That is strange.
My office is using unifi biz 300Mbps
Main Deco is M4.


1 x Deco M4 slave using ethernet backhaul


1 x Deco M5 slave
Not using the Deco M5 as the main because it belongs to me and not the company xD
Deco M5 getting signal from slave Deco M4, as you can see it is not even full 3 bars. I find it odd that the app doesn't show a more accurate measurement of signal strength though


When I connect my PC via ethernet to the M5, I get this speed:

hmm that is interesting..what is the speed u get wirelessly with the m5? and what is the distance between m4 and m5? any wall in between...?the ethernet backhaul really helps...

don't mix up one mesh and deco mesh, this 2 cannot work together.... they are different thing...

Speedtest using my phone (samsung galaxy a30 SM-A305F/DF) connected to the m5


Distance between the m5 and 2nd m4 is about 20m in an almost straight line but with only 1 door blocking.

One annoying issue is the app keeps prompting s 'another higher priority deco is in the network, please reselect main deco to maximize performance'

Have you read blacktubi's review of the x20? I believe you should be getting a better performance from it..

Hmmm... I made a huge mistake... the model I owned is Deco X20.... Sorry about that

Hmmm... I made a huge mistake... the model I owned is Deco X20.... Sorry about that

yep...i have been consulting blacktubi on this matter

This post has been edited by key3hky: Nov 19 2020, 09:40 PM

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Yup that’s the full potential of Deco when you have Ethernet backhaul.

The mesh design is really efficient.

I had one few months back. Not sure if they’ve improved the app.

It only let you to see real-time usage, cumulative and average usage of past 30 days or 7 days.

There’s no way to configure a custom range, I doubt the cheap device collects that much data as well.

Oh.. If that is the case, did you add the 2nd unit using the deco app? since you said previously it pair automatically, not sure if you mean you just turn it on and you assumed it was automatically added to the network.

Deco AX series are auto linked right out of the box.

oh.. does this apply when buying 1 pack at a time? buy 1 unit first, set it up and then buy another 1 pack, turn it on and it will auto pair?
or only for 2 and 3 pack box?

Hi WTA is the purpose of mesh wifi is if upstairs is getting the full 100mbps internet speed and if downstairs only getting 10mbps, with mesh wifi downstairs should get 100mbps too???
Bcs i saw someone mention b4 mesh his downstairs wifi only get 10mbps but when get mesh wifi it increase to 30mbps??
I thought with mesh whole house should be getting the full 100mbps internet speed?

Technically yes but it depends on other factor as well.. what is the signal strength of your existing wifi connection downstairs?
Mesh wifi will improve the speed of your wifi but by how much would still depends on a lot of other factor.

bcs the way the salesperson upsale it to me mesh would give 100mbps for my whole down stairs which currently only can get 10-30 mbps depending where you at down stairs...
If it only helps by a bit than what is the difference between mesh with the cheap wifi booster thing that some people are selling???

It depends the specs and how you setup the mesh WiFi.

I believe the basic Deco M5 from TP-Link can provide whole home 5Ghz up to 100Mbps easily.

Mesh is definitely capable of giving you 100mbps but like i said before it would still depends on a lot of other factor. (for example position of all your mesh node and even your house layout)
Mesh would definitely help if your wifi strength downstairs is very weak currently.

I would assume the wifi booster that you are referring to is a wifi repeater. A repeater would mostly cut you speed by half even if it is in a perfect environment but a mesh wont.

thanks for replying, so the mesh unifi is selling should be good enough to solve my downstairs problem.

Hey guys, I am currently using unifi and have my username and password. I recently borrowed 2 deco m9plus from my cousin (they subscribed to 800mpbs unifi and got it for free) and wanted to try out before i buy mine.

I followed the set up steps (video) and selected "Dynamic IP" but it did not seemed to connect to the internet.

Did I missed out anything? I read somewhere that I had to ask unifi to reset the password again to use deco m9 plus, is that true?

Hello, you are setting Deco M9 Plus for Unifi main router?
If you are connecting from the TM ONU LAN Port 1 to the M9 Plus WAN Port.

Select router mode and PPPOE Mode.
You only need to reset the password if you can't remember the existing UNIFI PPPOE Password.

Thanks.