TP-Link EB810v - Quick overview

[xiaofan]

Noob question. Are the service provider models EB810V and HB710 compatible with other ISPs? Scared I buy from Carousell but can’t work.

It will work but not recommended. EB810v and HB710 are TP-Link Service Provider models and the the FW download is not published on TP-Link website.

There is a report from an M1 EB810v user that he can get the FW updates from M1 network. But there are no other confirmation yet. YMMV.

 

[tsammyc]

It will work but not recommended. EB810v and HB710 are TP-Link Service Provider models and the the FW download is not published on TP-Link website.

There is a report from an M1 EB810v user that he can get the FW updates from M1 network. But there are no other confirmation yet. YMMV.

The US version of the HB710 has firmware on the TP-Link site published in mid November but dated 20240906.

TP-Link HB710 firmware -> HB710 (US) firmware

Daren't try in case I brick my HB710...

 

[Blitzkrieg]

I have a EB810v and extender RE705X. How can I add the extender to the mesh network? It does not seems to work.

 

[tsammyc]

I have a EB810v and extender RE705X. How can I add the extender to the mesh network? It does not seems to work.

I don't have the RE705X, but the simplest way typically to mesh these TP-Link products is to connect the extender to the router directly with an ethernet cable and then hold down the reset button on the extender for 5 seconds. After that, you can disconnect the cable and see if it works in a remote location.

 

[tsammyc]

Noob question. Are the service provider models EB810V and HB710 compatible with other ISPs? Scared I buy from Carousell but can’t work.

If you buy the HB710, just go to the Starhub shop. They sell it for $192 and give you 4 year warranty direct from TP-Link, whereas Carousell is higher and possibly no warranty. I bought one from Starhub and it works fine with My Republic ISP and does update its firmware. Cheapest 10Gbps 6Ghz WiFi 7 router...

 

[batniss]

esh configuration (paying extra $15/mth for 24 months for the extra set), with one set in my DB box and one set in my middle bedroom. I am getting full coverage throughout my 4 room BTO, although 5GHz speeds generally seem slightly better than 6GHz. Testing using my phone (Wi-Fi 6E, S23 Ultra), I am getting about 1.4Gbps speeds if I am relatively near the router, or about 800-900Mbps if I am further away. It's pretty much gigabit LAN speeds, so nothing to complain about here.

The size of the router is gigantic. Together with the ONT, there is barely any space left in the DB Box. It also gets rather warm and suggest that you hook up a laptop cooler or something to the USB port on the router.

In terms of port selection, the EB810v is better than the BE805 and HB810. Apart from the 10Gbps LAN and WAN ports, you get three 2.5Gbps ports. This is compared to 4x1Gbps + 1x10Gbps on the BE805 and only 2x2.5Gbps + 1x10Gbps on the HB810.

Web interface wise, you can set up the router in "router" or "access point" mode, or as an EasyMesh node.

You can set VLAN settings although I have not tried it. Setting custom DNS for both IPv4 and IPv6 is possible.

There is support for TP-Link, Dyndns and No-IP dynamic DNS, but I have not tried either.

By default, there is "band steering" enabled where 2.4GHz and 5GHz can share one SSID. So far it seems to work fine for me, my 5GHz devices always connect at 5GHz. 6GHz is always on a separate band unless you enable MLO, although I do not experience much issue having 6GHz sharing the same SSID as 2.4GHz & 5GHz. In my experience, using MLO on a non-MLO device results in the device connecting to the 2.4GHz band, resulting in poor performance.

Thank you for the insights.

I am currently on ASUS and am also contemplating getting this router from Starhub.

Can I create a VPN server and join a VPN client? This is a major deal-breaker as I used the VPN server for my family from different homes to connect to my NAS. I prefer to continue the VPN on my router than anywhere else.

Thank you.

 

[xiaofan]

Thank you for the insights.

I am currently on ASUS and am also contemplating getting this router from Starhub.

Can I create a VPN server and join a VPN client? This is a major deal-breaker as I used the VPN server for my family from different homes to connect to my NAS. I prefer to continue the VPN on my router than anywhere else.

Thank you.

No wireguard VPN server/client support, but you can use OpenVPN (much slower than Wireguard).

https://www.tp-link.com/sg/service-provider/wifi-router/eb810v/#specifications

VPN	PPTP, OpenVPN, IPSec

 

[Defklan14]

Has anyone succesfully paired the EB810V with the AX72 or RE705X to extend the W-Fi coverage in dead spots?

 

[batniss]

No wireguard VPN server/client support, but you can use OpenVPN (much slower than Wireguard).

https://www.tp-link.com/sg/service-provider/wifi-router/eb810v/#specifications

VPN	PPTP, OpenVPN, IPSec

Decided to skip it. Thank you

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Has anyone succesfully paired the EB810V with the AX72 or RE705X to extend the W-Fi coverage in dead spots?

I bought the RE705X. The extender keeps disconnecting from the EasyMesh network. It is not working as a Mesh but only as an extender.

 

[xiaofan]

I bought the RE705X. The extender keeps disconnecting from the EasyMesh network. It is not working as a Mesh but only as an extender.

Is the extender too far away from the EB810v? No matter it functions as an EasyMesh node or an extender, if you use wireles connection between the EB810v and EE705X, you cannot have too many obstructions in between.

 

[tsammyc]

I bought the RE705X. The extender keeps disconnecting from the EasyMesh network. It is not working as a Mesh but only as an extender.

Apparently the RE705X does not support Ethernet backhaul and will exhibit the behavior you describe. See thread below:

RE705X does not support Ethernet backhaul

Only the RE315 supports Ethernet backhaul. My suggestion is just buy an Archer BE230 router from Carousell for $100. It works great as a cheap fast Easmesh satellite with Ethernet backhaul where WiFi speed can be 2Gbps. Forget about using extenders

 

[tsammyc]

Just for reference, if you are ok with a WiFi 5 easymesh node that reaches about 400mbps, the cheapest is to buy the Archer c80 AC1900 router from Carousell for $15-30. According to TP-Link it supports Easymesh with Ethernet backhaul.

Archer C80 Ethernet backhaul

Some people even get 600mbps from c80

Black Tubi C80 review

Not bad for $30 easymesh node

 

[BallGag]

Is anyone else facing massive ping fluctuations while gaming after changing to the EB810v ? For context , I recently "upgraded" from a 1gbps plan to Starhub's 10 gbps and got 4 x EB810v to replace my previous TP-Link Deco x90s. I live in a old 3 story house and have been using mesh routers for the past 5 -6 years. I usually have one node in my bedroom that is connected to my PC via ethernet. The others are placed in common areas around the house.

With my old plan and routers, network speed(I would get about 130mbps from my 1gbps plan)has never been fantastic for my pc and I've learnt to accept it. For the most part, the connection is stable and I've never really had to deal with connection drop-outs or packet loss. I'd also usually get an average ping of 6 -8 for games like Valorant on SG servers; the only time I'd experience spikes was if the network was congested.

Starhub did the installation for their 10gbps plan yesterday and I placed my new EB810v's where my old routers used to be. Download speeds appear to be massively improved, but I'm getting 20% - 30% worse ping in games like Valorant, Marvel Rivals and CS2. On top of that, I'm getting weird ping spikes that go from 8ms -54ms for a few seconds. I'm not a professional gamer or anything so I don't mind a higher avg ping, but the random spikes are annoying and they sometimes cause rubber banding and people teleporting around in your screen. I had a 20 minute video conference this morning and there were a few occasions when the call became extremely choppy.

I've also been getting :
"Download Test Error -- A socket error occurred during the upload test. A firewall could be blocking the connection or the server might be having some issues. Please try again later. "

on Speedtest quite frequently.

I tried swapping back to the Deco x90's just now and the issues were completely gone, which gives me the impression that might be something on the EB710s that has not been configured properly. I tried calling Starhub and they said there were no issues on their end.

Has any encountered similar issues ? My apologies for the word salad.

 

[kindredSG]

Is anyone else facing massive ping fluctuations while gaming after changing to the EB810v ?

On wired or wireless? Wired 100% shouldn't see ping fluctuations - you can test that pretty easily by pinging the LAN gateway IP from a wired client and leave it running for a while. Wireless on the other hand is so configuration specific that it can be low or could fluctuate quite a lot depending on channels/modes selected, interference etc. If its just wireless, see what your Deco wireless config is (channels/width/strength etc) and try and match it in the EB810v to rule out it using congested channels etc.

 

[BallGag]

On wired or wireless? Wired 100% shouldn't see ping fluctuations - you can test that pretty easily by pinging the LAN gateway IP from a wired client and leave it running for a while. Wireless on the other hand is so configuration specific that it can be low or could fluctuate quite a lot depending on channels/modes selected, interference etc. If its just wireless, see what your Deco wireless config is (channels/width/strength etc) and try and match it in the EB810v to rule out it using congested channels etc.

The nodes are connected wirelessly, and I've connected my PC via ethernet to a node placed in my bedroom. I tried to match my Deco wireless config earlier but it didn't seem to make a difference. I'll probably try to sell the EB810v's and then get a pack of newer Deco's. Honestly, I understand wireless is finicky and I shouldn't expect too much, and the only reason why I went ahead with the upgrade was that the new 10gbps plan is significantly cheaper than my old 1gbps one.

 

[tsammyc]

Is anyone else facing massive ping fluctuations while gaming after changing to the EB810v ? For context , I recently "upgraded" from a 1gbps plan to Starhub's 10 gbps and got 4 x EB810v to replace my previous TP-Link Deco x90s. I live in a old 3 story house and have been using mesh routers for the past 5 -6 years. I usually have one node in my bedroom that is connected to my PC via ethernet. The others are placed in common areas around the house.

With my old plan and routers, network speed(I would get about 130mbps from my 1gbps plan)has never been fantastic for my pc and I've learnt to accept it. For the most part, the connection is stable and I've never really had to deal with connection drop-outs or packet loss. I'd also usually get an average ping of 6 -8 for games like Valorant on SG servers; the only time I'd experience spikes was if the network was congested.

Starhub did the installation for their 10gbps plan yesterday and I placed my new EB810v's where my old routers used to be. Download speeds appear to be massively improved, but I'm getting 20% - 30% worse ping in games like Valorant, Marvel Rivals and CS2. On top of that, I'm getting weird ping spikes that go from 8ms -54ms for a few seconds. I'm not a professional gamer or anything so I don't mind a higher avg ping, but the random spikes are annoying and they sometimes cause rubber banding and people teleporting around in your screen. I had a 20 minute video conference this morning and there were a few occasions when the call became extremely choppy.

I've also been getting :
"Download Test Error -- A socket error occurred during the upload test. A firewall could be blocking the connection or the server might be having some issues. Please try again later. "

on Speedtest quite frequently.

I tried swapping back to the Deco x90's just now and the issues were completely gone, which gives me the impression that might be something on the EB710s that has not been configured properly. I tried calling Starhub and they said there were no issues on their end.

Has any encountered similar issues ? My apologies for the word salad.

How did you install the Easymesh? The Deco mesh installation is pretty much automatic. The EB810v and EB710 have to be put in Easymesh mode

 

[BallGag]

How did you install the Easymesh? The Deco mesh installation is pretty much automatic. The EB810v and EB710 have to be put in Easymesh mode

I... wasn't home when the Hub Trooper came for installation unfortunately. I'm going to try a factory reset and set everything up again.

 

[tsammyc]

The nodes are connected wirelessly, and I've connected my PC via ethernet to a node placed in my bedroom. I tried to match my Deco wireless config earlier but it didn't seem to make a difference. I'll probably try to sell the EB810v's and then get a pack of newer Deco's. Honestly, I understand wireless is finicky and I shouldn't expect too much, and the only reason why I went ahead with the upgrade was that the new 10gbps plan is significantly cheaper than my old 1gbps one.

Since 4 Deco BE85 will cost $2.5k, running cable for wired backhaul might not cost as much and performance, both speed and pings will be vastly improved

 

[tsammyc]

I... wasn't home when the Hub Trooper came for installation unfortunately. I'm going to try a factory reset and set everything up again.

Once you determine which EB810v is the main router and controller of the mesh, connect the 2nd EB810v to the master LAN port to LAN port via cable and hold down the reset button for 5 seconds. Various lights should flash for awhile while 2nd EB810v syncs with master and becomes an Easymesh satellite. After all is done thenyou can disconnect the cable and 2nd EB810v when restarted will be a wireless satellite. Repeat for the rest of your EB810v.