Great and comprehensive review, thank you!
However, the performance didn`t convinced me. I would like to see the comparision with some well-performing regular routers, for example, TP-Link Archer C2300 or C3150. This would help to understand their capabilities in such a given apartment and choose the best for my needs.
Now (with the 1.1.0 built 20190620) the features QoS and WPS are available in the Deco app.
Other notes:
– in access point mode some features like parental control and QoS are not present. And the data traffic meter does not show anything for the main mesh router, only on the secondary one in which however it always have a few kilobytes of traffic, probably just due to the communication between the two mesh units.
– The main wifi SSID can be hided while the guest SSID has no such option.
– Turning on the Fast Roaming option doesn’t let older devices (including non-ac extenders) connect. So, it’s useless to have when you can’t set up the system reliably with it in a mixed device environment.
I also realized that built-in beam-forming feature needs a few seconds to find the right direction to accelerate the speed which means, on each distant devices, it starts very slow first and takes 5 or more seconds to achieve the available maximum speed for that point.
Arian
3 years ago
Hello,
I have a house of 150 square meters + the garden and my net download speed is 250mbps.
I would like to know which one do you recommend, tp link deco m4 or tp link archer a9 or something similar?
Hello,
Between Tp link deco m4 vs m5 which one do you recommend most (I don’t care to much about the extra features, only internet performance)?
I’ll wait for your reply
Great and comprehensive review, thank you!
However, the performance didn`t convinced me. I would like to see the comparision with some well-performing regular routers, for example, TP-Link Archer C2300 or C3150. This would help to understand their capabilities in such a given apartment and choose the best for my needs.
If you are using an apartment, and not a house with one or more floors, the routers you mentioned might be a better choice.
Hi guys can you guys share or test the power consumption of the units?
i dont have any idea on the values..
We do not measure this.
A thorough review!
Just one question. Could I connect all the stations directly to my modem?
I have multiple LAN ports around a duplex flat with a main switch.
You connect just one – the “master” station.
Not a quad core router
Now (with the 1.1.0 built 20190620) the features QoS and WPS are available in the Deco app.
Other notes:
– in access point mode some features like parental control and QoS are not present. And the data traffic meter does not show anything for the main mesh router, only on the secondary one in which however it always have a few kilobytes of traffic, probably just due to the communication between the two mesh units.
– The main wifi SSID can be hided while the guest SSID has no such option.
– Turning on the Fast Roaming option doesn’t let older devices (including non-ac extenders) connect. So, it’s useless to have when you can’t set up the system reliably with it in a mixed device environment.
I also realized that built-in beam-forming feature needs a few seconds to find the right direction to accelerate the speed which means, on each distant devices, it starts very slow first and takes 5 or more seconds to achieve the available maximum speed for that point.
Hello,
I have a house of 150 square meters + the garden and my net download speed is 250mbps.
I would like to know which one do you recommend, tp link deco m4 or tp link archer a9 or something similar?
For a large space, a mesh WiFi does better.
Hello,
Between Tp link deco m4 vs m5 which one do you recommend most (I don’t care to much about the extra features, only internet performance)?
I’ll wait for your reply
Then M4 is the way to go.
Make me more confused, which one to choose M4 or M5? Anyone can help?