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Finally considering a mesh system. Any opinions on this please? Cheers
I have 2 Deco X55 and have no issues. My only complaint is you cannot specify your preferred channel for either Wifi band. It performs its own analysis to select the channels.
To expand on what @fritz said: I have a mesh made of Deco M9 and X5700 devices. They are reliable and the connection is stable. Speeds are very fast. I have gigabit internet and I've seen speed tests in the 900 mbps range when very close to one of the APs.
But think long and hard about their impact on anything else you or your neighbors have going on.
The Decos will create a 40 Mhz wide signal on 2.4 GHz, and will pick non-standard channels (so not only 1, 6, or 11 in the USA). I just looked and my mesh landed on channel 8 at some point. A 40 MHz signal on channel 8 interferes with EVERY other 2.4 GHz channel. The 'network optimization' tool in the Deco app is nearly useless. It sometimes picks a new channel, but right now it is saying "Channel 8 is perfect". That has never been a true statement.
I have another network running on channel 11 for IOT devices and some IP cameras and they are badly overlapping. It is better to be sharing the same channel than overlapping, since APs and devices should try to time-share a single channel, but see an overlapping channel as background noise.
I would just turn off the 2.4 GHz on the Decos to use it for my IOT network, but even if you don't create SSIDs on 2.4 GHz, it still broadcasts a 40 MHz wide 2.4 GHz signal for mesh backhaul.
I end up setting my other network to different channels and re-trying the Deco optimization and it usually eventually picks a better (but still bad) channel. I've only seen it land on channel 1, 6 or 11 maybe 2 or 3 times in the several years I've had them.
My units are tri-band, so on 5 GHz they broadcast a 160 MHz channel at the bottom and an 80 MHz channel at the top, pretty much using everything that isn't DFS. That doesn't affect me as much, since I can run my other 5 GHz networks on DFS channels and the Deco stays away from those.
If I were starting over I'd try to find an option where I could set the WiFi channels or turn off the 2.4 GHz WiFi.
Thanks all for the replies.
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Unfortunately I can't disable the 2.4 regardless. I have too. Many 'legacy' wifi devices.
Ah.... Quick Google.
I'm now fairly sure this isn't a good idea.
However, the Omada looks spot on?
Also a bad idea for the stability of zigbee networks. There are a few examples in the Hubitat community of zigbee meshes being destabilized by Deco mesh routers.
In addition to using a 40 MHz wide channel, these routers also "re-optimize" the WiFi channel used at indeterminate intervals (perhaps after a firmware update, or after some reboots). If you have the option of purchasing something else, I would recommend going that route!
I don't have any experience with it, but from what little I know I don't think the Omada would suffer from the same issues. The Deco is consumer plug & play, the Omada is more advanced.
right.. i set all my 2.4ghz channels at 20.. dont really need more for the legacy devices i use, and i keep my 2.4ghz channels away from my hue and hubitat zigbee.
In my opinion if you are running zigbee you need a router that lets you set th e2.4ghz features.
i recommend the newer asus routers expecially with merlin firmware like gt-axe11000 gt-axe16000 or gt-11000 pro.. basically the differences are the number and type of lan ports or wan port speed you need, and if you need wifi 6 or 6e.
i have some 10gb and some 2.5gb per sec lan devices i use.. mostly nas's, for backups etc. and a 2.5gb link upstairs to downstairs via moca 2.5
the asus's let you set channels and widths and actually honor them which a lot of routers dont..
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