
TP-Link - Deco X55 Pro
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"3 units in our new 2900 sqft house and we're covered all over the backyard and out to the street"
"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."
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"Actually better than a range extender, as Mesh systems are designed from the ground up to work with each other in the system. ... But it's half ass "patched up" jerky jerky mesh was no match to a Deco. Deco was snappier, more reliable, and longer range."
"I moved to a TP link Deco system and have been incredibly impressed particularly with maintaining my internets full gigabit speeds between nodes."
"rock solid and roaming works flawlessly."
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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 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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"rock solid and roaming works flawlessly."
"It also does surprisingly fine on mesh without backhaul. ... Even switching between APs is mostly smooth as I move around the house. ... wireless is working surprisingly well."
"I think the mesh systems are somewhat better at making the devices hop since the stations can “talk” to each other."
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"I have a deco, nothing but trouble. Read the tp link subreddit about dropped connections."
"throughput just randomly drops to 1kbps"
"switched to tplink deco's and after 1 year, there was latency and packet drops all over the place."
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"Can confirm. Have Deco. Am miserable."
"rubbish app that won't let you change settings 9 times out of 10"
"TP Link Deco definitely requires an app and an account"
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"I have a deco, nothing but trouble. Read the tp link subreddit about dropped connections."
"throughput just randomly drops to 1kbps"
"switched to tplink deco's and after 1 year, there was latency and packet drops all over the place."
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"rubbish app that won't let you change settings 9 times out of 10"
"frequently fails to deliver advertised features or function reliably"
"I dislike the Deco's forced online login and management via a phone app only"
Deco x55 pro (two 2.5 gig ports versus three 1gig on non pro). Serve me well for similar specs. Can get 3 pack for under $150
I have a near identical set up to you in that about 2200 SF and version FIOS. I have three TPLink x55 pros (WIFI 6) about the home and have IMMACULATE coverage. I know it isn’t in your list but would still highly recommend. That said, if the x55pro is sufficient, I think any of your listed options would do even better. So my input is that you can’t really go wrong
Installed Deco x68s at my place, x55s at in laws, x55 pros at friends, and Linksys Velops at other friends, all hardwired, rock solid and roaming works flawlessly. All of them having 20-30+ clients.
I have a very similar setup - ISP connection set to Modem only, connected to a TP-Link X55 router with a second X55 at the other end of the house, creating a mesh setup. I have run a single Ethernet cable from one X55 to the other, thus creating a wired backhaul, and taking a huge amount of wireless pressure off the X55s. This article explains the process - [https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/1794/](https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/1794/) . I have also given each of my 7 Sonos devices a static IP address, and this seems to have settled things down pretty well. Finally, I turned off the 5 GHz band on the X55s and run completely on 2.4 GHz. I now have a rock solid SONOS experience and no issues to deal with. Everything currently runs at a speed which works for me - though I would never say no to more! LOL. Good luck.
I had an X55 trio, every time my Starlink downloaded a firmware update the main router would hang, had to reboot the whole network. Returned them. Then I got a trio of XE75 to see if they worked better, and though my Starlink didn't cause any hangs, devices just randomly go offline, my iMac, my MacBook, my wife's iPad, iPhone, Kindle, IoT, etc, etc, and the only way to get the device back was to reboot the main router. Just returned those today and won't be purchasing any TP-Link moving forward. Like every device, some have luck, some don't...my old Synology RT2600AC worked brilliantly, and for now I am on an Adtran 854-v6 that a previous ISP left for me, and this thing, for an ISP router, works great, I am absolutely shocked this Adtran works so well, ISP routers are usually POS...
Depending on your budget, 3 tplink x20s or x55s should cover you. Hook 1 into your modem, and then you can simply plug them into an outlet and add them to your network. I wouldn't get anything that says "extender" and I see no reason for a "traditional" router anymore. I spent a bunch of money on one of the most "powerful" routers out there a few years ago in our 4000 sqft house and it was worthless. Discovered tplink mesh units and see no reason to change. 3 units in our new 2900 sqft house and we're covered all over the backyard and out to the street
Wireless backhaul is fine for 99% of people. Unless there's some specific reason you need the router, you can send it back. The mesh units offer most routing functions. Then it just depends on how much you want to spend and how big your space is. I would think 2 x55s would cover you well, but you might want 3 units to make sure. They're very easy to setup. Go from your modem to the mesh unit. 3 pack is 150 on Amazon right now. Doesn't work just send it back. But I've been using tplink mesh for about 8 years now and have had a great experience.
Go for tplink deco mesh... lose the traditional router. Decos are simple to setup and work great. Always try wireless backhaul first, most of the time it's enough, regardless of how everyone on reddit wants to spend 1000s$ hardwiring your house. Need info on your house size and stories etc
Mesh over new router all day. I tried 3 different very expensive routers a few years back and then tried tplink deco mesh system and would never go back. 2 units cover our 2900sqft 2 story completely.
You could do a few different models my suggestions would be Deco XE75 Deco XE75 Pro Deco AXE4900 Pro Those 3 are WiFi 6E tri band Systems If you want something WiFi 7 that would future proof you then something like a BE63 or BE11000 would be a safe choice. If you go with the BE63 make sure to grab Hardware Version 2.6 as 1.6 hardware has a lot of issues and is being phased out but there are still some out there. So just watch for that. If you want a basic WiFi 6 system then something like an X55 or X55 pro would also work fairly well
You could do a few different models my suggestions would be Deco XE75 Deco XE75 Pro Deco AXE4900 Pro Those 3 are WiFi 6E tri band Systems If you want something WiFi 7 that would future proof you then something like a BE63 or BE11000 would be a safe choice. If you go with the BE63 make sure to grab Hardware Version 2.6 as 1.6 hardware has a lot of issues and is being phased out but there are still some out there. So just watch for that. If you want a basic WiFi 6 system then something like an X55 or X55 pro would also work fairly well
Look into tp link one mesh setup or easy mesh setup tp link has 4 systems One Mesh is 1 tp link compatible router with 1 compatible extender to form a mesh system. This system can only use extenders to form a mesh. Easy mesh is Multiple tp link compatible routers and or extenders. This is usually the better choice as you can use other compatible routers and not just extenders. Deco is the 3rd mesh system and is not compatible with anything else except deco models and all models work together but the fastest model should be your main and the others as satellites. Then there’s the business class systems which is Omada
Ok so I have x75pro’s and they get at least 100 feet and the one in the window gets 220 feet to my solar camera. They also connect to my x55 which is an outdoor mesh access point
I can’t say I have 3 xe75 pro and one x60 and one x55. I did go look up if the play nice on the to link web site…I would suggest you do that or call them, they are great over the phone or with on line chat
Tplink Deco WiFi 6 mega is amazing you will not be disappointed
Deco AX3000. Going strong for almost 3 years with no issues.
I have just under 2000 sqft in a two story house (3 if you count the basement). I have my main deco router upstairs on one end of the house and the second on the main level on the opposite end. No matter where I am I get full strength signal. In the past my main level deco went offline and I noticed connectivity issues especially in the basement. With various iot devices like cameras and the thermostat stability matters more for me. Now that I’ve had a mesh network I don’t think I can ever go back.
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