Don't drop your internet! - TP-Link Deco XE75

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Getting a strong WiFi connection to your entire house can be tricky. But TP-Link is here to solve your problems with their Deco XE75 Wifi 6E mesh router.

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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
0:26 Wi-Fi 6E!
0:58 Unboxing
5:15 Setup
10:15 Speedtest
12:35 Conclusion

[asishreddy]

I have this exact same model in my house with one main router and one satellite. Theres a MAJOR HIDDEN PROBLEM with this model: the mesh wifi gets disabled if your WAN network (ISP) is dropped. So, whenever my internet goes out, in the time my ISP fixes it I am left with NO MESH WHATSOEVER. All my local smart home appliances are cut off from eachother since they need mesh to work in the entire house. So if im upstairs I cant control my downstairs devices with my phone, until my ISP restores my internet service so the mesh can come back online along with it. TP link can easily solve this, its just a firmware update away. But its not bothering to do it. IT IS THE MOST FRUSTRATING EXPERIENCE EVER. Please, LTT team if you see this please raise this issue with TP link, their support system is pretty hard to navigate. Its hard to get past the automated bot in chat and actually reach a human to solve my issue.

[MikeTrieu]

Yeah, I got a pack of these from Costco. Pretty great kit. None of my neighbors currently run 6E, which is great for spectrum congestion, but even if they did, it doesn't propagate as far, anyway, so newer Wi-Fi standards know how to ignore that lower signal.

[dougc]

I bought 2 of these to replace my 2 Amplifi HD's and 1 Amplifi AP. Can't recommend them enough - they're great routers. One bonus thing that Linus didn't talk about is that you can mesh ANY of the Deco routers together. So say you have a huge house but you think that 2 XE75's is enough. Go for 2. If you need some additional coverage around the fringes of your network, just add ANY Deco router. In-law suite not getting great coverage? Pop in a $50 router instead of a $150 one - they'll never know the difference. One of your routers dies and you were planning an upgrade soon anyway? Get an XE90 or an XE75 Pro and replace it with no problems.

It's a pretty fantastic system.

[mncn]

For those watching...6Ghz requires WPA3 only (turns off WPA2 completely). Most things you own do not support it yet, and even if they do, you might have dropping issues like my S22 Ultra. Please be sure to stick with 5Ghz for now unless you know what you have supports WPA3 and supports it well.

-Your friendly neighborhood IT guy 🤓

[jenszier]

I have been using Deco Mesh APs for quite some time now and recently updated to the X75. I do love that the hardware is actually decent and that you can mix and match different versions, so you don't have to spend 200 bucks to get the Wifi doorbell to connect. I just wish they would offer a bit more control at least through the web frontend. I ended up in a situation where I just couldn't use imported devices because Deco set itself to a channel the foreign device did not support - without any way to change it...

[ZenIsFluffy]

I've been looking at this set, actually. Specifically, the model with the 2.5Gig ports. It seems like an INCREDIBLE value for 2.5G and Wi-Fi 6E Speed. Nice to see a brief look at them before I purchase!

[waynewaynold]

I actually bought these because they were the first ones on Amazon with 6e back around July when Canada released the band officially. Been using the 6e network with a hardwired backhaul and it's been the most insane wifi in terms of stability and speed. Definitely recommend them.

[squngy]

Linus to his wife: You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like

[Casubon]

Been using a set of 3 of these for a couple of months now. Minor feature that I appreciated is that the LED front light can be switched off on a timer from the app - useful if you have one in a bedroom.

[ColJonSquall]

I setup the older M4 system from TP-Link's Deco line in my parents' house and it works great, I rarely have to do anything with it for maintenance. It provides great signal and it'll reach the back garage, with the base station I put out there. The app makes thinks super simple and has more useful features, laid out in a easy to understand manner, so even non-tech oriented people can make it work.

[LeoAngora]

"Pro" has become a late 2010's and 2020's prop and it will be remembered just like "extreme" was in the 90's

[veeerzes]

It can also use the 6Ghz band as a dedicated backbone which is a really nice feature

[geolu]

I just bought the TP-Link Deco XE75 and it's working out great. I had Deco S4 previously. For comparison, my old speeds were 125-250 Mbps throughout the house. Now, it's 250-500 Mbps, basically double. Range seems better, zero dead spots. I debated with Eero, but since my previous Deco was fairly solid, ended up staying with TP-Link.

[freakinschweeet]

I'm using the 2 pack XE75 for my 2 story house, with 1Gb fiber up/down. No complaints, this system works well.

[AndyMitchellUK]

I won a Deco M5 set a couple of years ago and I gave them to a friend who struggled with internet due to the router having to be positioned at the front of the house upstairs (god bless BT in the UK). We put one on the router, one in the back bedroom and one in the garden shed and he can now use all of his 80/20 connection as well as stream 4K movies everywhere between the front of the house and the back of the garden. Mesh kits are so much better than the old traditional WiFi boosters and the setup was so unbelievably easy too.

[timmilgram]

2 pack costs $299 and 3 pack costs $499…. Make it make sense

You guys should deploy openspeedtest locally on a laptop connected via an ethernet cable and then do local speed test using that. It only took a minutes to set up and will give much better result without any internet bottleneck and better test the hardware capabilities

[ParsifalGodtree]

XE75 Pro has one 2.5G port + two 1G ports for each Deco. You can acheive multigig throughput only if you connect the Main Decao 2.5G port to the WAN and the gigabit port to the Access Point Deco plus dedicate the 6GHz band to wireless backhaul which will allow the Decos to aggregate the wired + wireless backhauls to acheive close to 2G throughput out the Access Point Deco 2.5G port either directly to a PC or a 2.5G switch. Unfortunately, it means you won't be able to use 6GHz band for WiFi, but I only have for 4 end devices with 6GHz capability and 5GHz is more than adequate for their needs. Deco also can enable an IoT channel which is what I most need WiFi for. My faster throughput needs are strictly for ethernet

[geekvine]

I have a three pack of Decos and it is by far the most reliable mesh system I've tried. I switched out my old Orbi setup (which was on the higher side of so-so) with an Eero system, but returned it pretty quickly for multiple reasons (Amazon, monthly charges, etc). The Eero system requires no monthly charge, software and firmware are constantly upgraded, has great parental control features, and it just works. I did notice internet speed were super slow for about the first hour after setup, but once that looks like it was all fixed quickly, i assume as the network learned how to optimize itself. A+ IMO.

[Pbenter]

I got the 3 pack from Costco and it has done wonders in solving all of my WiFi problems. I only have. 300mbps down connection but I never struggle to get that speed anywhere in my house or out in the yard. I don’t have any 6E devices so I use the additional band to serve as a dedicated backbone.