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Best configuration for CPE Pro 2 with TP Link Deco

gurmukh

Casual Member
Hey all

I'm redoing my whole network at home due to cancelling 3. At the moment I'm going to pop an EE SIM into an unbranded Huawei CPE Pro 2 and it'll be connected to 2 x Deco XE75 nodes. I've had the Decos for a year and they're awesome.

The previous setup I had was to disable DHCP on the CPE Pro 2 and let the Deco do all the IP address stuff. After I couldn't get the VPN to work on the Deco, I changed the CPE Pro 2 to NAT mode. This meant I couldn't access the router homepage anymore but it meant that the deco did all the port forwarding stuff.

Is that the ideal way? Does it matter which router handles the DHCP?

Ideally I would've loved just a 5g modem without a router but there isn't anything on the market that is as descreet looking as the CPE Pro 2.

Thanks!
 
Why didnt you go for a X50 5G and can use it via the Deco App and it falls into your network so easily? :)


I have the X08 5G with 2 x x90 Decos. Works a treat :)
 
Because the x50 actually downgraded the features. I no longer had access to built in VPN alongside other features.
 
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