TP-Link - Deco X55

\+1 for deco, I have 3 of them at home (one on each floor) and it works great!

Upgrade to Wifi 6E. It's quite the jump. Not just in speeds, but how the connections are handled. You want 2x2 MIMO at least on the router side for that many devices. The Deco line works well and is easy to set and forget. You can pay huge premium for Wifi7 and enjoy that, or just realize that 200-400mbps real world speed over wifi 6 or 500-750 on wifi6e will be just fine.

I have Deco system and, unlike others here, it's been a real nightmare for me. I have struggled with coverage (which is fine and resolvable), stability and comparability, and I find the management app not great. However - when it is working it's really good except with a few legacy pieces of kit. My advice to u is: use a single model of node which others are recommending, don't flood the property with too many but do plan things like: WiFi reach into garden or garage if appropriate. And if you can, get a spare node to allow for disaster. HTH

7,299 right now on Amazon for 3 unit TP link deco.

Skip extenders and go mesh Error, Deco or nest will cover all 3 floors reliable. Keep the motorola as modem turn off it's WiFi and let the mesh handle everything.

if you want speed, you definitely need deco in each room. if you just want coverage, whatever I guess. get the one you can afford, just make sure that the deco your buying is gigabit capable, at least the main deco that is going to connect to your ISP provided CPE ONT, tapos you can go cheap with the satelite/slave devices to widen the coverage.

Re-iterating what others have stated. They work great when you hardware each unit. I am not a fan of wireless backhaul. In theory it should work, but in reality I find them lacking. I have recently done a Deco install and an Eero install, hardwiring all units for both. It is sometimes cheaper to do it this way than buying APs to wire in. Just remember to have the "Main" mesh unit first in the chain. I usually go Internet Modem -> First Mesh Unit -> switch -> satellites.

With the limited info you provide, I would suggest going for two X55, located as you describe. If you go for four, it is probably best to install the third and four in the middle of the floor, not at the far end.

TP Link Deco Mesh are great. Rarely stop working and can be monitored with the app. In the farthest corner of a new extension room, signal boosted significantly.

Another vote for the Decos (X55s here). Great coverage throughout our house, easy to setup and use.

Initially, I had an issue where DNS resolution was failing on only some web sites, so they were just not loading and if TM reset things on their end, it seemed to work for a day or two but problem returned. Long story, short... factory reset on their end Deco fixed the problem. I think the AI didn't like me changing to TM. No problems since.

Eero is going to be a bit spendy in comparison to TP Link. [This TP Link is around $160](https://a.co/d/8VPQ1au) I have the AC1900 Deco which is more around $120 but not as good. I bought that a couple years ago.

The mortar does not matter (and likely it's not mortar, but brick and mortar!). It's the steel reinforcement in there that would be causing the problem. Faraday cage. A Wifi backhaul will have trouble as well, but strategically distributed, a mesh would solve the problem where the signal can go through one wall, but maybe not 3. I have had success in my place (steel-reinforced concrete) with 2 XE75 Deco units (about 50-60 clients, most of them on the IoT 2.4 network). But I found them to be a bit quirky -- I had to decommission a third X55 unit that I needed for an outdoor space, but that seemed to hurt rather than to help. From what I read the powerline backhaul is hit-and-miss. I wouldn't count on it. If it's a new home, why aren't there CAT6 cables in the walls already?

Eero (Amazon), tp link Deco, and Asus ZenWifi are all well-reviewed and perform well. If you've got to go mesh, look for a tri-band system with a dedicated backhaul channel (Eero, Deco, and ZenWifi all have models). Eero and Deco are a little more "plug and play". ZenWifi is also easy to set up, and some models give a few more config options/control than Eero or deco. The tricky part is that you don't know how well mesh will perform until you set it up in your place. Two nodes might be enough, but you might need three (or four). A 6 ghz backhaul channel might work, but, if the walls and floors in your place cause a lot of interference, you might see better perf with a 5 ghz backhaul. So buy from a place you can return it, maybe start with three nodes, test how coverage and speeds look, go from there. All three have 2.5 Gbps ports. 3 gig is a *lot* of bandwidth for a residential setup. Unless you're regularly downloading gigantic files (video, game updates), you probably won't exceed ~300-500 Mbps, and WiFi will de facto limit the perf on any device to ~200-600 Mbps. For most homes, 200 Mbps is plenty. If the 3 gig price isn't much different than ~300 Mbps (if you're in the US, it's hard to find service under ~300 Mbps), go for it, but if you're paying a premium for 3 gig, you can save some coin and you almost certainly won't notice a difference in performance. If you're in Europe, you rule!, fiber away because you're prob only paying like €40 for 3 gig.

Originally it was P9s using powerline (ether over mains) but I scrapped that as the WiFi coverage was poor and the nodes were unstable. Now it's WiFi using X50s with a single P9 in the garage.

I use deco with Ethernet backbone and it's great. Set it up years ago and never had a problem

I have tp link Delco each has ethernet back haul works great.

it gives me the impression that you are comparing the numbers behind the AX. those numbers does not mean much when u have little simultaneous connected devices. in a wireless router (or ap), manufacturer rate them by wifi standard, that is an, ac, ax, be, etc. then they also rate their bandwidth, so for example, the x25 is marketed as a AX1800, it has 2.4ghz and 5ghz, so its 500mbps + 1300mbps = 1800mbps of bandwidth. bandwidth is the total speed it can accommodate across all connections, not just to one devices. so now if u have an old iphone that only connects to 2.4ghz, u will only get max about 500mbps, because its not capable of connecting to the 5ghz network of the router. and if u have a newer iphone that connects to 5ghz of your router, then it will get, in theory, up to 1300mbps, but in most real life situations, its about 600-800mbps, depending on the quality of connection. so with this, ax3000 does not means ur iphone will get 3000mbps, it means, 2.4+5+5 = 500 + 1300 + 1300 = 3100 .. yah, it know it doesnt add up, this is because different manufacturers market their numbers differently, some call 2.4ghz 575mbps, some calls them differently, but they should be in the 400-600mbps range. likewise for 5ghz band, some call them 1200mbps, some calls them 1300, but it should be about these range. so the x55 is marketed as 3000mbps, but if u connect to the 5ghz band, u will only get 1300mbps in theory and in actual, u be like 600-800mbps, still the same as the x25. the only diff is another device can also get this 1300mbps connection at the same time, in an ideal situation. so if u only have 1 wireless devices in your area, ax1800 is equal to ax3000 or ax5400, maybe there are slight diff in other technologies, but more or less that the bandwidth u can expect. this theory remains till wifi 7, which has mlo and such to utilize more than 1 band of connection. so back to your question, i will not think x55 be giving u a faster connection, but it will give u a bigger bandwidth for more devices. also take note that data flowing to the connected devices are not constant, u browse a page on your iphone, it will only load that page and u be reading it for 10 seconds, and there will be no data coming in or out (well, maybe minimal) on this connections, so other connected devices will get 1800mbps. so in actual, 1800 band is adequate for 4 surfing devices, or 2 gaming devices.

I have an e7 and another wifi7 AP that I don't care to remember its name, and I went back to using my old orbi mesh system. It was nothing but headaches with the ubiquity WiFi. If I were you I'd try a decent Deco mesh system. Ive set a few of those up at clients and they are very nice and super long range. If it don't work good you can always return it :)

It works pretty well. I think bridge or pass through mode is a better way. But if you can't change the settings, then this way works

this needs so many more upvotes! 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! Finally a good explanation on the matter :)