Deco XE200

If you're willing to spend a bit more money the XE200 has 1x 10Gbe port and 2x 1Gbe ports, all being auto sensing Depends on your budget. I chose this model because of the 10Gbe port as I run it into a 10Gbe Switch and all my NAS's connect to the switch as they are all 10Gbe **The only point for you is if 1 day you upgrade your internet to 2.5Gbps, you will be limited to 1Gbps ISP because of no 2.5Gbps ports on your Deco**

TP-Link XE200 user right here Could not be happier with the lighting fast performance and stability Obviously now they have Wi-Fi7 you NEED to do more research as with old tech you can and will make Wi-Fi7 unstable to a certain extent

**It's not the product people don't like** People are creatures of habit, even though TP-Link's customer based asked for a simpler way to setup.....the ones complaining are the ones who loved the WebUI interface I have 6x XE200's and yes the change to the Deco App was a big one but it straight up works and I have access to all the features, just in a different way :)

Never used Google Mesh tbh I've always used TP-Link, both Archer and Deco and have been impressed all the way. I mean sure like computers routers need an occasional restart but twice in 1 year, that's not exactly a problem

Same 552 days and not one restart :) Even when the internet goes down it knows when to immediately reconnect

Deco and Archer are not compatible mesh systems......they do not work cohesively. So yes you did buy two incompatible systems. You can still use them like that but one will need to be router and another AP

my deco 6e 's cable ethernet significantly slows down after a while that I'm forced to just use the wifi, which is not ideal. any recommendations? latest wifi standards with usable ethernet? thanks

I'm using this with my Portal, no issues - works great.

Fully happy with my Deco WiFi 6E, which uses 6 GHz as both backhand and user. I can force 6 with one network, 4/5 (guest) with another, and main is 4/5/6. Backhand is on all three, slightly different center channel.

TP Link Deco 6E - had it for about 2 years and it's been good and super reliable. There were some concerns recently about TP Link routers phoning home to China, so something worth looking into I guess if you're worried. The management app (so take it for what it is, requires a phone app to manage) is decent, although a little annoying with the upsell of the safety suite. The feature set is great - guest network, IoT network, QoS, VPN server and client, 3 ports (only gigabit though) on each device, and 6Ghz wireless backhaul (or wired is also supported). At the time the Wifi 7 model just came out and was much more expensive so I didn't really see the point. If I were buying a new router today I'd probably go for a Wifi 7 model. Another upgrade in that is it looks like the Wifi 7 model has 1x10Gbps port and 2x2.5Gbps so that's some good future-proofing right there. Came from having Google Wifi, which I think was overall a little bit better, but I'm not upset about it. Obviously Ubiquiti is the gold standard if you wanna go that deep into it, but for a more casual (and much more affordable) solution I am not upset with my Deco. It's about $300 for 1 - have a 3-pack (~$700). If you don't need mesh, I've had good luck with Asus routers in the past and last I heard reviews for them are pretty good. Around $300 the TUF BE3600 looks like it might have all modern features you'd want.

Putting your own mesh router system in front of the BGW620 would be more advisable, even with the price bump. Eero and Deco are the most recommended mesh systems. I would recommend investing in the units that support WiFi 6E, it's going to be essential for you reaching the speeds you're paying for, especially if you live in a busy environment.

Tplink deco has affordable mesh system. Your wallet won't feel too hurt. Just look for tplink deco wifi 6e system. Even a not tech-savvy person can set it up. Just need to call your ISP for some configuration settings