TP-Link - Deco E4

In theory, Yes. It will minimize cabling for you. Keep in mind Deco E4 for wired connection only has a max of 100Mbps. Goodluck OP on your deco journey.

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

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.

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.

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’m currently running a TP Link mesh network with 3 nodes. The current system is a cheap TP Link Deco mesh (WiFi 5). I’m curious if the coverage from the Dream Router 7 would be superior to my current setup, or if I would need an extra ap. My current setup has trouble connecting to my WiFi ring doorbell and my car parked in the driveway on the other side of the house. I live in a 1700 sq ft, 2 story cape. I’m new to this so any pointers would be appreciated!

Got rid of my Netgear Costco router and replaced it with Deco mesh with three stations. No change in performance with the eufycams. Everything else connects great though.

Changed out my Netgear for a Deco mesh network with three towers so the whole home is covered. Fiber optic with 1Ghz and the cameras have full bars at every location.

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 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.

I have a TP-Link Deco mesh system running to cover my 3200sqft two story house. I have no issues whatsoever. And mesh systems are not simply extenders. As you move about your house you will have seamless coverage with mesh.

1000 sqft does not need a mesh network. Get a solid AP or wireless router. I have the TP-link Deco network and it covers my 3200 sqft two story 4 bedroom house nicely. Anymore than one AP or wireless router will be overkill and unnecessary.

I moved into a new place a year ago and ran.limited Ethernet cable. Using a tp-link deci mesh system to cover 3200 sqft (two floors). Great coverage throughout. I was surprised as I took the approach you are describing with my old house. Honestly, both perform the same. General use is streaming and remote work. No gaming. So, depending on your use, you might be overthinking. I saw the cat8 comment - you have a house not a colo, no need for cat 8.

In my old house I had PoE unifi APs all with the same network name and it generally worked as a mesh network. When I moved I switched to a TP-Link Deco Mesh network with three APs. I was going to backhaul all of them, but after using it for a few months I found the speed and coverage was fine and the backhaul wasn't needed. They are not PoE units, so each one would need to be plugged in. But they are unobtrusive in the house. The first month the system seemed to learn as it was spotty. But then I found great coverage. The biggest difference I have found is that the Unifi APs tended to hang on to the connection vs handing it off to the next AP like the Deco does. I was very reluctant and skeptical of mesh after reading reviews, but I really could not be happier and the set up was a heck of a lot easier than running new Ethernet lines.