Review on Wi-Fi Mesh system TP-LINK Deco X60 (2-pack), white by Adam Worek ᠌

Name: Wi-Fi Mesh system TP-LINK Deco X60 (2-pack), white
Item: Wi-Fi Mesh system TP-LINK Deco X60 (2-pack), white
Rating: 5

July 04, 2023

Best I have ever used, great product for anyone!

I took a private one-story house made of aerated concrete with an area of ​​​​200 sq. M. to cover the Wi-Fi. Many smart home devices are used, now there are about 40 of them, and there will be 60-70, this is not counting smartphones, tablets, laptops, TVs and computers. As it turned out, aerated concrete weakens the signal quite well, and smart devices have small antennas and insufficient transmission power. To ensure reliable coverage, I had to take as many as two sets of TP-LINK Deco X60 (2-pack). All Decos are connected to each other by a cable through a switch and operate in access point mode (i. E. their router functions are not used). Mikrotik acts as a router. Everything works like clockwork, only reboots when an ate arrives.
To assign different names to the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands, you need to:
- for WiFi 5, set the band "Only 5 GHz" and give your name;
- enable guest WiFi, set it to "2.4 GHz only" band and another name;
- allow guest WiFi access to the local network.
Thus there will be two WiFi networks 2.4 and 5 GHz, with different names and able to exchange traffic with each other and wired devices.

Pros

+ reliability and ease of setup - "set it and forget it"; + Wi-Fi 6 and Mesh - a really seamless transition between access points, unlike crutches, like "create two WiFi with the same name, but different bands. " + simultaneous operation of 2.4 and 5 GHz band + you can give different names to the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands (more on that below) + it is possible to configure devices via http access (without an application and tp-link login), you only need to know the ip-address given to the device by the dhcp server; + stylish look.

Cons

- for some unknown reason, in the access point mode in the Deco application, the download and upload speeds are not shown on the main page (always zeros); - for techies there are very few settings. There is no way to even set static IPs for Deco. Those. they get an IP via DHCP and will be on the same network with all other devices. You can only set up a reservation on a dhcp server.