I bought the deco 6 after seeing the reviews on this page and a few others. Its an impressive bit of kit. Areas in my house that were dead spots now running super fast speeds, even my garden has great coverage. Real easy to set up which is something I really needed. Thanks for your video
I upgraded from a wifi 5 mesh system with wireless backhaul to the Deco XE75 non-pro (gigabit lan) and have rock solid wifi for months. I set this set up with wired backhaul using coax via a MoCA 2.5 adapter and the speeds and latency on the satellite is about the same as the main router.
Shame on me... I actually just installed this exact setup in my house a couple weeks ago and DIDN'T check with Craig first before I did it. I shoulda known better. However, I guess I got lucky and picked a decent one and so far it's worked great. Setup was easy. Getting everything in my house switched over to the new network involved some pain, but that wasn't Deco's fault. It's worked flawless so far and I was able to connect the Roku in the backyard wirelessly. No lag and no buffering. So far, I'm real happy with the system and I hope I won't have to do that again for another 10 years.
I recently switched to a mesh network (Deco m5) because I am building a smart home setup & the router provided by my ISP was beginning to struggle with more than 10 devices. My Ring doorbell which is self powered by solar kept dropping offline because of the distance to the router. I now have 20+ devices running flawlessly. Latest acquisition, Samsung Q50A QLED 32” tv. I’m in the UK. As I add more devices I will add more mesh points.
Hi, I’m also in uk so interested in what you have, cost and ease of set up. I’ve just switched from virgin at 300mb to talk talk on 65mb and that’s better than virgin. Apparently it was my fault even though they supplied and installed it haha
@@andycuz1 I have switchbots controlling a couple of standard lights. I have a couple of different brands of smart bulbs. I used Alexa voice control, so, I have 1 echo show which i use as my alarm clock & 3 Echo dots. These are paired-up around my flat to give a kind of multi room experience.As mentioned in my original comment there is a ring doorbell. In addition there are a couple of indoor cctv cameras covering both entry points to my flat that will alert me via an app of any intrusion. All 3 cameras can be viewed on my smart tv. My set top box is also internet enabled, I have ditched my storage heaters in faver of a couple of smart heaters that can boe controllled by Alexa or the dedicated app. So, when i leave work, I can switch them on remotely and return home to a warm flat. The entire property is protected by a Ring alarm system.
Andrew I am glad to hear everything is working well now. It is nice to have a router that is mean for a growing house of devices. Plus the coverage benefits. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Question - my ISP is Frontier Fios. The modem is outside & runs to the ISP router inside via ethernet cable. Do I plug this deco mesh system into existing isp router? Or do I abondon the isp router (send it back to Frontier) & set this up in its place??? Pros or cons if either can be done? Current ISP router is 2.4ghz & 5ghz. Thanks!
I do not know about this unit and was not able to find out in my brief search. But I did see this article from TP link. www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/1588/ They say 10 wirelessly or unlimited wired for this model. Sorry I can’t give you a more definite answer.
Sorry about the double question I did not know it put it in twice also would like to add everyone saying Wi-Fi seven is around the corner but remember when I knew standard comes out everything is backwards compatible so once Wi-Fi seven devices start coming out they will still take advantage of that six each channel at that point even if you don't have a Wi-Fi seven router yet
The things is that the MESH WiFi is great. However, there aren't many places in a home setup where the 2.5Gig Ethernet makes any difference. Gigabit Ethernet suffices in a home. Perhaps you could backhaul between the devices by cabling them together via that 2.5Gbps port. Then again, WiFi-6 is just getting into devices. And WiFi-7 is on the horizon :-)
I think a big question is how much of a change is WiFi 7. Does it add any new bandwidths? That is the big change with 6E over 6. WiFi 6 didn't add any new bandwidth. You are right most people won't use 2.5gb. But new phones and devices that first made the switch to 5ghz first are starting to add 6ghz. I am wondering if WiFi7 may not be as big of an upgrade.
I had to disable my 5g to get my 2.4 g Samsung Appliances to connect & then turn the 5g back on. I tried to hook up a Tp Switch & it just couldn't get it to work. Would you be willing to make a video on how to do that???
I have a couple questions. Has anyone used this with Starlink? And 2nd, my router is on the ground floor right in the middle of my 2 story rectangle house. I have dead spots on the ground floor at either end of my property and also on the top floor all over except directly above the router. Do I need 3 Deco to have 1 next to the router and the other 2 at either end of my property or will 2 be enough? Any help will be greatly appreciated.
So if all my devices only support older wifi (802.11g/n/ac) then would this really make much of a difference? Well I do realize the mesh part would give stronger signal throughout the house, but as far as the wifi 6 portion.
I think for you and most people the biggest benefit are better coverage, freeing up the 5ghz band for backhaul communication between routers and more channels to handle more devices well. To your original question the benefit becomes being able to handle more of those older devices and better coverage.
How well does Alexa work with these? Specifically multi room music? I have an Alexa in almost every room and love having the music play as I move room to room, especially on cleaning days or when guests are over. I currently have the Netgear Nighthawk mesh system and multi room music rarely works and Wi-Fi speeds keep dropping every couple hours for about a couple minutes. Not great when in a work meeting over google.
Hello David, that is not good at all. I have not been able to test multi room music on it yet. Unfortunately I am not in a place to test it right now. But the issues you are having should not be happening. The fact you know it drops every couple of hours is not good. I got rid of my Nest WiFi because it seemed after a year, I kept having the same problems. Unless you know you reliable internet and wifi consistently, then it's hard to keep multi room music working. My thoughts are to first check and see if there are any updates for your router. Another thing to try is to maybe disconnect an access point to see if one device is throwing off the connection. Another thing I would check if you can is to hardwire a computer with ethernet to see if your WiFi network is the issues or if your internet provider connection is dropping when you are seeing those dips. I have heard great things about the Nighthawk routers so I am surprised it is that inconsistent. Another thing to try is to start over with the network by resetting the router, creating a new network name and logging your devices back in. It is something I want to do because I have used the same network name across 4 different router systems over the years.
Connect a device directly to your router via Ethernet cable and run a speed test every time there's slowdown. Also do some baseline showed tests at different times of day when things are going good. By doing this you're testing your internet connection without the WiFi variable. If all your speed tests are roughly similar and close to your speed plan limit then the problem is your WiFi but it's almost never faulty hardware in my experience (when it's a reputable brand) and can usually be fixed by adjusting your settings or resetting components.
I was really thinking that this video would drop Sunday, could have really used it. I came home Sun. afternoon to a dead router. Off to Best Buy I go. Ended up with the Deco X60 rated for 150 devices and I currently have about 85. Last time I changed out a router I only had 60% of the devices automatically reconnect even though I kept the same network name and password. This time with the Deco, 100% of my devices came back online but I did have to power cycle around half my cameras. So in a 1300 sq.ft. home I now have enough wifi for a 7000 sq.ft.home. Were your speeds in the beginning from the Eero mesh system you had? Another note, the newer routers don't have enough Ethernet ports so I had to buy a network switch. Of course the switch from TP Link came with poor instructions so I ended up spending more time installing the stupid switch than I did installing the 3 decos.
Hello David, I really wish I was able to drop it for you. The router was just released for sale yesterday and the video had to be released on Thursday. I am sorry that your router had died. That is no fun. I am glad to hear that everything connected so well with the Deco router. I had the same experience with needing to power cycle a few things. That is perfect you have 7000sqft of coverage. I am with you with my 7000 in my 1900sqft house. No I did not do the original test with my Eero routers. I pulled them out of the mix and put in just a single router. The port thing is definitely an issue. I am sorry to hear the directions weren't good. I have 2 of their 4 ports and eventually upgraded to the 16port I show in my closet. If you are going to build a smart home, the switches seem to be a necessary evil. Unless you go all WiFi.
You can mix and match with Deco so you could always add a 6E primary Deco router and if you're using wireless backhaul then there's no point adding more than one anyway.
I contacted you a while ago about a similar problem. 17 devices on 200 mbps and was conned into buying 300. After this I was averaging 45-60mb. Four years of a faulty router confirmed by virgin media engineer and I’ve now sacked virgin. Are these similar to boosters. I’m thinking of getting some and would appreciate some advice. Have a good day and thanks
Hello. Yeah, you definitely did not need 300. Glad you got rid of them. Boosters are different and a lot of times require there own network ID. A mesh router is made up of multiple routers or access points that are designed to work together as one continuous network. As I know them, boosters are an improvement, but aren’t designed along with the router to create one seem less network.
I believe the w6000 are dual band and will bottleneck your network. As I understand it, you wont be able to take advantage of the back channel since the w6000 doesn’t have one.
@CraigsTechTalk Thanks for the response, but I forgot to mention that I have all my decos wired. Currently I have the 6e band off, if I turn on the band will it cause interference?
Still don't understand the 2.5Gb and 1Gb RJ45 ports on the back of the router. If I plug the modem into the 1Gb and connect "something" to the 2.5Gb do I get (theoretically) 2.5Gb out to that "something"?
You would not see any internet speed difference beyond the 1GB you have. But where I think there could be a benefit would be additional speed within your home network. Which I don’t see many people benefiting.
I have a quick question if you have time to answer you said in the app you can see which frequency band your device is connected to if your device does connect to the 2.4 but you want it on the five gig frequency is it easy to change that within the app and force the device to use the five gig frequency I have a question you said it in the app it will show you what frequency your devices are connected to is it if your device is connected to a 2.4 and you want it to connect to five is it easy to force that change within the app
@@CraigsTechTalk and I have one last question can you separate all the frequency bands in their own Netwerk you know give different names and passwords for each frequency band to separate them and force your device to connect to which one you want it to
I have the tplink deco xe75 pro 2 pack I had setup 1 xe75 pro in ap mode and is plugged into my telstra smart gen 2 router. When I power on the 2nd deco xe75 pro it shows soild green but no ip addresses and it won't show in deco app at all but main xe75 pro shows in app
If the second one is not showing up, it makes me wonder if it needs a full reset. It doesn’t sound like it is looking to be added. Usually you have some kind of flashing light looking to pair. It doesn’t make sense that it is not showing up. Another thing you can try is to temporarily setup the 1st one as a main router, not plugged into your current router, and see if it shows up with the 1st one not in AP mode. I would do that after trying a reset.
i have deco x60, they work ok but tp-link is really bad when it comes to firmware updates, do theese support scheduling reboots? deco x60 and 20 do not:( . seems like tp-link pushes out new products rather than updating existing product’s
Yes it does, you come out of what is most likely a modem and router combo with the included ethernet into the router. Then setup a new network. You can disable the one in your cable modem if you are able to. If not, leave it on and just use the new network you create on your new router.
@@CraigsTechTalk that’s great because I do have gigabit speeds over Ethernet and close to that over wifi I think with a mesh system like this the town house and the smart tech that I have would run a lot faster and smoother
I found my speeds were about the same or a little higher. I feel like on Eero I see up to 235 Mbps and on the TP Link I was seeing up to 245 Mbps. But overall coverage and performance feels about the same.
I tried the Deco XE75 Pro one thing I didn’t like about it is that is the 6GHz band is that you have to select the wireless backhaul/ WiFi mode and it changes the SSID and when you do that Apple Air Drop will not work. I tried changing it to the same SSID when I do that my 6GHz device only connect to the 5GHz band. They will connect to the 6GHz band if it is a different SSID name. I took it back and got the eero pro 6e and it rock solid and great speed on my Wi-Fi 6e devices. Uses the same SSID for all bands.
Thank you Gary for sharing your experience. That is great to hear. I am glad that you enjoying the Eero router and it doesn’t have that problem. Eero is great.
Yes they are horrible. That is what happens in the US when cable and now internet companies are allowed to carve up the country so there is no real competition. They are an oligarchy. I can only get DSL or the cable internet I have No fiber in my area because they don’t compete with each other. It’s such BS. But our government allows it to happen.
That is funny. You would think it would be better. But we also messed up cellular too. The whole world did GSM and we had do something else. We have imperial instead of metric. Americans will not stop until we make it more difficult then necessary.
Most routers that tout 2.5 Gbps Ethernet have a 2.5 Gbps WAN port, but only 1 Gbps LAN ports, so all of your Ethernet devices are only going to get 1 Gbps or less (not the full speed you're paying for), while your WiFi devices only get better than 1 Gbps if you are right next to the router. The fact that the TP-Link web site proudly mentions "2.5 Gbps Ethernet" without mentioning how many or which ports are more than 1 Gbps tells you everything you need to know. If you are paying for faster than 1 Gbps Internet, you're not going to get full use of it from this device, unless the marketing people who put together that product page were just too stupid to understand why people would want faster than 1 Gbps connections.
Maybe I am misunderstanding your comment. Under specifications on the main page it says how many of each. I covered the physical ports. There is 1 black port, outlined in gray, labeled 2.5 Gbps and 2 ports labelled 1 Gbps. According to the specifications data sheet their ports are auto sensing between WAN and LAN connections. Nothing saying LAN is limited to 1 Gbps. Maybe it isn't marketing BS. Here is the data sheet for anyone interested. bit.ly/3wDYslB
The requirement for paid subscriptions to access features which we already are accustomed to accessing on older routers is a problem Some features such as protection from malware sites or even from pornographic sites can be done by selecting an appropriate DNS server such as Cloudflare's 1.1.1.2 (note many more modern interfaces requires you enter the domain name of the primary DNS server and it fills in the rest through a secure connection with the server which I find annoying as I often like specifying another company's DNS server as the secondary). Seems like all the 6E mesh routers wants you to pay for a subscription for all the features. However, the EERO can use the Amazon Echo and Echo Dot gen 5 Alexa units as the repeaters and it's said the respective gen 4 products are patched to also act as repeaters as well as the gen 3 Echo Show devices, that could save the costs of buying the repeaters. Note that with older WiFi base stations, the uplink to the router was usually a 10/100 ethernet port hence limited to 100 Mbps even though many people subscribed to ISP bandwidths that were much higher, of course higher rates were still often clocked as the WiFi bridge would buffer.
I love that Lawrence. That is good advice. 3-4 years ago WiFi sounded great to ditch hubs. But my hub devices are the most reliable. Thanks for checking out the video.
I bought the deco 6 after seeing the reviews on this page and a few others. Its an impressive bit of kit. Areas in my house that were dead spots now running super fast speeds, even my garden has great coverage. Real easy to set up which is something I really needed.
Thanks for your video
I upgraded from a wifi 5 mesh system with wireless backhaul to the Deco XE75 non-pro (gigabit lan) and have rock solid wifi for months. I set this set up with wired backhaul using coax via a MoCA 2.5 adapter and the speeds and latency on the satellite is about the same as the main router.
Glad to hear it has been working. Nice job doing the backhaul over coax.
Great video. I wonder what’s the app that you used on the iPad for your house plan?
Shame on me... I actually just installed this exact setup in my house a couple weeks ago and DIDN'T check with Craig first before I did it. I shoulda known better. However, I guess I got lucky and picked a decent one and so far it's worked great. Setup was easy. Getting everything in my house switched over to the new network involved some pain, but that wasn't Deco's fault. It's worked flawless so far and I was able to connect the Roku in the backyard wirelessly. No lag and no buffering. So far, I'm real happy with the system and I hope I won't have to do that again for another 10 years.
Thank you Craig.
Good morning Ron. I hope you are doing well. Thank you for watching.
Thanks Craig! I'm interested in this mesh system, but I would like to ask, how have HomeKit devices worked with this system? Thanks in advance!
I recently switched to a mesh network (Deco m5) because I am building a smart home setup & the router provided by my ISP was beginning to struggle with more than 10 devices. My Ring doorbell which is self powered by solar kept dropping offline because of the distance to the router. I now have 20+ devices running flawlessly. Latest acquisition, Samsung Q50A QLED 32” tv. I’m in the UK. As I add more devices I will add more mesh points.
Hi, I’m also in uk so interested in what you have, cost and ease of set up. I’ve just switched from virgin at 300mb to talk talk on 65mb and that’s better than virgin. Apparently it was my fault even though they supplied and installed it haha
@@andycuz1 I have switchbots controlling a couple of standard lights. I have a couple of different brands of smart bulbs. I used Alexa voice control, so, I have 1 echo show which i use as my alarm clock & 3 Echo dots. These are paired-up around my flat to give a kind of multi room experience.As mentioned in my original comment there is a ring doorbell. In addition there are a couple of indoor cctv cameras covering both entry points to my flat that will alert me via an app of any intrusion. All 3 cameras can be viewed on my smart tv. My set top box is also internet enabled, I have ditched my storage heaters in faver of a couple of smart heaters that can boe controllled by Alexa or the dedicated app. So, when i leave work, I can switch them on remotely and return home to a warm flat. The entire property is protected by a Ring alarm system.
Andrew I am glad to hear everything is working well now. It is nice to have a router that is mean for a growing house of devices. Plus the coverage benefits. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Thank you for sharing your setup.
Thank you also Andrew cousins
Bought back in 2018 the ASUS AX88U and never had any problem since then
Would you recommend this or eero pro 6e
Question - my ISP is Frontier Fios. The modem is outside & runs to the ISP router inside via ethernet cable. Do I plug this deco mesh system into existing isp router? Or do I abondon the isp router (send it back to Frontier) & set this up in its place??? Pros or cons if either can be done? Current ISP router is 2.4ghz & 5ghz. Thanks!
Craig how many units of Mesh you can chain? Plan to set it up in the Church. Thank you.
I do not know about this unit and was not able to find out in my brief search. But I did see this article from TP link. www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/1588/
They say 10 wirelessly or unlimited wired for this model. Sorry I can’t give you a more definite answer.
Does this have a WPS button?
Hi would you be able to review tp link deco xe200. It's brand new launched
Thank you for watching. I really doubt it. Routers are not something I am personally interested or want to go deeper into with the channel.
Sorry about the double question I did not know it put it in twice also would like to add everyone saying Wi-Fi seven is around the corner but remember when I knew standard comes out everything is backwards compatible so once Wi-Fi seven devices start coming out they will still take advantage of that six each channel at that point even if you don't have a Wi-Fi seven router yet
The things is that the MESH WiFi is great. However, there aren't many places in a home setup where the 2.5Gig Ethernet makes any difference. Gigabit Ethernet suffices in a home. Perhaps you could backhaul between the devices by cabling them together via that 2.5Gbps port. Then again, WiFi-6 is just getting into devices. And WiFi-7 is on the horizon :-)
I think a big question is how much of a change is WiFi 7. Does it add any new bandwidths? That is the big change with 6E over 6. WiFi 6 didn't add any new bandwidth. You are right most people won't use 2.5gb. But new phones and devices that first made the switch to 5ghz first are starting to add 6ghz. I am wondering if WiFi7 may not be as big of an upgrade.
I had to disable my 5g to get my 2.4 g Samsung Appliances to connect & then turn the 5g back on. I tried to hook up a Tp Switch & it just couldn't get it to work. Would you be willing to make a video on how to do that???
I have a couple questions. Has anyone used this with Starlink? And 2nd, my router is on the ground floor right in the middle of my 2 story rectangle house. I have dead spots on the ground floor at either end of my property and also on the top floor all over except directly above the router. Do I need 3 Deco to have 1 next to the router and the other 2 at either end of my property or will 2 be enough?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
So if all my devices only support older wifi (802.11g/n/ac) then would this really make much of a difference? Well I do realize the mesh part would give stronger signal throughout the house, but as far as the wifi 6 portion.
I think for you and most people the biggest benefit are better coverage, freeing up the 5ghz band for backhaul communication between routers and more channels to handle more devices well. To your original question the benefit becomes being able to handle more of those older devices and better coverage.
Can you do a xbox remote play test with your xbox being hardwired to one of the wireless routers, and playing on a 6E device?
There still is a slight lag. Makes playing fps or racing games online hard. Using my s23 ultra and on gig speed fiber.
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How well does Alexa work with these? Specifically multi room music? I have an Alexa in almost every room and love having the music play as I move room to room, especially on cleaning days or when guests are over.
I currently have the Netgear Nighthawk mesh system and multi room music rarely works and Wi-Fi speeds keep dropping every couple hours for about a couple minutes. Not great when in a work meeting over google.
Hello David, that is not good at all. I have not been able to test multi room music on it yet. Unfortunately I am not in a place to test it right now.
But the issues you are having should not be happening. The fact you know it drops every couple of hours is not good. I got rid of my Nest WiFi because it seemed after a year, I kept having the same problems.
Unless you know you reliable internet and wifi consistently, then it's hard to keep multi room music working. My thoughts are to first check and see if there are any updates for your router. Another thing to try is to maybe disconnect an access point to see if one device is throwing off the connection. Another thing I would check if you can is to hardwire a computer with ethernet to see if your WiFi network is the issues or if your internet provider connection is dropping when you are seeing those dips.
I have heard great things about the Nighthawk routers so I am surprised it is that inconsistent. Another thing to try is to start over with the network by resetting the router, creating a new network name and logging your devices back in. It is something I want to do because I have used the same network name across 4 different router systems over the years.
Connect a device directly to your router via Ethernet cable and run a speed test every time there's slowdown. Also do some baseline showed tests at different times of day when things are going good.
By doing this you're testing your internet connection without the WiFi variable.
If all your speed tests are roughly similar and close to your speed plan limit then the problem is your WiFi but it's almost never faulty hardware in my experience (when it's a reputable brand) and can usually be fixed by adjusting your settings or resetting components.
If your speed tests come out all over the place then the problem is more likely between your WAN port and your ISPs router.
The prices on new routers and mesh systems , are almost comparable to the price of a desktop PC.
I was really thinking that this video would drop Sunday, could have really used it. I came home Sun. afternoon to a dead router. Off to Best Buy I go. Ended up with the Deco X60 rated for 150 devices and I currently have about 85. Last time I changed out a router I only had 60% of the devices automatically reconnect even though I kept the same network name and password. This time with the Deco, 100% of my devices came back online but I did have to power cycle around half my cameras. So in a 1300 sq.ft. home I now have enough wifi for a 7000 sq.ft.home.
Were your speeds in the beginning from the Eero mesh system you had?
Another note, the newer routers don't have enough Ethernet ports so I had to buy a network switch. Of course the switch from TP Link came with poor instructions so I ended up spending more time installing the stupid switch than I did installing the 3 decos.
Hello David, I really wish I was able to drop it for you. The router was just released for sale yesterday and the video had to be released on Thursday. I am sorry that your router had died. That is no fun.
I am glad to hear that everything connected so well with the Deco router. I had the same experience with needing to power cycle a few things. That is perfect you have 7000sqft of coverage. I am with you with my 7000 in my 1900sqft house.
No I did not do the original test with my Eero routers. I pulled them out of the mix and put in just a single router. The port thing is definitely an issue. I am sorry to hear the directions weren't good. I have 2 of their 4 ports and eventually upgraded to the 16port I show in my closet. If you are going to build a smart home, the switches seem to be a necessary evil. Unless you go all WiFi.
You can mix and match with Deco so you could always add a 6E primary Deco router and if you're using wireless backhaul then there's no point adding more than one anyway.
I contacted you a while ago about a similar problem. 17 devices on 200 mbps and was conned into buying 300. After this I was averaging 45-60mb. Four years of a faulty router confirmed by virgin media engineer and I’ve now sacked virgin.
Are these similar to boosters. I’m thinking of getting some and would appreciate some advice.
Have a good day and thanks
Hello. Yeah, you definitely did not need 300. Glad you got rid of them. Boosters are different and a lot of times require there own network ID.
A mesh router is made up of multiple routers or access points that are designed to work together as one continuous network. As I know them, boosters are an improvement, but aren’t designed along with the router to create one seem less network.
Will turning on the 6ghz band for network and backhaul cause interference with the w6000 deco pair that is on the same home network?
I believe the w6000 are dual band and will bottleneck your network. As I understand it, you wont be able to take advantage of the back channel since the w6000 doesn’t have one.
@CraigsTechTalk Thanks for the response, but I forgot to mention that I have all my decos wired. Currently I have the 6e band off, if I turn on the band will it cause interference?
Does each access point have 3 Ethernet ports?
All 3 are routers with 3 Ethernet ports on each.
Still don't understand the 2.5Gb and 1Gb RJ45 ports on the back of the router. If I plug the modem into the 1Gb and connect "something" to the 2.5Gb do I get (theoretically) 2.5Gb out to that "something"?
You would not see any internet speed difference beyond the 1GB you have. But where I think there could be a benefit would be additional speed within your home network. Which I don’t see many people benefiting.
Has the security concerns been fixed???
I am not sure what you are talking about.
@@CraigsTechTalk apparently there are security concerns.
I have a quick question if you have time to answer you said in the app you can see which frequency band your device is connected to if your device does connect to the 2.4 but you want it on the five gig frequency is it easy to change that within the app and force the device to use the five gig frequency I have a question you said it in the app it will show you what frequency your devices are connected to is it if your device is connected to a 2.4 and you want it to connect to five is it easy to force that change within the app
There is no way in the app to move a device to another frequency. The device would determine what band it would go to.
@@CraigsTechTalk and I have one last question can you separate all the frequency bands in their own Netwerk you know give different names and passwords for each frequency band to separate them and force your device to connect to which one you want it to
I have the tplink deco xe75 pro 2 pack I had setup 1 xe75 pro in ap mode and is plugged into my telstra smart gen 2 router.
When I power on the 2nd deco xe75 pro it shows soild green but no ip addresses and it won't show in deco app at all but main xe75 pro shows in app
If the second one is not showing up, it makes me wonder if it needs a full reset. It doesn’t sound like it is looking to be added. Usually you have some kind of flashing light looking to pair. It doesn’t make sense that it is not showing up. Another thing you can try is to temporarily setup the 1st one as a main router, not plugged into your current router, and see if it shows up with the 1st one not in AP mode. I would do that after trying a reset.
Just bought 1,hope 1 is enough for 1700 Sq. Feet
i have deco x60, they work ok but tp-link is really bad when it comes to firmware updates, do theese support scheduling reboots? deco x60 and 20 do not:( . seems like tp-link pushes out new products rather than updating existing product’s
I am not sure if it is does. I am not in a place where I can check. I am sorry to hear that your other models haven't been great.
@@CraigsTechTalk I bought and trying out asus zenwifi xt8, bought 4 nodes in total , expensive but i hoping this would be more stable:)
I don’t know why it won’t deliver speed faster than 200mbps with wired backhaul when I should be getting 800 at least.
Does this work with xfinity as internet provider
Yes it does, you come out of what is most likely a modem and router combo with the included ethernet into the router. Then setup a new network. You can disable the one in your cable modem if you are able to. If not, leave it on and just use the new network you create on your new router.
@@CraigsTechTalk that’s great because I do have gigabit speeds over Ethernet and close to that over wifi I think with a mesh system like this the town house and the smart tech that I have would run a lot faster and smoother
How does this compare to the erro?
I found my speeds were about the same or a little higher. I feel like on Eero I see up to 235 Mbps and on the TP Link I was seeing up to 245 Mbps. But overall coverage and performance feels about the same.
@@CraigsTechTalk As always thank you very much. are the interactions with Alexa the same?
You are welcome. I haven’t noticed any difference. I used Ubiquiti and Nest Wi-Fi last year. Both those were all consistent interactions.
I tried the Deco XE75 Pro one thing I didn’t like about it is that is the 6GHz band is that you have to select the wireless backhaul/ WiFi mode and it changes the SSID and when you do that Apple Air Drop will not work. I tried changing it to the same SSID when I do that my 6GHz device only connect to the 5GHz band. They will connect to the 6GHz band if it is a different SSID name. I took it back and got the eero pro 6e and it rock solid and great speed on my Wi-Fi 6e devices. Uses the same SSID for all bands.
Thank you Gary for sharing your experience. That is great to hear. I am glad that you enjoying the Eero router and it doesn’t have that problem. Eero is great.
hi the discount code is not working.
Thank you for letting me know. I will reach out to them.
Those upload speeds are horrendous in this day and age. I mean I live in India and I have 150 up and down.
Yes they are horrible. That is what happens in the US when cable and now internet companies are allowed to carve up the country so there is no real competition. They are an oligarchy. I can only get DSL or the cable internet I have No fiber in my area because they don’t compete with each other. It’s such BS. But our government allows it to happen.
@@CraigsTechTalk if it was any other country I would have understood, but in the states? I mean you guys literally invented the internet 😂
That is funny. You would think it would be better. But we also messed up cellular too. The whole world did GSM and we had do something else. We have imperial instead of metric. Americans will not stop until we make it more difficult then necessary.
Most routers that tout 2.5 Gbps Ethernet have a 2.5 Gbps WAN port, but only 1 Gbps LAN ports, so all of your Ethernet devices are only going to get 1 Gbps or less (not the full speed you're paying for), while your WiFi devices only get better than 1 Gbps if you are right next to the router.
The fact that the TP-Link web site proudly mentions "2.5 Gbps Ethernet" without mentioning how many or which ports are more than 1 Gbps tells you everything you need to know. If you are paying for faster than 1 Gbps Internet, you're not going to get full use of it from this device, unless the marketing people who put together that product page were just too stupid to understand why people would want faster than 1 Gbps connections.
Maybe I am misunderstanding your comment. Under specifications on the main page it says how many of each. I covered the physical ports. There is 1 black port, outlined in gray, labeled 2.5 Gbps and 2 ports labelled 1 Gbps. According to the specifications data sheet their ports are auto sensing between WAN and LAN connections. Nothing saying LAN is limited to 1 Gbps. Maybe it isn't marketing BS. Here is the data sheet for anyone interested. bit.ly/3wDYslB
The requirement for paid subscriptions to access features which we already are accustomed to accessing on older routers is a problem Some features such as protection from malware sites or even from pornographic sites can be done by selecting an appropriate DNS server such as Cloudflare's 1.1.1.2 (note many more modern interfaces requires you enter the domain name of the primary DNS server and it fills in the rest through a secure connection with the server which I find annoying as I often like specifying another company's DNS server as the secondary). Seems like all the 6E mesh routers wants you to pay for a subscription for all the features. However, the EERO can use the Amazon Echo and Echo Dot gen 5 Alexa units as the repeaters and it's said the respective gen 4 products are patched to also act as repeaters as well as the gen 3 Echo Show devices, that could save the costs of buying the repeaters. Note that with older WiFi base stations, the uplink to the router was usually a 10/100 ethernet port hence limited to 100 Mbps even though many people subscribed to ISP bandwidths that were much higher, of course higher rates were still often clocked as the WiFi bridge would buffer.
THIRD! Friends don't let friends use WIFI switches, bulbs, and plugs.
Can you set the frequency that the backhaul uses? Does it even use the 6ghz channel for the backhaul?
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I think the 6ghz is dedicated channel for back haul.
You can choose to use the 6ghz as a dedicated backhaul or shared with other devices. By default it is a dedicated backhaul channel.
I love that Lawrence. That is good advice. 3-4 years ago WiFi sounded great to ditch hubs. But my hub devices are the most reliable. Thanks for checking out the video.