
TP-Link - Deco X10
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"I myself have a deco and we have four modules through a long rambly ranch house and we have nearly 300 MB per second everywhere because we have about 1 GB per second fiber to the house."
"I was able to cover a 3 level house using two units (one of the ground floor and second mounted near the roof of second floor near the stairs. This covers all 3 floors completely."
"It takes 3 decos to cover 5500 sq ft. That’s what I have. Took about 5 of the crappy Linksys ones. Got rid of those."
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"My Portal now connects and works amazing. Fast connection, zero lag."
"I have having a nightmare with my networked PC's, some plugged into the ISP router and some on the wifi. They weren't showing up under worked PC's in windows and once i switched the Deco's to AccessPt Mode... everything fixed. I can connect to either the Deco AP mesh, or directly to the ISP router and all pc's can now see each other!"
"I did that and my Google home has never had a disconnect since."
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"Seriously, set it up at my parents too a couple of years ago. So easy to use"
"Just a no fuss system. ... Plug in, download the app, set ssid and don't worry about it anymore for years. ... Mine has been stable and working for years."
"It’s easy and reliable. ... This is all really easy to set up in my experience, and it just works."
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"TPLink Decco is a damn good mesh system and and much cheaper. ... $169 for my 3 Decco System."
"WiFi 7 models are still very expensive but few devices are compatible at the moment so for me WiFi 6 is the best option for the money."
"you can pick up a 3-pack for cheap, solid units"
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"tplink just works ... I follow up with my customers each month and they say everything is much better and working great. I only hardwire nodes, never wireless, and I buy the wifi6e versions- I’m not saying tplink is better than Unifi, just saying a hardwired network and wifi where you need it is the recipe."
"I noticed a BIG improvement once i conected all my decos via ethernet. ... I hate cables but it was a game changer, i use smart products from different brands and now i don't have any issues with disconections!! ... Some meross plugs disconected all the time before wiring my decos, now they work flawless!"
"I have tp link Delco each has ethernet back haul works great."
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"throughput just randomly drops to 1kbps"
"I have a deco, nothing but trouble. Read the tp link subreddit about dropped connections."
"You're dealing with bad mesh systems. ... I looked up that Deco X10 and it has the normal router 2 radio thing, one for 2.4ghz devices and one for 5ghz devices. When the mesh devices need to talk to each other they're using those same radios to communicate. ... This is the same way as an extender works, listening for a faint signal from the router and shouting it to your device. These solutions clog the airspace and kill bandwidth."
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"throughput just randomly drops to 1kbps"
"You're dealing with bad mesh systems. ... I looked up that Deco X10 and it has the normal router 2 radio thing, one for 2.4ghz devices and one for 5ghz devices. When the mesh devices need to talk to each other they're using those same radios to communicate. ... This is the same way as an extender works, listening for a faint signal from the router and shouting it to your device. These solutions clog the airspace and kill bandwidth."
"But for getting the signal at the other side of your garden, far away from your main home network, extender can actually work better. ... We tried to at least keep the outdoor extender, but I was only getting like 2Mbps on it, so we at least ran a cable from the garage Deco to it and made it a wired AP, everything finally works for him now."
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"rubbish app that won't let you change settings 9 times out of 10"
"You're dealing with bad mesh systems. ... I looked up that Deco X10 and it has the normal router 2 radio thing, one for 2.4ghz devices and one for 5ghz devices. When the mesh devices need to talk to each other they're using those same radios to communicate. ... This is the same way as an extender works, listening for a faint signal from the router and shouting it to your device. These solutions clog the airspace and kill bandwidth."
"frequently fails to deliver advertised features or function reliably"
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"Same headaches here. I just manually restart them occasionally."
"The TP links randomly drop connections."
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"frequently fails to deliver advertised features or function reliably"
"I dislike the Deco's forced online login and management via a phone app only"
"The system relies on TP-Link servers for management"
I have bought the x10 recently and they work great under similar conditions although we only have 125mbps
I have the same models, thoroughly recommend too
Plus one here for Deco. I have four WiFi 6 models. Mesh is a better solution I agree. WiFi 7 models are still very expensive but few devices are compatible at the moment so for me WiFi 6 is the best option for the money.
I believe that their are 2 versions of the x 10 I have the AX1500 version and this definitely has speeds higher then 100 Mbps and supports WiFi 6 The only issues with the X10 is it doesn't offer some of the features that higher models have such as an IOT network
You're dealing with bad mesh systems. I looked up that Deco X10 and it has the normal router 2 radio thing, one for 2.4ghz devices and one for 5ghz devices. When the mesh devices need to talk to each other they're using those same radios to communicate. This is the same way as an extender works, listening for a faint signal from the router and shouting it to your device. These solutions clog the airspace and kill bandwidth. What you want is a tri-band mesh system - 2.4/5 radios for your devices, and then a third radio for communication within the mesh system. If you like TP Link, look at the BE65, there's a 6ghz radio for the mesh system so your devices don't have to share bandwidth.
If you are using AT&T extenders then that is your problem. I bought my own DECO Mesh system and shut off the AT&T wireless function and use my DECO for my wireless connections and my internet works great and all my devices connect with no problem. I couldn't use my printer if the extenders were connected and now I never have a problem. [DECO I bought.](https://www.walmart.com/ip/TP-Link-Wi-Fi-6-Mesh-Router-Replacement-System-3-AX1500-Routers-Coverage-5-600-Sq-ft-Parental-Controls-Connect-120-devices-Deco-W4500/2932481773?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=0&wl13=5842&gclsrc=aw.ds&adid=222222222772932481773_117755028669_12420145346&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=501107745824&wl4=pla-394283752452&wl5=9016917&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8175035&wl11=local&wl12=2932481773&veh=sem_LIA&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=4&gad_campaignid=12420145346&gbraid=0AAAAADmfBIoHhfLrBWgn9hxdw2g64jnqW)
Update: thanks everyone, I took some advice on here and upgraded the Deco system I had (about half the price of going ubiquity). Has been up for four days now and is perfectly stable, no devices have dropped off. Haven’t setup the separate iot network, will get around it at some stage. No more frustration for me! I’m looking for recommendations on a new router. Currently have a Deco x10 mesh system running a combination of native HomeKit devices and some off homebridge. About 40 devices total at any one time. I’m regularly getting devices drop off the network, both native and homebrige devices. Have tried all the troubleshooting I’ve been able to find with not joy, so I’m at the point of looking to replace the system. Doesn’t have to be mesh based. We have a medium sized four bedroom, single storey house, with cameras in the front and back yards. Don’t have a specific price point in mind, just want something that’s going to be as reliable as possible. Thanks in advance!
I have the s7 setup. Similar conditions and 2 floors. Works great but I still tried to maintain line of sight and had to add another 2 units. If I had a choice back then I would bump the tech. X10, 5 units. I think you are going to end up doing exactly that.
Out of top of the head: x50 dedicated 5GHz radio xe75 dedicated 6GHz radio if you don’t enable it for regular use (so if you disable 6GHz band in the app it’s not actually turned off but used as dedicated backhaul) All decos are supposed to be dynamically combining available bandwidth over all used channels/bands but without dedicated channel max bandwidth of non-main nodes is limited to half of the total speed (because in case of full saturation half is used for communication between decos and other half for communication with client devices). Considering even x10 is supposed to be ax1500 device (1500mbps of total bandwidth) it would be more than enough for 150mbps use. Unless you mean 150MB/s, not mb/s=mbps, then you’ll need top of the line wifi7 BE-something model.
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)
We have 2 deco x55, an x50, and an x10 with wired backhaul and everything works seamlessly. Great coverage all around the house.
I had these for 4 years and changed them to Deco x10 units because I installed a firewall and needed more control. These wifi units are good if you want an easily controllable network you can use the app to create groups and set limits.
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