Yes, M4 has actually higher speed on 5Ghz than M5/MW6, due to the QCA9886 chipset, it has almost same hardware with TP-Link business class EAP-225v3, same cpu/ram/Wi-Fi chipset

Unifi 800mbps/iPhone XS Max

M4 520/206
M5 480/206
MW6 415/189
R7800 560/209
AC86U 495/207
GT-AC5300 490/207
C1200 503/206
EA7500v2 510/207
DIR850L 430/204

All tests done by standing in front of the router with 2 meters distance, I’m lucky enough non of my neighbors has 5Ghz Wi-Fi, the air is clear for me.

This post has been edited by heidarren: Jun 5 2019, 12:24 AM

I just ordered a P7, a set which comes with 2 units. Plan to place one in the living room and another in the family hall upstairs. I'm not sure if I may require a 3rd unit to be placed at the rear of my house to cover the kitchen and room behind. Once I install it I'll determine if 2 units are sufficient to get good signal for full home coverage. If not, give me a heads up and we can split the cost for 1 set. Only issue is I'm trying to find a wall mount for the P7, as this is a relatively new model, there aren't any 3rd party accessories for it yet for cable management.

Mesh is A LOT better than Repeater
choose a Deco that best suit ur house

bro the router can push 5ghz to the 2nd floor?

most likely not. no router can push 5ghz to travel far with walls, concrete or any other obstacles. its all physics

This post has been edited by firdausbhari: Jun 19 2019, 05:32 PM

Ya that's why I asked. In my neighborhood 2.4ghz is too congested. Frustrating

you can use mesh. pull lan cable will benefit full speed. ethernet backhaul works best.

Not possible, unless your house is quite small. Try mesh.

How much % packet drop if using wifi backhaul ?

Depends on your house also. Hows the structure etc and how far main node to the other. Its hard to tell.

if direct facing nothing in between, will the drop 50% similar like using repeater ?

wireless is half duplex be it repeater or mesh.

But most meshes use a second radio on a different band for backhaul. So user traffic is on 2.4 Ghz and backhaul is on 5GHz vice versa

mesh is the future wireless. seamless.

This post has been edited by firdausbhari: Jun 21 2019, 04:56 PM

Very few home owners are willing to pull Ethernet cables upstairs. Ugly casing or tedious wall hacking. This is why Mesh Wifi is beneficial.

I'm very lucky my home already has Ethernet cables built all over 😀

True but its a choice of just lay it nicely on top of the wall and cover it with PVC wire casing or wall hack depends on owner

If want full speed, ethernet backhaul is the only solution for now i guess

Why my tplink mesh network speed is 5x slower than if I connect to the modem router directly?