@david64     I did try pinging the management address and it worked, from a cable connected laptop.   Wider symptoms are:   1. can't access the management page, either from wifi or cable connected endpoint 2. a device previously connnected by wifi won't get an dhcp IP address from the router, I then added a manual address and still could not get internet connection, I've seen this behaviour across multiple. Seems to authenticate ok. 3. I then deleted the wifi settings on the end device and attempted a new connection, fails again to get an IP address and defaults to the 169. Address on timeout. After reboot works. 4, other devices connected worked as usual including internet throughput 5. speed throughput drops significantly for devices that remain connected I have a total of about 15 or so devices wifi and 3 cable connected at any one time.    Things I've tried.   1. initially changing wifi channel of 2.4g range  2. loading devices equally acrosss the 2.4 g and 5G ranges so that there was less traffic within a specific band 3. reboots which fixes it initially. Seem to need to then do this every couple of days 4. ensured no logged turned on in the router in the event it was impacting. 5. checked dhcp scope and I have an address pool of 150 addresses set up.   re the referral to TP-link that was the answer they gave me, saying it was provider supported. haven't tried a factory reset as yet, will give that a try today and monitor. Overall I would prefer to use my nighthawk router but can't get the same internet speeds for some reason. I had a previous post about that but no joy. ... View more

Yes, exact same phone cable, simply shifting it between the routers.   As mentioned DSL sync speeds are almost the same, it's the throughput that seems to be the issue for me.   The cable is connected to the VDSL port on the modem. i can try different cables but I suspect that this is not the issue.   Are there any published config for this router with TPG? I'm wondering if I have missed something config wise. ... View more

Thanks for the reply. The results are in. Both devices negotiate at similar rates, yet the Nighthawk Speedtest results are significantly lower.   Attached the screenshots of the Archer DSL rates, Netgear DSL rates and Netgear config. Any other ideas?   I notice in the archer there are additional EWAN settings with tpg credentials preconfigured. I haven’t touched this on the Netgear , I’m not sure if this is relevant or not.   Any other ideas on why the speed discrepancy? ... View more