Deco M5

Thanks for taking the time to respond. Appreciate it. My current Deco M5 setup is dated and due for a refresh. I just wanted to prove this out first before I went out and bought a better mesh. But - that was part of the plan eventually so I may do that and then see where all of this takes me. For no

I’m using same dish and router. I have the Ethernet adapter connected so it disables the WiFi altogether. It’s wired into deco m5 and those are all connected via Ethernet (with an 8 port Yuanley switch) so I don’t have an issues with the pucks connecting to the main unit. I’ll periodically have some

Probably not much more you can do with the M5 as satellites. Only way to improve is to run wired backhaul or to consider the next tier lineup of Decos (XE75).

Thanks for the feedback - its not a particularly recent issue, I was just investigating as I'd moved some switches and cabling around and was doing some testing. I'm not using a Ubiquiti Router/gateway - I've just got the USW-Lite connected directly to a Deco M5 which is connected directly to a Rout

In the Deco app you can prioritize your portal above the other connected devices. I used a Deco M5 before but it was still bad connection sometimes. Upgraded to the X50 now and it is perfect.

Deco's don't support dual-WAN, and neither do most ISP routers. You should set your M5 for AP-Only mode, and both your primary and secondary ISP routers for IP Pass-Through (AKA Bridge) mode with WiFi disabled, or replace them with a simple Cable Modem or Fiber ONT. Acquire a dual-WAN capable router