yeah, m9 plus build in qualcomm ipq4019 is also quite outdated also. it was quite strong when it was first launch in 2018 but since that semiconductor has leap and bounds already.

Name: 4x Arm® Cortex®-A7 Processor

Clock Speed: Up to 717 MHz



well even broadcom bcm6750/6755/6756 family is also stronger that above with higher clock speed and dedicated nat booster function is also stronger

on my newly bought XE75, has option to set either 80mhz OR 160mhz on 5.2ghz band

so it depends on model as well as the firmware implementation/updates


and psa for deco users, do not use switch between onu/modem and decos unit like this



this can cause stability and speed issues

ya, itu diagram dari tp link official help page dia assume onu pula juga router, ini boleh sebab double nat actually

so my caption hanya mention onu/modem saja lah

i suggest NOT to use mobile app setup when possible because bugs

use 192 web management to setup on phone browser or pc
dont forget about vlan/iptv profile

if all else fails, try reset and do setup one more time (use 192 of course)

Any archer ax series and deco X series support WiFi 6

My suggestion is just get deco XE75 (2x) to replace m4 as what I did for the speed

Nah, just set to popular one like Google or cloud flare and the speed will be the same or slightly faster

I suggest wait 11.11 for vouchers and deals to use
I suggest buy from Lazada later. Ookas has both Lazada and shopee stores via their own as well as tp link flagship store. Shopee is fine but I had sour experiences with the platform especially during big sales

My house is just typical double storey Terrace only

For apartment, just make sure both units put far enough but not to far

Not the fan of that app, but you can find the DNS settings in either internet connection (a.k.a wan settings) or lan DHCP settings, but I prefer set at wan level

I also prefer use 192 web interface when possible over such app

Advanced (4th/5th tab depending on models) > network > internet



This post has been edited by MyProLife: Nov 4 2023, 04:20 PM

Ya both of them

Just change both for ipv4, for ipv6 there dedicated section you can found on the left column menu

For cloud flare
Primary 1.1.1.1
Secondary 1.0.0.1

Then can check 1.1.1.1/help to make sure configuration is correct

Must set vlan IPTV as well

Don't use app, use web management (192 something)

keep in mind TP china is actually seperate from global team now. there zero chance these china domestic models will go global and also if you buy directly 99% will not work with unifi vlan implementation.

for archer counterpart maybe they will launch lower models of wifi 7 at least second half this year

https://www.tp-link.com/us/home-networking/...r/archer-be230/

This post has been edited by MyProLife: Jun 6 2024, 11:02 AM

Which hardware version and firmware version btw?
My home on v1 somehow unstable in terms of roaming, something roaming may not happen with my phones when going upstairs

So this is V2 hardware

Because for xe75 got two hardware versions. V1 uses broadcom soc while V2 uses Qualcomm soc. Firmware are different versions also.

V1 got 1.4.0 version which added some features (like useless eco function ported from M4R update). But I can also feel like the roaming function is becoming worse for somehow. (Note: fast roaming, ofdma and beamroaming are on, my phones are running Android with Snapdragon)

none of deco series having doh/dot features being planned for future update, and since deco series are developed by separate team from archer series, you will need to have some drastic change in manage deco.

deco enforced mobile app login (tp link account required) and also if internet is down/tp server is down it is more difficult to manage them other than try rebooting the main deco.

deco have some things being forced on and cannot changed such as channel width (20/40 for 2.4ghz), channel number and ssid for main network being same for 2.4/5ghz. there are workaround for latter, which is make use of guest network or iot network specially with 2.4ghz on only so with different ssid.

web interface is heavily limited to mostly status monitoring and manual firmware upgrade.

Deco for your first mesh is okay. it is more about simplicity because easier to set up and in newer products, the mesh units in box are pre-paired so you can just turn these sub nodes right after setting up main deco and these sub nodes will automatically join. however deco is not really designed for power users which need absolute control over most settings

if internet/tp server down you will most probably see this



so tough luck manage deco just in case internet down or tp link server down. because deco app heavily relies on tp link cloud service for managing deco


port forwarding is supported in deco


XT8 is not worth for me. it having much weaker hardware compared to on paper spec. you might as well get 2 x AX86u pro or above but its dual band solution is not quite ideal for certain situation

Merlin doesn't support Ai mesh yet? If on original firmware there always got Ai mesh allowing you to buy another asus router as mesh node

Btw for tp archers series actually some of wifi 7 (be series) also comes with doh dot option but mesh is limited to easy mesh protocol

I have two of xe75, the problem is lack of support since late last year because most of deco wifi 6/6e eol'ed
Last time got firmware update last October or November last year, until today no firmware update at all
If spend a lot of money just for wifi 7, stay away from tp link, better look for deals about Asus routers

Now tp link be series, software support I think is quite bad, new features slow to roll out (including the much debated DoT, DoH features.)