my Deco XE75 Pro units literally started to melt during normal use. I wanted to post this as a warning for anyone using TP-Link Deco hardware, and for anyone considering purchasing it.

For background, I am fairly invested in the Deco ecosystem. I currently own 9 Deco XE75 Pros, along with several other cheaper Deco units and an outdoor one. I've generally been pretty happy with them.

The affected XE75 Pro was sitting in my office, plugged into a normal grounded outlet, and had been working without any problems since I purchased it. There were no electrical changes, no unusual behavior beforehand, and nothing connected to it over Ethernet. It was just being used as a mesh node. The only potential change is that I had very recently updated the firmware on my Decos.

I only noticed something was wrong because I looked over and the Deco appeared to be leaning over. When I looked closer, the plastic housing had gotten hot enough to deform and had begun to melt. It left a heat mark on the furniture underneath it. The scary part is that the WiFi was still working fine while this was happening.

I immediately called TP-Link because I was worried it could be related to the firmware update and wanted to make sure this wasn't about to happen to all of my other routers (which all updated at the same time). Plus I was concerned about the fact that if I hadn't noticed it it could have ended up burning my house down.

TP-Link told me on the phone that they considered this a safety issue, and to unplug it immediately and stop using it. They said they would open an urgent investigation and that they would be replacing the unit. And they would send me an email shortly with the next steps.

That particular Deco was the one I use for work every day (it sat in my office, which is why I noticed it), so taking it offline was annoying. But I could get an okay enough signal from the other Decos. Plus they told me they had already opened an urgent investigation, that they'd be replacing it, and that I'd hear back soon since it was an urgent safety issue. And obviously I didnt want it to burn my house down.

About four hours after the phone call they emailed me asking for details about the outlet, the electrical environment, what was connected to the router, where it was located, whether there had been any unusual behavior, and for photos of the damage. I provided everything they asked for.

And then I heard nothing for days. Every time I tried to get an update, they just kept saying they were investigating and that they would email me when the investigation completed.

About a week later, I got an email asking for proof of purchase. I had purchased all of these through Amazon at different times over the last ~2.5 years, some as recently as a couple months ago. Most of them within the last year and a half. Only one two pack was purchased over two years ago. But I had no idea which order this Deco came from. So I sent them all of my Deco order confirmations from Amazon. They immediately replied that it came from the oldest order (June 3, 2024) and that it was now out of warranty and there was nothing they could do. That's it.

No follow up on what caused it to start melting. No answers about whether or not my other routers would be affected. They just closed the case saying sorry its too old.

And if the one they chose is actually out of warranty, it was 4 months out at worst. And to be honest I'm somewhat convinced they just selected the oldest order so they wouldn't have to warranty it. They offered no explanation about how they came to the conclusion. Regardless I completely understand a warranty cutoff for normal product failure. But this wasn't a normal product failure. This router literally generated enough heat during normal operation to physically deform and melt its own enclosure and leave a heat mark on the furniture underneath it.

But then all I get back in the end is (verbatim):

Per provided proof of purchase, you buy the TP-Link device last Jun 3, 2024 from Amazon, and in United States we only have a limited 2 years warranty.

We regret to tell you that your product is already out of warranty, hence we will not be able to help you process a replacement.

For full information about our Warranty policy please refer on this link: https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/replacement-warranty/

Thank you very much for your understanding and cooperation

These are devices that stay powered on throughout my house 24 hours a day. Most in places I seldom look. Am I supposed to assume this was a one off failure and just keep running all of them? I have 9 of these things. 12 if you count the other Decos. Are they going to burn my house down?

I'm not even that mad about them not replacing it. I can buy another router. But I also would have bought a new one a week ago if they'd told me they were not going to replace it up front (I work from home and its been very annoying). Instead they basically just jerked me around for a week and ultimately told me absolutely nothing.

So now I'm sitting here wondering if I should replace all of them with something else.

u/4P07H30515_io — 12 days ago

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Looking for Desktop 2.5GbE/SFP+ Smart Switch with SNMP and rSyslog (no PoE)

Checking through the TP-Link catalog, I found the ES206X-M2.

The ES206X-M2 is almost exactly what I'm looking for, but it doesn't support SNMP & Remote Syslog. It has the VLAN support I'm looking for, five 2.5GbE ports, one SFP+ (10GbE), it's fanless, has some useful switch features and a great price-point ($44). For this use-case, I don't need PoE.

Did I miss the TP-Link switch with 4 to 6 port 2.5GbE, one SFP+, "Smart" switch with SNMP & rsyslog that might be in the same price range as the ES206X-M2?

MikroTik doesn't seem to have one and Ubiquity has the USW-Flex-2.5G-8 but it's $150

I already have two XikeStor 8 port 2.5GbE with one SFP+ (10GbE) that has the same features as the ES206X-M2. They're nice switches. But if I could find a TP-Link that is at a similar price-point and SNMP / RSyslog, I'd replace the two XikeStor and get two more for this next expansion (I'm getting rid of all the dumb switches).

I don't use an OC, and I don't plan to start. Everything is in standalone mode with LibreMNS and a Grafana stack for syslog

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u/ticedoff8 — 11 days ago

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Unable to add device to EasyMesh network

Hi, I've recently bought a TP Link Wifi Extender RE225BE, intending to use it as a mesh for my bad wifi signal in my kitchen but for the love of me, I can't get past the EasyMesh pairing part. I've set it up initially as a wifi extender, adding both my 2.4 and 5 ghz connections to it. I checked my main router settings via web to confirm that the 'EasyMesh' option is turned on. Went to Tether app's 'More' section and into 'EasyMesh' and followed the instructions to press the WPS switches on both the device and my main router (TP Link HB810). both the device's wifi signal is blinking and my router is blinking blue too, went back to the app, tapped on 'I have pressed WPS switches' then it said 'Joining Mesh Networks'. Waited for a little while and it prompted me to Connect to my router's network and come back to the Tether app to continue the steps. I checked that I'm already connected to my router's main network the whole time but the app doesn't allow me to proceed?? I'm just perpetually stuck on this screen as shown here.

I have updated the firmware of the RE225BE to the latest version as well. Routers are up to date with the latest firmware as well. I tried manually scanning in router settings (tplinkwifinet) to add a mesh manually but it never detected any. Tried the WPS switch method on web and it still did not even detect any device at all. Anyone can help? I bought this to use as Mesh in the first place, not really as an extender as it can be quite cumbersome to continously switch between wifi networks.

u/atbcheesepiejhj — 12 days ago

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Unable to connect IoT devices

I’m trying to connect a couple of IoT devices (Owlet Dream Sock and Hatch Baby Light) to my Deco XE75 mesh network. This is my first time attempting to connect IoT devices which require a 2.4GHz connection. I am not having any luck. In both of their respective apps, the devices can see the network, and after I enter the password, they’ll attempt to connect and load for 10-15 seconds or so and then both devices will tell me there was an error connecting. I have tried connecting them to the dedicated IoT network which is only a 2.4GH band. I’ve tried turning my main network into solely a 2.4GHz band and that didn’t work. I even tried creating a guest network only in 2.4GHz with no password and that has not worked either. I’ve gone through Live Support with TP-Link a couple of times and they’ve had me turn off fast roaming and beamforming, I’ve updated the DNS settings, my SSID and password do not contain any special characters, and I don’t have any other issues with my everyday devices, only these two IoT devices. If anyone has experience in this area or advice, it would be much appreciated!

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u/Cwilliamn9 — 11 days ago

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Second access point setup

Hello ppl, I am wanting to get a second access point but I am using a Sky router which doesn't have WDS, but I also aren't running an ethernet cable through my home. However, I am in luck in the sense I have a power line adapter. It currently just plugs into my pc but, I just want to know that this setup is good.

I want to use the EAP225 Omada from tp-link, a ugreen switch and 2 ethernet cables.

I want to plug my power line adapter into a ugreen switch, then I want to also plug in an ethernet cable that goes through that switch to my pc so I still have a good connection here, I only want to connect 2 or so devices to this that cannot be connected by ethernet, then I am going to put a cable from the switch to the IN port on the poe injector, then the OUT port into the access point, then the power brick into the extension lead.

It gets a bit confusing for me now, I am assuming I need to go onto my sky routers settings and look at the dhcp list, then type in the ip for it. But I have never done that before it is just what google told me and I am not sure it will work lol. It also told me to put the 2.4 ghz channel to 6 or 11, I am not sure what that means exactly but I am assuming I have to do it.

I am not sure how right this is, I scrapped this setup together on google searches so idk because all the yt videos were for wds setups.

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u/Conscious-Sir2441 — 12 days ago

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Help with setup - or am I overthinking this?!

I've currently got 3 Deco PX10. Living room is the main, with Dining Room and Main Bedroom the two satellite nodes.

I've been having huge problems with my outdoor cameras dropping out, so I decided to move 'Main Bedroom' to outside (temporarily, just to test) and connect it to Dining Room with a Cat6 cable, trailed through the window. Main bedroom is also plugged into an outdoor socket.

The thing that is bothering me, is that Dining Room had the best connection, so I wanted to use an ethernet cable to connect to that, but it seems dining room is now taking data from Main Bedroom, rather than the other way around?

Am I just massively overthinking this whole thing? I basically just want the Main Bedroom node (which is currently outside, feeding the cameras) to have a wired connection from Dinign Room, not using PLC & WiFi from the Living Room (which is through very thick walls).

Edit: on the Main Bedroom node, in the app, I can go into 'Specified Connection', but it won't let me change it to the Dining Room one, if says 'Decos cannot be the same signal source as each other'. If I try and do the same in the Dining Room, to change the source to Living Room, i don't have the option to change it

u/KidKime — 12 days ago

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BE19000 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 Router seems to not support proper DoH DNS Encryption

It seems to me that DoH DNS Encryption on costly BE19000 only support http/1.1 instead of DoH standard (RFC 8484) http/2 this makes most DoH services unusable.

Can TP-Link confirm which HTTP version the router uses for DoH and provide HTTP/2 support in a firmware update?
EDIT: specs: TP-Link Archer BE800 v1.0 (BE19000 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 Router), firmware 1.4.2 Build 20260708 rel.30237(4555)

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u/caldrd — 12 days ago