Deco BE25

I have BE65 (primarily for wired backhaul ports) as my main unit and a few BE25 (all with wired backhaul) as satellites. I don’t see any difference in performance for my use.

The BE25/BE5000 would be a perfect setup for you. [BE25](https://a.co/d/2ZC42Zf) WIFI 7 capable, in and out Ethernet ports if needed or have the ability to hard wire. Just remember that topography of the devices matter. ISP Modem -> 1st deco -> then any switches/additional deco’s.

The BE25/BE5000 would be a perfect setup for you. [BE25](https://a.co/d/2ZC42Zf) WIFI 7 capable, in and out Ethernet ports if needed or have the ability to hard wire. Just remember that topography of the devices matter. ISP Modem -> 1st deco -> then any switches/additional deco’s.

I personally have the BE5000 (3-Pack) with 1 Gig symmetrical fiber wired backhaul each node and as far as signal strength and penetration through thick concrete walls I give kudos to it, the speed always varies but then again there’s 40+ devices connected. Sometimes it can be a solid 800-920 down/700-800 up but sometimes 500-700down/300-500 up One of my friends has the Eero 7 with 1 Gig down/50 up, 3 node’s, only one wired upstairs and the rest wireless in a 2 story house, and the speeds are pretty consistent at 600-700 down/30-40 Up

Have the 6e tri band units but be returning them and switching to the 7 dual band ones. I have ethernet runs going from my basement to the living room and each bedoom so all the deco units and everything else that can be connected via wire will be. So I'll only need the 5ghz band for phones and laptops. All the iot stuff will be on the 2.4. I really just rather have the 2.5gb ports.  If you are relying mostly on wifi then the tri band is better. 

The yeah go with the tri band mesh system. Wifi 7 is still early and only a small handful of devices can take full advantage anyway. I will note that if you are several rooms away and on the 6ghz band then the signal will be weaker so try to space them out evenly. 

Gotcha. Being that you're in an apt and rely on more on wifi I'd still go with the 6e tri band. You'd have a much more reliable connections and will probably see higher sustained speeds than the wifi 7 dual band, especially if you have a lot of devices hooked up to it. Unless you want to future proof yourself and spring out extra $$$ for the wifi 7 tri band system. 

>I didn’t want to have to put one port into a switch just to send it back to another deco Why not? Switches are pretty cheap. This is how I have mine set up ISP router (in IP passthrough mode) > main deco > switch > deco 2 > switch > deco 3 You can have the deco's in AP mode and just let your ISP router do the routing if you want but I just find that you lose features like being able to isolate certain devices from your main network and set up a custom DNS (if your ISP router doesn't allow you to do it like mine).

I recently upgraded to TP-Link Deco BE25 WiFi 7, and it has been great. Three units covering the 3 story house, yard and two garages. I get great speed and it is very stable.

I am planning my network and smart home on the house I will move in next month. It is not a HUGE house, but it is big and old, so the walls are REALLY thick. Because of the thick walls, I will need a lot of routers so I have good connectivity in all rooms. It will be 8 routers (TP-Link Deco 7 BE25) in total that will give full coverage with a mesh wifi network. I want to install matter over wifi smart switches in every room. Do I need to have hubs in range of each switch, or only one hub connected to my mesh wifi will do the job to connect the devices to the routers?

As I already bought the routers and it was already expensive and I knowthe mesh wifi network works nicely in all rooms, I will stick with Wifi. I don't want to risk buying all the zigbee devices and their signal not strong enough to reach the next room (the walls are REALLY REALLY THICH) and then having to buy multiple zigbee bridges/hubs/routers (don't know the name).

2 x be25 tplink decos for 190$. Try them with a wireless backhaul before spending money on running cables.

Go for tplink deco mesh... lose the traditional router. Decos are simple to setup and work great. Always try wireless backhaul first, most of the time it's enough, regardless of how everyone on reddit wants to spend 1000s$ hardwiring your house. Need info on your house size and stories etc

Mesh over new router all day. I tried 3 different very expensive routers a few years back and then tried tplink deco mesh system and would never go back. 2 units cover our 2900sqft 2 story completely.