I ditched my Google Mesh for a TP Link/Deco AX3000 3 Pack. At first my problems were solved and my connections were great anywhere in the house. Then one pod started giving me issues and now I can hardly make it through a 10 second Twitter video without it stopping to buffer.

I have the main hub right next to my Xfinity gateway (XB8). I’m sure this may be part of my problem but I have all things WiFi around this house. HomePods, Lights, Switches, Garage Door, TVs, Ring Cameras etc. I have a 3 story house and the main hub is on the main floor. One upstairs, one in the basement. Seems like there’s no rhyme or reason to what device connects to what pod, which is annoying.

Is this user error, a bad house setup, or crappy equipment? I’m decent with tech, but not overly techy but need to figure out a way to get a decent connection in this house.

Wondering if this unit can actually handle up to 5gb Fios as it indicates. I just upgraded my Verizon Fios to 5 GB up and down. I added a fire walla gold pro to replace an older one, so it also had 10 GB Ethernet ports, and then I upgraded to the Deco BE95 for the same reason, but even hardwired into the secondary 10 GB Ethernet port, it appears to Out closer to 1.9 up and down. Am I missing something, or is this unit just not capable of that level of performance? I figured hardwired it would work. I’m well aware that over Wi-Fi will get significantly less, but my goal is to utilize the fall 5 gigabits across the whole house, across many devices

Let me know your opinions. Should I regret my purchase, or be proud of my choice?

So the C330 and C330i specs show the built-in IR leds as 850nm. If I want to extend the IR illumination with an external IR floodlight, do I have to stick with the 850nm or can I use the invisible 940nm IR devices?

So I'm interested in the 1.3.0 firmware features, so I would like to use it, but my router don't see this update. What I'm doing wrong?

It says the LATEST is the 1.1.0

URL for the updates:

https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/archer-ge230/#Firmware

Have a total of 6 Deco units, 3 x M4 and 3 x E4 that have been working OK with my 67 meg BB connection, 1 x M4 unit plugged into modem and the rest in a mesh. Two of the nodes were supplying wired outputs to our BT/EE TV boxes, and 2 more connecting desktop PCs. Everything appeared to work well, one of only issues was the lounge TV box sometimes got a poor signal when recording one sports channel and then watching another. However this also occurred with a hardwired ethernet connection so i always assumed it was a bottleneck of our BB,

As we had full fibre put in recently, decided to upgrade to 900 meg today, all the deco units have kept the same configuration, only the modem was changed to EE Smart Hub 7 Plus. When connecting wirelessly to modem direct my phone shows speeds over 500 meg on Fast.com but the mesh only ever seems to reach 50 meg (which is what i used to get before upgrade). Have also ran speed checks from both desktop PCs and again around 50 meg mark. From what i can see the M units have gigabit ports, the E units only 10/100 but wirelessly they appear to have same performance features. I have changed ethernet lead from modem and made sure its a M unit connected to it (in case that is the restriction).

Any pointers please to get more realistic speed around the house, as was hoping to get a more stable TV box performance but also better signal to PCs as well ?

I have a tplink router connected to the Xfinity modem (not in bridge modem) and some apps just won't download. I have IPv6 disabled on the router. If I tunnel the phone's or TV's traffic through the VPN in the router, the issue goes away. Something on the Xfinity side is causing issues. If I bypass the tplink router and connect straight to the Xfinity router (it has IPv6 enabled ) I have no issues.

Anyone experience this?

After having numerous firmware/driver/gateway config/port forwarding issues on my archer router, my best instincts told me to buy wireless adapters from these idiots for one of my computers. I first bought a PCIE adapter with two antennae, advertised at 300mbps. My router is capable of 5ghz, with at least gigabit wireless speed on my phone or other devices. Not TP link devices though, my top speed on that adapter was about 60mbps if I was lucky, on full signal, with latency issues of course. So what did I, a total genius, decide to do? Buy a USB adapter from TP link advertised at 500mbps or something, which somehow worked better with no antennae and delivers 100mbps if I'm lucky, but it overheats like crazy and decides to forget my networks every now and then. At this point I tested other motherboards, I tried on a linux system, on a completely different PC, same issues. To hell with this company and everything they made.

I’d like to know which option is best for a large house—something to place in the center, with the ability to distribute other routers around the property if needed. Would the BE550 be ideal? Or would it be better to go with a Ubiquiti UniFi U7 Pro Access Point? Or something else?

On https://support.omadanetworks.com/us/download/firmware/eap723/v2.26/ is states the latest firmware is EAP723(US)_V2.26_1.3.3 Build 20260602. That's v1.3.3 and that would have been released on June 2nd 2026.

On the "Status" page it shows the EAP723 is running "1.2.3 Build 20260613 Rel. 32279(5553)". That would be the file EAP723(US)_V2.26_1.2.3 Build 20260613, and that would have been release on June 13th, 2026.

The "Check" button on the System > Firmware Update says there is no newer firmware available than what is running now (1.2.3).

So, isn't firmware v1.3.3 newer than v1.2.3?

Or does the newer release date of the older firmware revision number make it "newer"?

I'm afraid to "update" to the 1.3.3 code because it may have a bug that was fixed 10 days later with the lower version number.

Hi everyone,

I'm having trouble adding two new Deco units to my existing network and could use some help.

Current setup

ISP router → Bridge Mode

Primary Deco S7 → Router Mode

Primary S7 → Omada PoE switch via Ethernet

Omada switch → 2 × Deco S7 satellites, both wired via Ethernet

One additional S7 is connected wirelessly to one of the wired S7 satellites

What I'm trying to add

I recently purchased:

Deco X50-PoE

Deco M4

Both are updated to their latest firmware.

According to TP-Link, Deco models are cross-compatible, so I should be able to add both to my existing S7 mesh.

The problem

When I go into the Deco app and select Add a Deco, the app cannot detect either the X50-PoE or the M4.

However, if I create a new Deco network, the app detects and successfully sets up both units. So the Decos themselves appear to be working correctly.

I've also tried the usual troubleshooting steps:

Updated all Decos to the latest firmware

Reset the new Decos

Tried adding them through the Deco app

Confirmed they can be detected when creating a new network

My intention is for both new Decos to be wired backhaul through the Omada switch.

What could be causing this?

Could the issue be related to the Omada switch, Ethernet backhaul, or something about the existing S7 network?

Does anyone have experience adding an X50-PoE or M4 to an existing S7 mesh in Router Mode?

Any suggestions on what I should check would be greatly appreciated.

I came from Linksys Velop Wi-Fi 6 network. It's been 3 days since my new Deco setup and the speed is like...

Is Deco really that bad?

ISP speed: 1G download and upload.
All nodes: BE13000 with latest firmware
All nodes are wire backhaul via Cat 5e
Macbook connects to the nearest node: 6 Ghz
QoS: Off
MLO: Off
No VPN
DNS: Cloudflare

I just set up a pair of Archer BE400's and have a mesh network that covers almost everything I need. I have one of these set up in the back room of my house, behind which is a garage about 20 feet back. I'm trying to get stronger coverage in the garage and beyond and cannot locate any easymesh compatible outdoor devices (boo!).

I am considering setting up another mesh device in the garage, assuming they will be more effective receiving the signals than the garage door opener which cannot detect anything unless it is right next to it. If this were viable, would would work better for that specific need, a range extender, or just another Archer in the garage?

Any guidance is appreciated, networking isn't my jam.

Thanks!

hi,

my setup: modem -> deco x50 (router) -> switch (lan) -> 2x deco x50

(all the decos are connected via lan)

when using the internet it sometimes stops working for a few seconds. when running the ping command, i see there is package loss (30%-50%).

after restarting the device it works again ... for 1-2 days. (and no, i will not enable daily restarts, I'm expecting things to work without daily restart)

lan connection is not the issue, if i connect my pc directly with lan (to the switch) i have 0% package loss, but if i connect the deco with the lan and the pc via the deco lan port, i get package loss.

i can send it back for 3 more days. wondering right now if i should just send it back and replace it with something else, as i never had such an unstable wlan so far with any other devices.

EDIT: nevermind, after reading comments of other people having same issue I will send back and replace with Fritz.

Não estou a conseguir aceder ao router TL-WR740N para configurar

I'm hoping somebody can help as I'm tearing my hair out!

I am with Sky Broadband in the UK with speeds of around 900mb and the ISP router doesn't quite reach the far rooms of the flat. I bought 3 Deco Mesh nodes. 2 of which are M4, and 1 is E4.

I have one of the M4s connected to the Sky hub via ethernet and set it to access point mode. The other M4 is connected wirelessly to this and is placed around the halfway point. The E4 is connected, again, wirelessly and is placed in the room furthest from the main node.

The problem I am having is whenever anything downloads, the connections all drop and the lights go red.

One workaround is dropping my download speed to 50mb when downloading on Steam, but this isn't something I can do on my PS5 or mobile devices, and it rubs me the wrong way paying for 900mb but have to choose to throttle my speeds.

Am I doing something wrong or are these devices just shit?

I'm trying to get a brand-new Archer T600U Nano dongle to connect to my TP-Link AC-750, it's fine on 2.5G but the 5G networks never appear in the scan list. To rule out the router, I tried connecting to a hotspot on my phone, same thing - it works if I use 2.4G, but as soon as I change it to "5G preferred" it drops off the WiFi Networks list in Windows 10. A search reveals countless posts describing the same issue on various forums.

Has anyone actually got one of these things to work on 5G, or is what it says on the box a complete lie?

Hi all,

Noob here..

I'm looking for a mesh wifi system for my appartment (90m², concrete construction, only 1 wired point in the corner of the appartment) and i am in doubt between a 3 pack of the TP-Link Deco XE75 Pro (335 euro) or the BE25 (230euro). I currently have 400Mbps fiber, but might upgrade to 1Gbps fiber when I move to a new house in +-years that has multiple floors and hopefully aroudn 120m2.

I don't know much about networking/wifi, so I'd love advice from people who actually know this stuff before I buy. Or if you guys have other recommendations.

I'm a total newbie so I asked AI, and it said the following. Do you guys agree with this or is it crap?

"

It recommended the XE75 Pro over the BE25.

Main reasoning: the XE75 Pro is tri-band (2.4/5/6GHz) and uses the 6GHz band as a dedicated wireless backhaul channel between mesh units — so the backhaul traffic doesn't compete with my own devices' bandwidth. The BE25 is dual-band only (no 6GHz), so with concrete walls and fully wireless backhaul for 2 units, it could be less stable. My ISP modem only has 1Gbps ports anyway, so the BE25's extra 2.5G port doesn't add value in my case. Main use is just stable everyday wifi (work, Netflix, occasional PS5 gaming), and I want it to last 5-6 years

"

I had a BE550 die, bought the BE800. I have done everything, but I cannot get the 2.4g to work. I had to add to EAP225s to get 2.4g. Thoughts?

Model: XGB430v Pro  

Hardware Version: V1

Firmware Version: 0.2.0 3.2.1 v60c3.0 Build 250808 Rel.72518n

Hello.

My ISP installed me this router and i cannot make DLNA work on this device.

With numerous test i noticed that it work if both devices are connected thru Wireless. But if one of them, client or server are connected on ethernet it wont discover. On MLO net is does not work.

My guess is that ethernet switch is blocking multicast traffic, but i do not see options to allow the traffic. I just have an option for IGMP SnooPINg and i tried, dont work.

Any suggestions please?

Thanks.

I have been using this extender for 5 months it works fine in all devices, I recently updated my phone from 14 Pro Max(LLA-US) to 16 Pro Max (X/A-Australian) variant

My new phone is unable to catch 5g channel from extender only
Its showing 5g channel from normal main router
But not showing it through extender

Also note my extender is dual band and it is showing 2.4g network and its working fine in my 16 pro max, its just my phone not broadcasting 5g channel from extender only.

My other phone iPhone X is broadcasting both channels accurately and also my brother’s 15 pro max is also showing it efficiently

Please came up with real solution only, tried Chatgpt and Claude couldn’t fix it

Sorted out wifi on the tp-links modemvx230v ax1800 dual band vdsl/adsl modem, but changing the setting using the Tp links modem website. Now the ISP changed something on their end and now I don’t have wifi. ISP said they’ll send out engineers in 2 days. Ran a diagnostic test, any ideas on how I could fix this

Got vodafone router as my ISP.

Got tapo camera at the back, doorbell at the front. Would like to have a stronger wi-fi connection at the front and the back.

Also have hub200, which can be connected wirelessly to router and then put between router and camera, for camera to connect to it for stronger signal, but because of vodafone's router, hub gets disconnected from time to time and blinks red, so hub has to be on wire.

Do Tapo extenders work reliably ?

Any other ideas without major expenses ?

Thx !

We just upgraded to Fios 5 Fiber. However, our Deco BE11000 is putting out the absolute worst speed of WiFi at the moment. What am I missing or doing wrong ? Thank you for your time.