TP-LinkAX3000 Whole Home Wi-Fi 6 Mesh System (Deco X55 Pro) | Up to 6500 Sq.Ft. 𝟮×𝟮.𝟱𝗚 WAN/LAN Ports Wired Ethernet Backhaul 𝗜𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟭𝗚𝗶𝗴+ 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘁 2023 Release (3-Pack)

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 DECO5. 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

The use of 6 Deco's in my large house has been a game changer. I had a lot of dead areas using my Starlink modem with a Starlink Mesh but after installing the Deco's ,every inch of my home has a great signal.A few months after installation,I decided to change the Network name and password. This created a conflict with the Deco's. I called customer service at TP-LInk. I was fortunate to get help from Christoperphillip Salamante (Phillip) and could not be more pleased with their technical support. He was very knowledgeable about my products and solved my issue quickly.

I got 3 kids with ipads, phones, game systems, tv's, etc.... so with all the wifi enabled devices i have, the wifi has more than enough bandwidth to keep all devices conected to the wifi without kicking anything off. I even added a 4th outdoor mesh router to cover my shop and pool with wifi, and everything stays connected easily, with good speeds. adding the routers to the mesh system was seamless and easy. plus the app works amazingly allowing you to create profiles and set up schedules for each profile. Covers my shop, pool, down stairs, and upstairs easily. Safe to say no dead zones at my house.

Works fine with me

Bought this with an outdoor model to set up for some ones 3 floor home.Great signal through out it works very well and was easy to install.

Switched over from a RAX80 Night Hawk. Within 15 mins after switching over to this X55, it was dropping packets left and right and speeds were reduced. Was it simple to setup? For the most part. My home is small but we have over 32 devices that require Internet connection including four cameras and sensors. I even added cameras to its own section within the app. Added our phones for highest bandwidth along with my PC for gaming. This was not worth the price I paid. I work in the IT field and do a lot of support so networking is nothing new for me but if this device is dropping packets wired and wireless then it won't work for us as we work from home and needs stable connections.

They are a great option if you like to have a mesh system that also comes with an Ethernet backhaul, and on a pinch also work wireless. The network stability is great. I made a speed test with my laptop to a local PC and got a little over 1300mbps with Wifi, so plenty fast for those who plan to use it wirelessly.My previous experience was with a Google Nest WiFi and compared to the Deco app, that was downright locked down, however, Deco app is still limited if you want to tinker with it heavily, I recommend looking for another router for that, but a moot point since this router is not trying to appeal to super advanced users.Plenty of features on the Deco app like a VPN that you can link your VPN provider and select it on what devices you want, a separate IoT network for all your devices, an easy way to open your IPv6 devices to the Internet and other features that probably will take a will to list them all fully.Overall, if you’re coming from a Google Nest WiFi or other routers that don’t support Ethernet backhaul, this is a great upgrade.

Super easy to install and wow wow wow the speed is insane. So happy with this product !!!