TP-Link AX3000 Whole Home Wi-Fi 6 Mesh System (Deco X55 Pro) sUp to 6500 Sq.Ft. × WAN/LAN Ports Wired Ethernet Back

Good connection, no slowness anymore

Works well, covers my whole house much better than my sky max router. Be warned if you buy this from Amazon America (because it is ⅔ the cost in UK) the power supplies come with American plugs so need to buy shaver adapters.

One of my 2 year old Mesh unit (1 of 3 and not from TP-Link) died and its no longer available to buy a new one. I chose this 3 pack from TP-Link after reading the comments and I had used TP-Link routers previously with no issues. Anyway, despite the set up procedure being a bit confusing, their support desk pointed me in the right direction to try different checks and I finally got the master Mesh router alive and kicking so my wife could watch TV and then the 2 satellite DECO units I just powered up and they self configured in a few minutes. Here's a few pointers I've learned - Mesh units generally need to be from the same company and the same model. To configure the master Mesh device, it usually needs either BT to connect to them from a phone or wifi using a custom app you can download from Google Play and setting up an account with the manufacturer. However, where you need to connect to the manufacturers server for set up, it can be a problem if you can't get internet access yet. To fix this, I used wifi (DECO's method) for configuring the new mesh device where I had to switch phone settings from the DECO router to an existing working internet router to complete the set up. Once done the DECO had internet access and the solid green LED was on. One last crucial point is the Cable modem to Mesh device connection. I found and its well documented with many types of routers Mesh (and possibly simple routers) that to ensure a connection between them works you may have to follow this procedure. Power off both modem & mesh/router and disconnect them. Wait 10 minutes and then power on just the Modem. Wait until the status shows connected to your provider and add another 2 minutes of wait time and only then connect the mesh/router and power it on. Within a couple of minutes you should have internet access from the master TP-Link mesh/router. Then power up both satellites and they should auto configure in a few minutes. Apart from a few gotchas probably due to me and a 'complex' local area network (for a home), I'm very pleased with these DECO units as they're much smaller and less intrusive than my older devices and hopefully they'' continue working for a long time just like my older TP-Link routers.

I’ve done light networking admin and troubleshooting at a previous job and have been around computers for most of my life. My dad had an Ethernet in the house in the 90’s. I built my first PC when I was 11. I’m 43 now. I’m not an expert, but I have more experience than probably most. This was really easy to setup. I downloaded the app and it walked me through setup. Only thing that caused me an issue was I was running a VPN on my phone which initially blocked access until I disabled the VPN. The setup was easy. I installed one node near the cable modem which is in the side attic of the room over the garage. I installed another node downstairs and the last node upstairs. I already have network cable ran in the house so all the nodes are connected by LAN and do wired backhaul. All of the streaming peripherals like Apple TVs are also wired. The only devices using the WiFi are phones and laptops. The system broadcasts one network and auto configures your device for best speed. You don’t have to choose a 5ghz or 2.4ghz network. That is automatic. The house has excellent signal everywhere. I put on YouTube and walked into every room while steaming. It never flickered or stopped. It seamlessly moved from node to node as needed. The app checked the firmware on the nodes and updated the firmware on each one, very simple process. I will update this if anything changes. Right now, it’s very fast meshed WiFi that works very well. It was super easy to install and update. The app is intuitive and useful.

I have a 2G plan and was never able to get much more than 1G down and 100 mbps up from this system (and I connected the satellites with Cat6 ethernet cables. The coverage was great though.) I switched to the TP-Link Archer AXE95 router and set up two access points using TP-Link extenders that were OneMesh compatible, and I'm now consistently getting 1.6G down and 250K mbps up. Frankly, 1G was MORE than enough for my needs, but you know, I guess I got obsessed with the speed anyway........Lol.

So this is going to be a lengthy review and how to in one -- I purchased this because I have a 4000 sq ft house and my; ISP provided ,panoramic WIFI router was spotty at best and barely making it across the house. Once up and running the mesh system delivers a full 2.4/5G signal anywhere I needed it. However, the system itself is set up to be used with a cable or fiber modem. In most cases though, most people have an ISP provided all in one router and modem of some sort. So here is my experience with this system: ------ First off I have been in the networking/IT field for 20+ years. This system and the walk through instructions are set up to help a person with next to no IT experience. this is good and bad. I figured Id share my experience to help someone out there that may be struggling to get this working. ------ In my house I am currently using the COX com panoramic router. While the routing works decent, the WIFI on it is terrible! To make matters worse, I was on the newest version of the router the PW8 and the cox WIFI extenders that were available for purchase for about 150 that work with the unit are not available for the new model. My only option was to downgrade to a slower device and buy their mesh pods which was laughable. ------ If you happen to have a cox panoramic router, your options will be either send it back and purchase your own DOCsis 3.1 modem or find a way to utilize the mesh and circumvent the terrible WIFI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Now the somewhat tricky part. This next part applies to connecting the TP-link mesh to the cox panoramic router, the latest release pw8 version. I am sure it will work for other versions as well --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Doing a little Googling, you will see many websites that tell you "just put your router in bridge mode" . Bridge mode shuts off all the routing and WIFI and makes your router act as if it were just a modem. This would probably work for most routers in most cases but In my case the TP-link mesh would not connect to the internet when my panoramic router was bridged, I will say this again I tried all the ports on it and it WILL NOT connect to the cox pano router in bridge mode. ------ 2. Solution! Do not worry about putting it in bridge mode. Download the DECO app and create an account, take one TP-link node and connect it VIA an ethernet cable to your pano router on an open port. Go through the instructions normally. make sure you select DYNAMIC when it asks you if your ISP provides access to the internet. For me this option was greyed out at first but playing around in the menu fixed it. With DYNAMIC selected hit done or next --- 3. walk through the rest of the instructions until it tells you to add another DECO. STOP!!! DO NOT ADD THE DECO AT THIS POINT!!! I cannot stress this enough. just "next" through the remaining instructions until you get to the end then go into the main DECO screen on your phone --- 4. On the DECO main screen, lower right select "more" then "advanced settings" select Access Point mode and let the DECO fully reboot and down load firmware if it needs too. once in AP mode, go connect the second and third DECO(one at a time) and wait for them to flash blue. in the upper right corner of the DECO main screen click on the + button and go to add another DECO 5. follow the instructions and then repeat for the third one. --if done correctly the second and third DECO will appear on the home screen and have a solid green light on them. ------ 6. Go into the cox pano wifi router VIA a browser and turn off the WIFI (you can do this first or just name your SSID for the DECO network a different name) I didn't notice much interference at all having both up but turned the pano router ones off anyhow. ---- In this instance you will still be using the cox pano router as your link to the internet and your DHCP an NAT services. Your DECOs will act as access points which will not route or have ant of the QoS functions but they will still be available on the cox router. The reason you did not hook up all of them back to back before putting the first one in AP mode is because if you do, the AI for the DECOs will put the other two DECOs on a different network (as to prevent something called double NATing) and effectively cut them off from the master and since bridge mode wouldn't work for me this was a very good work around. --------- overall I am very pleased with the results --hope this helps some of you

Relatively easy to set up and works well. Increased coverage area in house significantly.