Deco PX50

I had 5 PX50s in a large apartment with concrete walls. The Powerline worked but was disappointing… almost certainly because the wiring isn’t so new, maybe 15 years old. Speeds and connections weren’t stable or consistent. We ended up putting in Ethernet backhaul, which was perfect. I then sold two of the PX50s as we no longer needed them. Incidentally, someone in the same building uses Moca and swears by it. I’ve since switched to new ASUS aiMesh routers as I needed some VPN tunnels for different devices, and even if that wasn’t necessary I wouldn’t go back.

You could also consider Deco PX50, it combines PowerLine and Wifi for its backhaul.

Backhaul is the communication between the Deco unit. If Ethernet is not available, two Deco will attempt to communicate over PowerLine, and over all wifi bands. If two Deco can communicate via several methods, they will simultaneously use those methods. By combining, the Deco can increase the amount of transmitted data, and decrease the latency. XE75 does not use PowerLine. PX50 will be better if data transmits well over PowerLine, and poorly over wifi.

The two Deco needs to communicate together. The quality of that communication will determine the quality of the access of your PC to Internet. Ideally, Deco communicate via Ethernet. I assume this is not an option in your case. If Ethernet is not available, Deco communicate, generally, via wifi. The wifi signal is sensitive to obstacles and to interferences. Hence, in some cases, it helps to complement wifi with PowerLine. Two PX50 Deco will attempt to communicate simultanesously via wifi and via PowerLine. The communication via PowerLine goes via your home power network, and the quality of that communication is influenced by the way your power network is designed, and by interferences on the power lines.

The main Deco must be wired to its source of Internet. I would return the Archer, indeed, and build a mesh only with deco units.

3 Deco meshes in the family, purchased in 2020, 2024 and 2025, all working perfectly.

Tp link px50 is a decent consumer system.

no, some of the modern powerline standards are really good. Look at the TP-Link Deco PX50

Will powerline work in your house? If so I'd get something like TPLink Decos with the powerline backhaul.

it's not, but the decos have it built in and will pick the best signal strength between wireless backhaul and powerline. In the OPs case wired of some kind will be the best option, first would be ethernet, second powerline (provided the wiring is good enough for it)

I have two apartments both are like faraday cages, I have Ubiquiti in one and Deco Powerlines in the other. I'm pretty impressed with the Decos for the prices

x20 is base model for wifi6, non-main nodes will max out at half declared speed because it must simultaneously communicate with main unit and client device x50 has additional Ethernet port per unit and additional hidden 5GHz network used as dedicated wireless backhaul so that it can work full speed xe75 has wifi6e with additional 6GHz network that can be used as either normal network or wireless backhaul etc For 700mbps I’d take at least x50, you probably want it going full speed at all times plus some extra for lan communication (like between pc or tv and nas)

You have three/four options: - mesh system like deco (it is closed system where only deco devices will work, but you can mix and match any deco devices), you will have one network with fast roaming - mesh with your existing router using easymesh (its official WiFi standard), many TP-Link devices work with easymesh, but check compatibility first, if your existing router support easymesh it may be easiest way to create mesh network (you can even use non-TP-Link device that supports easymesh), again you will have one network with fast roaming - there is OneMesh system that is older and TP-Link only (many TP-Link devices support it, again check compatibility), you will have one network with fast roaming - only extend network with any extender, you will have network under new name and no fast roaming between networks Note that if nodes are far away from each other and have some obstacles lower bands will work better while higher bands won’t probably connect at all. So you need fast 2.4GHz, any 5GHz (and 6GHz won’t probably work)

+1 for Deco mesh. My house is 3 stories so I went for 3 x X50 and it works flawlessly. My gaming pc is on the top floor and I have it wired to one x50 and the speed is great. Can't remember exactly what I'm getting but it's more than fast enough. The x50 has 5 Ghz and 2.4 Ghz and you can set which one works for different connections if you want.

I have a 600mbps plan and i use a deco x50. Could deco x20 do the job, yes in paper. But the protocol (wifi 6) is not the only consideration. For deco x50 it has 2x2 mu-mimo which better handles wireless devices. I have wifi 5 device in theory should handle 600mbps but it reality it only handles 300mbps. In conclusion, you may need to know what are your devices and how many. Also what is the structure of the home (concrete or wood walls) if wireless backhaul would be enough or you need wired. If you dont want to think much. I suggest get be25 for future proofing. Deco x50 if your not gonna upgrade anytime soon.