Enjoy!

Thanks for watching!!

You’re welcome Chris! Glad you found it helpful and thanks for watching 😄

Awesome! I'm still enjoying mine. Had zero issues at all!

Oh great to hear. I’m supposed to be testing a new Asus router next week so I’m curious to see how they compare.

Glad I could help and thanks for watching!

Enjoy the upgrade. It really makes a difference!

Thanks for watching! Glad it was helpful 😁

yes, as do all of TPLINK's Deco Mesh line

if you plan to have ur mesh run on router mode rather than an access point, this topology is more appropriate: Modem -> Mesh 1 -> Switch -> Mesh 2

Modem - mesh 1 - mesh 2 - mesh 3. Switches if not enough cable or you can use its wifi for 2nd and/or 3th mesh

Great choice. I have another review dropping next week for the new ASUS ZenWiFi XT9!

I don’t have it setup right now as I’m testing a different setup so I can’t see it in my settings but if I remember correctly, there was an option for backhaul in there 😳

Good to know. It’s so interesting how different Wi-Fi systems handle different situations. Definitely not a one size fits all!

This Deco system would work great for your setup! It'll cover the house and yard pretty much no problem.

The modem itself just connects to the WiFi so any should work fine. As long as your connection speed is fast enough from your isp.

Hey Dave, thanks for watching buddy! I think what you’re saying is you want to plug your basement PC directly into the TP unit instead of your ISP router, correct? If you do that and the TP unit is then plugged directly into the ISP router you’ll be fine, and shouldn’t lose any speeds. But if the TP isn’t plugged in to the ISP router and you’re relying on a Wi-Fi connection to the TP base unit that is, you’ll absolutely lose speed and be limited to whatever your system can transfer wirelessly.

@@mikedropstech HI Mike. Thanks for your quick reply. I was a bit tired when I posted that so in a nutshell. Currently, I have an eternity cable connected between my PC and the wireless router from the cable company. My thought is to connect line 1 on TP base to current wireless router and remove ethernet cable from current router and plug it into port 2 on TP base. This will also migrate said and password from cable company wireless router to TP base unit?

In that case, I don't see why you would lose any speed. You should be gold.

@@mikedropstech Brilliant. Cheers!

Not sure I’m fully following but if I understand you correctly yes, you can set it up and then move it afterwards and you should be fine. Just remember if your Ethernet is old it could be slower speeds like 10mbps or 100mbps. If that’s the case that will limit your Wi-Fi speeds so bear that in mind!

Thanks, I finally got it all setup and super fast. It wouldn't let me install with the same name but it worked out anyway, with a quick test of all the devices that we had hooked to it. I will say that the first node was easy, the second one took a couple tries and finally connected. Thanks again for a great video.

I found the second one trickier too 😱

Does the XE75/75 pro support creating a separate ssid for iot?

Hey Kim! Thanks for watching and reaching out. The manufacturer provided the code so I’m guessing it was a limited time for the product launch maybe. Wish I had another way to save you a few $$$ but 😔. For what it’s worth, it’s a great system and I’ve been super impressed with it at my house where I replaced my previous WiFi 6 Orbi system.

My connection isn’t synchronous so I get fast down and slow up. It’s just the type of connection I have 😁

@@mikedropstech ohh okay , btw how link speed does the device shows when it’s connected to 6ghz band? Under wifi settings

@@aspalahyia36 Hmm, not sure on that one. I'm traveling right now so can't check :(

Hey buddy, thanks for watching and joining the convo! For me, I’ve found the Deco to be hands down better. I have only 2 units where the eero needed 3 and I’m seeing faster speeds, more stability and it cost less 😱

That’s so strange. Maybe you have a defective unit? I haven’t seen anything like this and have been using it for months now.

@@mikedropstech Perhaps. I have 3. They’re so inexpensive. I’ll try another. Thank You.

May also depend on which device you're testing from. What are jts rated speeds?

Interesting. I'm thinking my metal roof may be partly to blame?!

Yep! I believe it’s in the app and not a button on the device.

Not sure I’m following? You’d just connect your switch to the 2.5g port no?

I think they mean they want to daisy chain them. This is simple... You have to buy/upgrade to the pro version which does have multiple 2.5 gig ports to daisy chain the backhaul wired connection.

Thanks for chiming in to help!

@@cretinousmartyr3522 actually, the pro version only has one 2.5 GB port. The other ports are gigabit

couldn't he just use an unmanaged switch off the 2.5 port, so the router and satellite are multi-gig, as are devices that are connected with ethernet (via the switch)?

I’ve found over time it stays smooth, the interface is definitely simpler, more iPhone which for many users is preferred vs. setting overload. And the price definitely factors in too.

Thanks for the info! I’ve played around a little with alternative DNS but for typical users it’s still a step further than it needs to be vs. just using settings in the app of any given router.

Try changing the channels on the effected bands

@@keithfrank1303 Yeah, given that prior to the WiFi standard, I've planned the channel layout for a campus, I did check to see if there were available unused channels. WiFi routers today try to allocate unused channels when they boot so the three major groupings were packed, choosing to span the gap between the major groups is of limited benefit as you then compete with two groupings. Interestingly, you'll often see someone choosing to span the gap and occasionally someone with a router that can specify a broader frequency range pops up. The thing is, people are getting a lot of WiFi routers these days especially with mesh routing so it's no longer one cell per neighbour but with people also having hot spots from their phone, you're talking dozens per neighbour so unless you purchase the commercial WiFi routers that hotels and conventions buy which can intentionally interfere with consumer hot spots, you have to fight fire with fire and just have higher signal strength. It's really the number of overlapping cells that are the problem as that means the probability of hitting simultaneous traffic in the frequency chosen within the span is higher. If each neighbour just had one true cell, the chances of traffic hitting traffic is small even when your spans overlap. You can also tell that most of the WiFi routers are those that the ISP hands out and with each churn of ISP services, they keep getting newer and more powerful equipment whereas I've always used my own WiFi base stations, I didn't even give up my old Linksys from back before they integrated routers into the base stations till it burned out, I built my own router to do the NATS, firewall, DNS and DHCP services with the old ipchains as the firewall, iptables made it a lot easier as sessions were tracked. The days of being the only WiFi base station in the entire complex (I was living in an apartment back then but my one lonely WiFi could barely reach the pool and I was the furthest row from the pool) are long gone as are being able to choose unoccupied channels simply due to the number of WiFi base stations people unwittingly have just from the ISP's.

The Wi-Fi is encrypted but if you’re worried about china, that would affect most routers out there I think!

@@mikedropstech thanks

Enjoy the upgrade. I’m still super happy with it weeks later!