Deco M5

• I am aware that the Deco M5 is 8 years old now and don't want to suggest something that will stop receiving security updates in a couple of years. So why recommend something officially EOL? It doesn't get security updates. It' listed on the EOL products list. https://static.tp-link.com/upload/manual

Yeah these Deco M5 came with the fiber, been planning on replacing them in the near future.

The Deco M5 has a maximum wifi speed on 5 GHz of 867 Mbps and the X20 max wifi speed on 5 GHz is 1201 Mbps. Both routers only have 1 Gbps Ethernet ports, so the more devices connected (wired and wireless), the slower your WiFi speeds. 600 Mbps or so is probably your best speed, especially since neit

I have a couple of Deco M5 units but it looks like older tech / hardware when compared to the Linksys Velop WiFi 6 router that Toob provide. I'm wondering if I should plug in the Deco or just leave it as is. Its the garden at the back where my WiFi drops a bit but then again I'm not going to be in t

Take it back. Deco M5 is only AC/wifi 5… At least get Wifi 6 or 6E. All of the decos can work as a wired access point.

The Deco M5 is cheaper but will likely need to be replaced sooner. There are affordable options that are newer than those and will last them longer.

Except that’s a bad mesh. I had one, got it as a birthday present, and I wasn’t particularly happy with it, even though I only had 100 Mbps service at the time. Those things always ran at 100% CPU time and were rather hot. I wasn’t able to manage them to the fine degree that my old ASUS router allow

1st, your Deco M5 Mesh system is underpowered for your 1Gb Fiber service; if possible you should upgrade to something that is Wifi6e or Wifi7 compatible. Oh, absolutely aware. We've had the Deco since 2018, and just got the fiber in 2022 or 2023. Upgrading equipment isn't in the cards unless it's a

maybe overheating? I have Deco M5 and these gets ridiculously hot... not sure why they went with enclosed design. the new canister ones seem to have vents on top

Would like to know more about your usage purposes, as you're using both.. My use case - trying to switch from a frustrating mesh router setup (2 units of Deco M5 ) to a wired router > switch > APs. I've used the following in the past 7 years Deco M5 x2 Archer C80 Archer AX23 TL WR841N - 300 mbps TL