Yes if you cannot do wired backhaul because of double story design, you should get a tri band mesh like this

https://www.tp-link.com/my/home-networking/deco/deco-x68/

X68 is the lowest deco X model to have 3 bands

M9 plus is also can be considered, but is quite outdated wifi 5 design

If you currently just using 300mbps and no planning to upgrade the speed anytime soon you can get away by such alternative such as

M9 plus: older design (wifi 5) for max 500mbps

Or

X50: newer wifi 6 ax3000 (2x2 HE160) for max 400mbps with wireless backhaul (3 ports each unit) , although it is dual band it is capable of around 300mbps at mesh node as well

Or

X60: the middle of these two above with 4x4 80mhz design (same ax3000) that should perform slightly better for double storey than x50



Disclaimer: the expectation is based on blacktubi testing results of above models (especially for newer x50/x60) in a condominium. Results may vary if used on double/triple storey homes. If you want 500mbps reliability for whole home, you will need at least AX5400 class such as Asus XD6,XT8, deco XE75 axe5400, as per suggestion from blacktubi.

This post has been edited by MyProLife: Nov 14 2022, 05:08 PM

https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/3075/

"Tp link covering their a** because too many complaints about speed from deco nodes"

All consumer mesh systems, including Deco nodes are designed solely for whole home coverage. Speed is not a guarantee because of physical limitations of wireless.

Welcome to enterprise AP world (tp link omada, HPE aruba, ubiquiti) if you feel dissatisfied with any consumer mesh ("whole home system")

this is broadband only plans pricing with 6 months speed up promo

300mbps and above broadband only plans still bundled with WIFI 6 "mesh" routers



This post has been edited by MyProLife: Nov 21 2022, 09:36 PM

for example

you are new user, just sign up for 300m rm159 plan this month (NOV 2022)

you can enjoy 500m speed for 6 months through NOV 22-APR 23

after APR 23 the speed will automatically back to 300m as the plan originally have

logic also applies for 500m, 100m, 30m

30m > 100m 6 months > back to 30m

100m > 300m 6 months > back to 100m

300m > 500m 6 months > back to 300m

500m > 800m 6 months > back to 500m

100mbps and below kena cgnat (private ip) is probably the cause

Then is problem with one particular region with that particular ip pool assigned to that region. Some ip pool/region has worse routing and worse latency compared to others

kek copy maxs***/as**trow

Time to upgrade to device or adapter that supports 5ghz and always use 5ghz when possible

2.4ghz normal speed is like you experience

This post has been edited by MyProLife: Dec 2 2022, 03:53 AM

This is unifi "feature"

get tplink ax20/ax23/mercusys mr80x/ anything better than d*** link trash

dont bother

again dont


best will be buy yourself from PC stores, not from tm

of course you can pay rm188.xx to tm or renew contract for that, but i dont suggest pay and risk it and rather spend it elsewhere

what your experience with sr1041f so far?

rm188.xx or rm53+1year contract renew = sr1041f or similar

you can get an ax3000 class mercusys mr80x from online for around rm200-rm250

Digi prepaid can get enormous data at just rm10 per month lol

currently offered for me 5gb + unlimited social at rm10 + 6gb loyalty bonus ( note that 6gb loyalty bonus will be deducted first before base quota)

so total 11 gb of base quota at your disposal

Rm53 for technician to visit and check the device is okay


Alternatively if you don't want to let technician visit ( because your cpe device is not broke actually), you can also request for wifi 6 by just renew contract and tm will send you wifi 6 router. You will need to install and setup yourself though

that is slim possibility that they will just proceed without counter offer, but you dont know if you dont try obviously

They defo upselling you to newer extraordinary packages

Note: free speed upgrade only last for 6 months

with existing consumer devices in most customers, indeed this will be very hard to achieve

1Gbps ethernet, due to protocol overhead, will able to achieve only around 940 mbps

with Wifi 6 AX1800 in most modern mobile devices, will able to achieve around 800-900 mbps in ideal condition due to larger overhead, with longer distance or obstacles such as thick walls, speed will be reduced further.

still facing higher than expected latency on reddit right now