Hello

I’m searching for some advice regarding an upgrade of my homenetwork. I currently have a 1000/1000mbit fiber connection on a triple set of Deco M5’s where one of them is running on wired backhaul from the main device. The other one over wireless mesh. The connection is unstable and speeds are subpar.

My house is ~2400sqft/220m2 in single-story. It’s primary use is competative gaming and 4k streaming. There will be 10-12 devices connected. 2-3 devices with simultaneous heavy use at a time.

I’ve been looking into the tp-link ax5400 as the main router but I don’t know what to get for the AP.

I’ve also looked into a ubiquiti solution.

What are your recommendations?

  • wase471111@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    i never had tp link/deco stuff, and bought the BE 95 wifi 7 mesh a few months ago…

    worked great for a month or so, but has been a PITA for the last 2 months, especially after a firmware update…micro drops for no reason, works great for a day or 2 then days of endless drops/reconnects, so I am done with TP link/Deco going forward…they are super popular with the budget crowd, but I read tons of posts about the same exact issues you are having

    I’m going with Asus/Ubiquity/Onada next time around, as these brands have given me the least amount of trouble over the years…

    what ever you buy, get it somewhere with a good return policy, and if you have alot of issues the first 30 days, return it and try something else

    ever since Covid, with companies having to rush out work from home hardware, and not having enough trained, intelligent designers/engineers to properly handle the influx of work from home demand, the quality and performance of consumer grade networking equipment has fallen off big time