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0oITo0Yes I used them for years. But then moved to the Deco P9 (mesh power line hybrid) and that's been running great for me ever since. I did briefly purchase the newer Deco PX50 mesh that has power line too but found it absolutely useless compared to the P9. So I returned it and have stuck with the P9.
Aerospace5691I 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.
CautiousInternal3320You 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.
Late-Button-6559Tp link px50 is a decent consumer system.
MeatInteresting1090no, 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
Mundane-Yesterday880I have 3 x PX50 I previously had a Wi-Fi extra box from ISP but they wanted to charge monthly for this when renewing so I cancelled that element and bought the set of Decos with powerline backhaul The wire Wi-Fi box was on wired Ethernet as it couldn’t bridge across the solid brick walls/chimney so the PX50 is on wired backhaul to the router and then 1 of the mesh boxes connects to this aft furthest point and the other is closer to main router and connects to that
I had powerline adapters and recently changed to the deco Wi-Fi mesh system which have powerline backbone connectivity so they can bridge gaps and provide a unified Wi-Fi across the house Really good kit
Void-kunDeco mesh systems use both, I have the P3 system that uses WiFi + power line.
KHRoNx20 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)
