Deco M5

If you need that wireless backhaul in the kitchen, I'd arrange them somehow to make sure you get an M9-M9 backhaul. M9-M5 backhaul is not as good. The M5 only has 2 bands and the M9 has 3. Also... the 2.4 ghz bands although less theoretical speed than the 5ghz bands can travel further and through wa

Deco can absolutely work with an Ethernet backhaul. On one of your M5s, use one port to connect to WAN, and the other to connect to LAN. This is the Router Mode configuration. On the other M5, use one port to connect to the LAN. Because you bought a pack of three M5s, you can put a switch between th

Not long ago moved from 3x Deco M5s running in AP mode on Cloud Gateway Ultra to 2x AP7 Lites. The WiFi coverage is better on the 2x AP 7 lites, than the 3x Deco m5’s in my 2 storey brick built 4 bed house. One thing to note on the Decos in AP mode is all your WiFi clients will show as wired in the

I have an M5 mixed in with M9. I would use an M9 as the main deco instead of the M5. Also don't pass everything though that Kitchen M9. Put a switch there and not use the M9 as a one port switch like you have now or just plug your main deco into the same switch as the other ones. And get rid of that

I went from deco m5's to u6-pro and u7-pro. I think you can skip the 7 pros if you want to save some money because all my devices seem to prefer the 6. Prepare to spend $$$. It works better but I can't say it's amazing tbh. Also if you want to have something with more options than deco you may want

Since I’ve had the deco M5 earlier, I was pretty familiar with the ui. It’s the same app and everything is identical, except you get access to some new features. And no I’ve never felt limited.

This matches my experience. I could only attain about 1/2 of my expected download speed over ethernet when using my Deco M5 node in router mode.

Take it back. Deco M5 is only AC/wifi 5… At least get Wifi 6 or 6E. All of the decos can work as a wired access point.

Except that’s a bad mesh. I had one, got it as a birthday present, and I wasn’t particularly happy with it, even though I only had 100 Mbps service at the time. Those things always ran at 100% CPU time and were rather hot. I wasn’t able to manage them to the fine degree that my old ASUS router allow

Deco X75Pro 3-Pack, Deco M5 3-Pack and an X50. Also a Firewalla, 200GB Fibre, and multiple switches, 24-port unmanaged and 16-port POE. The Deco X75Pro is the Master and runs in AP mode, due to the router function of the X75 being such a POS. I have a smaller two story home with full basement and de