DECO X80-5G on fiber issues

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perry2017

10 posts

Wannabe Geek

#316162 21-Sep-2024 12:56

I used to have deco x80-5g on wireless but now I switched to fiber as soon as the fiber was available , the modem worked solid and perfect with fiber as well until last month it started to drop down few times a day (the light turned to red ) ,if I re-started the modem then it works again, it is really annoying me ,it is a good quality high spec modem I don't want to throw it away . Anyone has similar experience ? the fiber service is still with ONENZ .

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19 posts

Geek

#3284785 21-Sep-2024 12:59

Yes I have the same issue. Is your firmware version 1.03?

perry2017

10 posts

Wannabe Geek

#3284794 21-Sep-2024 13:51

pureinception:

Yes I have the same issue. Is your firmware version 1.03?

Yes same ! it is a good router just don't want threw it to the bin ! hope ONE NZ can do something to rescue it then we can continue using it

pureinception

19 posts

Geek

#3284817 21-Sep-2024 15:28

Version 1.0.0 doesn't have the problem. But there's no way to turn off auto-update. Just tell OneNZ that 1.0.3 has a bug and others people are experiencing the same thing. There's a reddit thread about the issue too. Great router aside from the bugged firmware. You can try tp-link support as well

perry2017

10 posts

Wannabe Geek

#3285672 24-Sep-2024 09:24

pureinception:

Version 1.0.0 doesn't have the problem. But there's no way to turn off auto-update. Just tell OneNZ that 1.0.3 has a bug and others people are experiencing the same thing. There's a reddit thread about the issue too. Great router aside from the bugged firmware. You can try tp-link support as well

contacted one NZ told them it is a good modem but seems not stable on its fiber, I got replied from ONE NZ said "it is not recommended to use on fiber and we can send you another modem to replace it but need pay extra $4 per month plus freight fee" so truly no answer from ONE NZ . not sure if we can use TP-LINK support centres firmware to instead of this one ?

ThatPrettyFreya

198 posts

Master Geek

#3287498 29-Sep-2024 11:22

@perry2017

Nope, can't use the official TP-Link firmware, goddess help us, that might have more features, and OneNZ can't have that, now can they?

Hi, yeah, One NZ wireless broadband customer here and the X80-5G is quite possibly the worst router we've ever encountered. SPecs? great. UX? Horrifying

pureinception

19 posts

Geek

#3287551 29-Sep-2024 13:38

perry2017:

contacted one NZ told them it is a good modem but seems not stable on its fiber, I got replied from ONE NZ said "it is not recommended to use on fiber and we can send you another modem to replace it but need pay extra $4 per month plus freight fee" so truly no answer from ONE NZ . not sure if we can use TP-LINK support centres firmware to instead of this one ?

You can try email TP-Link support. They might help when there's enough of us reporting the same issue.

stevenn

28 posts

Geek

#3287741 29-Sep-2024 18:29

I dont personally own a deco x80 but I'm pretty sure you should be able to do a firmware recovery and force install EU firmware on the deco x80 since the hardware should be the same and its just One NZ customized firmware installed

https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/faq/2958/

follow method 2 to get into firmware recovery mode, I'm thinking it should be the same as what's listed for the deco x90 but I'm not sure, worth a play around with anyway should be easy to work out.

x80-5g firmware: https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/deco-x80-5g/#Firmware

Do this at your own risk because there could be the possibility of bricking your device.

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perry2017

10 posts

Wannabe Geek

#3334990 24-Jan-2025 08:57

recently the X80 5G has upgraded to

X80-5G(1.0)

1.0.6 Build 20241212 Rel. 39475

seems more stable now!

Morm

85 posts

Master Geek

#3335007 24-Jan-2025 10:17

4G/5G Bridge mode and 4G/5G Backup modes are in this new release too.

SATTV

1642 posts

Uber Geek

ID Verified

#3341089 10-Feb-2025 14:07

I am not seeing bridge mode in this release.

1.0.6 Build 20241212 Rel. 39475

We are using 4G/5G and we have a static IP with One NZ.

Can someone please point me in the correct directing.

Thanks

John

I know enough to be dangerous

ThatPrettyFreya

198 posts

Master Geek

#3341090 10-Feb-2025 14:10

absolutely seeing bridge mode here, works great. 1.0.6 Build 20241212 Rel. 39475, dynamic IP with One NZ (how did you get a static IP on the 5g plan? They wouldn't give us one)