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Review on TP-Link Deco Mesh WiFi System (Deco M5) – 5500 sq. ft. Whole Home Coverage, Supports 100+ Devices, WiFi Router/Extender Replacement, Antivirus, 3-pack by Tony Buckley

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Stay away if you have more than a few units

TL;DR. This system regularly crashes when you have too many devices connected to it. This system cannot handle its DHCP. Generally, you think that a high-end, expensive router has enough advanced features and high-quality software, but you are wrong with Deco. We have a number of IoT devices that regularly encounter IP address conflicts, resulting in the entire network being disconnected from any network connection for 5-15 minutes. The only solution I found was to assign static addresses using Deco's "address reservation" option, but unfortunately you can only reserve one address for 16 devices with it. You might think that's enough, but with our home of light switches, outlets, and most importantly, all those Alexa devices, it ends FAST. So in the end you have more devices than solutions and it's over.

Pros
  • New to my collection
Cons
  • Contact seller