@bananacakes 

 

You can find the answer to your questions here - scroll down on this page to find a comparison table of the HomeShield features available in free and Pro version.

There's a note bellow the table stating that you can have one month free trial subscription for Pro features.

@Ivaylo Hi there, and thanks for your answer.

 

This is where i originally got my information from, it seems essentially that what would be considered basic protections in earlier TP-Link routers are now behind a subscription, very disappointing actually.  It's like they have taken a router dumbed it down, and asking people to pay a subscription to 'undumb' it ! 

 

I will send it back as improperly described as there was no mention of the payment for what in other routers are considered basic security on the sellers website.

Thanks for your help and time Ivaylo I have received a reply from TP-Link and they confirm that some security functions (Like Dos protection) are in fact Pro (and therefore subscription) only. I will mark this as solved, and thanks so much for your replies.