TP-Link - Deco E4

Another vote for the Deco. E4s purchased 4 trouble free years ago.

E4, M4 and S7 are pretty much the same, they are different generation models with new ones being slim and shorter than the old ones. These 3 are the basic ones and should be more than enough. X series gives you extra security feature (most of them require their paid monthly plan) and x50 that I use allows you to plugin your vpn config and supports wifi 6. If you don't use vpn you are better off grabbing M4 or S7 whichever is cheaper. For my upstairs where I usually work from I have M4.

Some models only support 100Mbps so OP needs to be aware of this. I have recently got E4 and it's great for whatsapp calls and youtube etc but won't be enough for gaming or heavy downloads/4K streaming.

I have a newer house but with various brick walls that made coverage a ball ache. We upgraded from 50 meg copper to 500 meg fibre. We had deco E4 mesh which was great with the 50 and so much better than the power line ones or access points however input was limited to 100meg so…needed faster input option ie 1 gig input port for connection with the new fibre router. I ummed and ahh’d about how much to spend, looked at s7, x50, x60 and went for x55 having googled comparisons and found threads on here about same questions. Furthest away point gets a good 60 meg now instead of 30-40. Nearer to the primary unit attached to router by Ethernet cable it’s virtually the full 500. 4 x55 units cover house with an e4. I understand you can have too many as well. I’d suggest always stretching your budget a bit to cover for the future. I might have spent a bit more to up the WiFi speed between units but for tv, home office work, surfing internet 50-60 at slowest point is fine. I’m No expert at all but took wifi 6 option over wifi 5 as its a newer standard and for any future changes. Sorry probably not helping here but x55 is rated at 3000 mpbs wifi and as discussed a fair drop off to 60 from 500 at some points. More than enough but the point I’m stumbling around if you’re looking at 1500-1900 you may suffer a larger drop proportionally if you’ve a Victorian brick walled house. Equally you’ve a much higher starting point with 900 than my 500. I defer to the pros on here. Benefit of Amazon is free returns so try one set up and see how it goes. Sorry my absence of the correct terminology and knowledge is obvious but I have some basics and some limited experience with setting up e4 and x55 network. The app made install and swapping units easy too so you don’t have to reconnect all your devices. Maybe just go for a trial courtesy of Amazon.

get mesh system - depending on your current DL speeds that you are paying for you may get away with a pre WIFI 6 system of 2 or 3 units... they go cheap on FB market place where people have upgraded to faster speeds We have TP deco on a 3 story townhouse... 1 on each floor - works well no dead spots like we had before and can plug in apple tv in the lounge to one via a wire... not a massive outlay tbf for good coverage if you are looking for less than 100MB down Look for DECO MESH on FB market place and you may get 3 units of pre WIFI 6 for less than 100 bux... it does enough for less than 100 down

I second that recommendation to get a mesh system. Also make sure the mesh system is capable of “WPA3 security”. I am using a TP-link Deco system, with 3 units. I have a 2 story 2100 sq ft home and this system covers all areas well.

I have both deco's and cuddy's the decos you can get from costco though (3 pack) and they were pretty well but the bad thing is they kind of stop updating after a year or two. They also go on sale very often at costco. I am unsure on cuddy's as I just got them for testing. I also do bypass though so I don't even use the bgw620 even though I have one.

What do you mean by this? I have 1 gig fiber and 3 deco mesh routers. There is one main router, and 2 that are connected by Ethernet. It’s never gone out or been flaky at all. Once a node goes out (say a firmware update) and the others pick up the slack. Literally never had an outage. It’s not flaky at all. One of the best $150 I’ve spent! There are a lot of settings and I can tweak them all, but I do like the simplicity and think it can handle the large number of streaming devices in my house really well. I work from home as a data consultant, so need to move gigs of data around without any interruption and it’s perfectly fine when I’m not plugged into the router.

Ha! It was pretty good before I wired them. I know this is a home networking sub and you are providing the most accurate and helpful answer. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend the mesh for one of my co workers or family members who didn’t want to put a lot of time or money into their home network. Obviously, this is not the forum for that.

I use deco pods. Super easy to set up. I'd recommend wiring in every access point. Mesh systems tend to lower total available bandwith, since things need to get broadcast more than one.

Yup, if you go in the app it will show you. I use deco pods in my home.

Agree, Deco mesh is very good, took a bit of adjusting in my flat - the walls seemed to be lined with lead.