2024 the best wifi mesh review
Price: $179.99 - $159.99
(as of Dec 05, 2024 18:16:16 UTC - Details)
Product Dimensions | 4.33 x 4.33 x 4.49 inches |
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Item Weight | 5.08 pounds |
ASIN | B085Z35GY6 |
Item model number | Deco X20(3-pack) |
Customer Reviews |
4.5 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #1,014 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics) #8 in Whole Home & Mesh Wi-Fi Systems |
Date First Available | March 26, 2020 |
Manufacturer | TP-Link |
Country of Origin | Vietnam |
Warranty & Support
Each Deco X20 has 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports(6 in total for a 3-pack) and supports Wired Ethernet Backhaul for better speeds. Any of them can work as a Wi-Fi Router
Advanced Mesh Powered by Wi-Fi 6
Armed with Wi-Fi 6 technology, Deco whole home mesh WiFi is designed to deliver a huge boost in coverage, speed, and total capacity. Get on the latest mesh WiFi to enjoy the future
network that loads faster and connects more.
Wi-Fi Dead Zone Killer
With clearer and stronger signals enhanced by BSS Color and Beamforming, Deco X20 boosts broader whole home Wi-Fi up to 5,800 ft2 (3-pack). Wireless connections and optional Ethernet backhaul work together to link Deco units, providing even faster network speeds and truly seamless coverage. Want more coverage? Simply add another Deco.
True Seamless Roaming for Greater Experiences
TP-Link Mesh means Deco units work together to form one unified network. Your phone or tablet automatically connects to the fastest Deco as you move through your home, creating a truly seamless Wi-Fi experience.
More Connections for Immersive Streaming
Enjoy a more efficient network with high throughput on connected devices in dense environments thanks to Wi-Fi 6 technology. Deco X20 is tested to connect up to 150 devices without dragging down performance.
Greatly Reduced Lag, More Fun
Wi-Fi 6 brings stable and responsive WiFi connections to tomorrow's hyper-connected home. Enjoy more responsive gaming and seamless video chatting even when multiple compatible devices are connected and transmitting data at the same time.
Wi-Fi 6 Mesh Wi-Fi - Next-gen Wi-Fi 6 AX1800 whole home mesh system to eliminate weak Wi-Fi for good
Whole Home Wi-Fi Coverage - Cover up to 5800 square feet with seamless high-performance Wi-Fi 6 and eliminate dead zones and buffering Better than traditional Wi-Fi booster
Connect More Devices - With Mesh Wi-Fi 6 Deco X20 (3-pack) is strong enough to connect up to 150 devices with strong and reliable Wi-Fi. Smartphone/Tablet Requirements: iOS 9.0 or later; Android 4.4 or later
Easy Setup and Management - The Deco app helps you set up your network in minutes with clear visual guidance and keeps you in control even when you are not home; Works with Alexa as well Turn on or off Guest Wi-Fi by simple voice commands
Peace of Mind with Parental Controls - Manage limit and monitor internet use with profiles that let you customize Wi-Fi access for every person and device in your home
TP-Link HomeShield - TP-Link's premium security service keeps your home network safe with cutting-edge network and IoT protection. Free features: 1. Basic Network Security including Security Scan and IoT Device Identification 2. Basic Parental Controls 3. Quality of Service 4. Basic Weekly/Monthly Reports. Visit TP-Link website for more information.
Works with all internet service provider (ISP) such as AT&T, Verizon, Xfinity, Spectrum, RCN, Cox, CenturyLink, Frontier, etc.( a modem is required for most internet service providers). Ideal for any internet plan up to 1 Gbps
Reviewer: shaebee
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I couldn't be happier with my choice! Setup easy, app really good, Ethernet backbone is killer
Review: I'm an IT geek / software developer for a living. I know all about how this stuff works and I wanted fast, but I didn't need crazy expensive for my home and some of these mesh systems are way overpriced IMHO. Reality is you can have all the latest crazy standards but once you get 20ft from the access point all bets are off and you'll never see the speeds you see quoted so you need to mix practical with price. There seem to be sooo many mesh system options these days, that I was overwhelmed, but after some consideration I thought I would just go for this one which seemed reasonably priced, but still offered most of the latest standards (and thus speed limits) and also had free returns!In this case this config with 2 slave units was great for my ~4500 sq ft house, my previous single access point left some dead spots (like my Ring outside the house) just outside the range. But with this setup I can blanket the house and get pretty good speeds (>100-200Mb throughput) just about everywhere, and faster (400+ when you are reasonably close / line of sight to the access point)It's important to remember when thinking about laying these out in your house what and where you need the speed. If you need speed inside your house (say you are always streaming movies from a pc to another device) or if you need speed from a device to the internet. The slave access points can only provide as much throughput back to the main access point (which is probably directly plugged into your router/internet) as good as their own wireless connection is to EACH OTHER. eg: if you put the slave access points 50ft away they might "only" be able to get like 20Mb back to the internet, as your devices is going from device -> slave access point ->* main access point (next to your router/internet) and the * connection is the weak link. What was the killer feature for me on these is you can actually use ethernet as a backbone for the slave access points. My house is pre-wired with ethernet so I was able to put the slave access points pretty far but every slave is hardwired back to the main access point and thus has 100% of the throughput back to the internet so no matter which access point you connect to in the house each access point is as fast as the main one so the access point to access point speed drop is a non-issue if you can set it up like this. DO THIS IF AT ALL POSSIBLE! It's like having 3 "full speed" access points strategically dropped through your house. It wasn't obvious I could do this from the (very basic) docs for setup that came with it, but a quick search through the online docs showed you could this and it's brain dead, just plug your home network into the port on the back. Extra bonus feature, you can use the 2nd port on the back as a local hardwired port so if you have a single PC or "device" (like an xbox or something) next to the access point you can still plug it in directly and get full hard-wired speed without needing to buy an extra switch in the middle. Note: If you don't use the 1st port for the backbone, then you get 2 ports for local devices that will get at least Access Point -> Access Point speeds without one more wifi hop needed.I was pretty impressed with the iPhone app that you use to manage the setup, gone are the days of a webbrowser hitting a super slow admin page, the app is snappy and you can tweak all kinds of stuff. (favorite feature: One of the access points ended up in a kids room and they complained about the LED at night, guess what, turns out there's a "night mode" where it turns off the LED's during a timewindow in the settings pages!)The "mesh" part works really good too, from the app you can see your device move from access point to access point and what devices are on which and stuff. Super handy for initial setup troubleshooting and geeking out over how it's all working.I will admit, I was a little nervous since TP-Link is sort of a more bargain brand in my head, but I've had it going for about 8 weeks now in my house and it's been basically flawless. I'm sold, I'd TOTALLY buy this again or recommend it to a friend (or anyone reading this)!
Reviewer: Strands Danville
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Deco X20 (3-pack) = High-Efficiency (HE), High-Value!
Review: Our Installation: We subscribe to a 800 Mbps Comcast plan which actually tests at 900 Mbps. Our 1975 tinker toy construction (drywall/plywood) L-Shaped, single-story ranch 2300 sqft home has a crawl space under the footprint with an attached 3 car garage and backyard patio/swimming pool area.The 5800 sqft wi-fi coverage (overall average wi-fi data rates = 500 Mbps includes smartphones) is more than adequate for our needs (no gaming, 2 TVs (family room and garage) with 5 Alexa Plus/Echo Dots, roaming smartphones/GEN 6 laptop, desktop, multiple switches/plugs, Xfinity/Comcast owned Home Security router and irrigation controllers).We tested the Deco X-68 (2-pack) with dedicated 5GHz tri-band, finding the Home Security upgrade solicitations to be annoying vs the lifetime included Home Security bundled with the X-20 (very good). Since we have a crawl space, wiring backhaul CAT 7 cable (chosen if ISP plan ever exceeds 1 GIG) through a TP-Link unmanaged 5-Port switch made longer term usage/performance sense. Note: also connected TP-Link USB/Ethernet adapter to switch for HP Pavilion Desktop (ethernet adapter only 100 Mbps)...increased wi-fi data rate from 250 Mbps to wired 500 Mbps. Aside: The Mrs wasn't thrilled to call the local Fire Department because I was stuck trying to get out of the crawl space!900-600-300-(50%)900 = ISP subscription signal data rate directly from Arris SB8200 cable modem to desktop and laptop. ALERT: The cable modem has 2 1-Gigabit ports, but ONLY 1 is operational unless you upgrade your Comcast subscription plan (not knowing cost me a lot of time plus the Comcast technician during his visit didn't even comment on this condition..."we don't troubleshoot 3rd party equipment" Oh you don't? = I collected $250 in refunds FROM Comcast during this installation process) Suggestion: We put a book cover around cable modem on bookcase to hide it, but it's still accessible if we need to manually reboot (see photo).600 = Signal loss (300 Mbps) connecting cable modem to Main Deco and backhaul ethernet cable wiring 2 nodes/satellites. Both our desktop and Lenovo Gen 6 laptop speed test at 600 Mbps by each Deco X-20 location. Note: Gen 6 laptop "wi-fi data rate" is also 600 Mbps at each location which implies the Gen 6 new standards firmware is performing well. Also smartphone Pixel 3A XL wi-fi roaming throughout house speed tests at 500 Mbps.300 = Signal loss (300 Mbps) speed testing wi-fi on the Gen 6 laptop in remote areas: Garage & Patio areas performing at 300 Mbps50% Loss Non-Wired Backhaul = Using the Deco X-20 routers to transmit ISP signal through its 4 antenna/radios vs backhaul wiring, decreases signal by 50% at all locations...ie signal in Garage by Android TV drops from 300 Mbps to 150Mbps (basically triggered decision to run ethernet cables or reinvestigate tri-band solutions)Deco APP = Extremely well designed, absolute piece O cake to use. Provides me all I need to manage the entire network (connected devices/mac addresses/connected frequency rate (2.4 vs 5)/locations/wired not wired) by online/offline plus separate listing by locations) Easily reboot All Decos, optimize network, turn on/off Guest Network (works well with Alexa skill) to include 2.4GHz and/or 5GHz signals+++ = Just terrific!TP Link Support = 24/7 phone support with very caring and generally very competent technical troubleshooting. I made a very costly set-up error by testing QoS (Quality of Service) by entering 100 Mbps download (I recommended to TP-Link about adding WARNING for this input) because it basically puts a governor on your real available data rates. Xfinity and I got tired proving I was getting the subscription rate we are paying for!Bottom Line = For our installation and needs, we couldn't be more ecstatic with the upgraded High-Efficiency/High-Value mesh routers for $220. Note: Switch, USB/Ethernet adapter, CAT 7 cables = $75What triggered this entire project was our purchase of a Gen 6 enabled Lenovo laptop. Of note, BOTH your router and connected device need 802.11ax or Gen 6 chip sets to tap OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access)/RU (Resource Units) efficiency and WPA3 security (160 MHz channels (not supported in X-20) and MU-MIMO (Multi-user, Multiple Input, Multiple Output = currently vaporware) adds nothing to our WLAN performance needs). I believe, although cannot unequivocally test, the Gen 6 enhanced data rates are performing extremely well. All other legacy devices are solid with the new available signal strength and strong data rates near the 3 APs (Access Points). Our Orbit hose/timer up the back hill tucked under the redwood trees receives 75 Mbps!6E chip set devices will be rapidly appearing in the marketplace over the next few years. You need BOTH the router and device to include 6E chipsets to utilize the new 1200 MHz, 6Ghz "pristine spectrum". As we Long Term Evolve (LTE), our new Deco X-20 (3-pack) will easily last 3 years or longer as our devices are steadily upgraded to 6E.We highly recommend!
Reviewer: dakulasi
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: A few weeks ago I upgraded to Bell Fibe 3Gb (because I can't leave good enough alone) and obviously began the quest for data speed perfection.My existing Deco XE75 Pro was serving my family well. I had 4 setup and with Rogers Ignite 1.5Gbps, was averaging 1Gbps wireless speeds from approximately 15 feet away.I did a significant amount of online research to ensure my Quest was not going to be fruitless and frustrating. The research was conclusive...typically a well setup household mesh wireless network should run at least a minimum of 50% of your ISP's service speed as long as the backhaul is ethernet hardwired.The Deco XE75 Pro setup was setup with all 2.5 Gbps backhaul. I was getting close to over 1.5Gbps when hardwired.When switched to the Bell Fibe 3Gbps service, I decided to future-proof my network and upgraded my network switches to 10 Gbps switches and network card on my desktop. Why? As any man in a healthy marriage would know...we just love to give our wives another reason to nag about how we waste money on frivolous things and why can't we just leave well enough alone!I digress...I first purchased the DECO BE22000 Wifi 7 units to see if I could get close to 3Gbps. I could not and for some unknown reason was only averaging 1.2Gbps wireless speed. To avoid any further aggravation from the love of my life, I returned the units.At this point I was falling into a depressive state thinking that my quest was futile. To avoid giving my wife any reason to pour salt on my already open wounds, I bit the bullet and bought the DECO AXE 11000 wifi 6E units (at less than half the price of the BE 22000) and set them up.As you can see from the image above, I am hitting 1.6 Gbps consistently sitting 15 feet away and close to 2Gbps right at the unit.
Reviewer: Geshejak
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: excelente cobertura y velocidad gracias al wifi 6, la app de gestión está fácil de configurar y completa.
Reviewer: Pika RaÃ!
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Mejoró bastante mi conexión (Telmex), y también la latencia entre todos mis dispositivos, con o sin wifi 6pero más para los que tienen wifi 6los recomiendo mucho si buscas wifi 6 algo que económico y fácil de usar, pero si quieres cosas más avanzadas qué configurarle en tu router, estos wifi mesh no son para ti, lo manejas casi todo desde una aplicación, también la misma aplicación te avisa si alguien entró y si es conocida o no esa conexiónhay una forma de configurarlo desde un navegador en PC pero está muy limitado, tiene más opciones la app aunque hay un par de opciones qué en la app no están pero no suficientemente avanzadas como para que valga la pena moverlesasà que si, si solo buscas algo fácil de usar, ya sea para ampliar tu red wifi con una malla o simplemente mejorar la conexión (con un solo deco) y con wifi 6, estos están perfectos
Reviewer: rami
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Reviewer: Emmanuel Quijano
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Muy buenos. Ahora toda mi casa está cubierta. Un poco caros pero vale la pena
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Customers like the ease of setup, performance, and speed of the networking router. They mention it integrates seamlessly with their existing systems, works well, and has good speed. Some also like the coverage and reliability. However, some customers have different opinions on signal strength, value for money, and app quality.
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