Deco 7 Dual-Band BE5000 WiFi 7 Mesh Wi-Fi System 4-Stream 5 Gbps, 240 Mhz

At the end of the day, it's a router system, so it can be hard to say it’s mind-blowing or bad it simply does its job, works reliably, and keeps us completely connected to the internet. The real value came during setup. I used these nodes to configure an wired ethernet backhaul utilizing the existing coax wiring inside our home's walls. Running it this way has worked incredibly well. By hardwiring the connection between the units, each individual node gets significantly more speed on opposite ends of the house compared to what we would have received trying to configure them as a purely wireless mesh system. We are now 6 months into using this setup daily, and we have experienced absolutely zero issues, drops, or slowdowns. It provides a highly stable, rock-solid connection throughout the whole property. If you have the means to set up a wired backhaul, this system is an excellent and reliable choice.

I’ve been using this mesh Wi-Fi system for a few days, and I’m very happy with it. The setup was quick and easy using the Deco app, and everything was up and running within minutes. The coverage is excellent for my three-story house, with a strong and stable signal on every floor. Areas that used to have weak Wi-Fi now have great connectivity. Roaming between floors is seamless, and I haven’t experienced any dropped connections or lag. It’s perfect for streaming, working from home, and everyday use. Overall, it’s simple to use, provides wide coverage, and delivers a reliable, strong signal. Highly recommended!

Moved to a new apartment and discovered that all walls had full brick hidden underneath. No access to coax except the front of the unit, and my office was at the far back of the unit 50+ feet away and separated by 4 brick walls. I tried several other lower end solutions and could not get anything higher than 30-40 Mbps in my office with lots of packet loss (1 Gbps coming out of the modem in the living room.) Some devices couldn't even see or connect to the wifi network in the back of the unit. This solution was incredibly easy to configure and setup. App works very well and has a lot of fun options for those who like to tinker. After a little tweaking to find the sweet spots for the 2 nodes, I now get 400-700 Mbps through the first 2 brick walls and 300-500 Mbps in my office with 0 packet loss. I'm sure I could improve the speed further upgrading to one of the $500 mesh solutions available, but for how difficult wifi range is for my brick unit, this device was a lifesaver and I highly recommend giving it a shot for anyone struggling with signal loss.

Got this set of 3 to replace the single rental EERO that the service provider put in when my mom got fiber. My biggest issue with the EERO was that the service provider set it up, meaning I had no way to control the device. Specifically, my mom is old and apt to click on scam ads or to call the number when a scam popup freezes her keyboard (thanks a lot, Zuckerberg). The only layer of protection I can give her is an adblock DNS, and to do so I need control. Also, I could not get her living room TV to connect to WiFi and signal was starting to drop off a bit in rooms farthest from that single device. At the time of purchase, this was the most economical 3 mesh device WiFi 7 system from a well established brand. The devices are a bit bulky, but are not eye sores and seem to be very well made. The available wall mount brackets for this style router appear to be more secure than the ones for the cylindrical models, and they won't look as goofy hanging on the wall which is another plus. Mounting brackets are sold separately. Her TV still does not connect to WiFi, so placed one of these near the TV and connected it via ethernet cable. The third is in one of the rooms farthest from the main base. The range is quite acceptable, with my phone getting full signal strength in the yard @ >50' from the house in some places. During setup, was given the option to set up MLO WiFi, aka Multi-Link Operation, which creates a second WiFi network that may provide higher throughput than the basic WiFi connection. It is not compatible with all devices, so likely best practice to connect lower need or 'potato quality' devices to the lower throughput base network (phones, TVs, tablets, guests, etc.). The fiber speed is around 300mbps. After extensive Speed Test usage to the point that they stopped allowing me to run Speed Test, both the Base WiFi and MLO WiFi performed similarly with possibly 10-20mbps higher average via MLO. My guess is that MLO may only be truly useful for gigabit connections. Going straight WiFi with these things doesn't add any significant latency or noticeable drop in throughput in my situation, but could be a concern in larger homes and/or when more walls/junk/metal is between mesh devices. Each of these has 2 ethernet ports, and hardwiring them together with ethernet cable will provide the strongest/fastest connection between mesh devices. The theoretical maximum reliable length is 328' (100 meters) for ethernet cable, so quality Cat6 cable could really put some distance between the main base and the 3rd mesh station (possibly with some WiFi dead spots in between). This is not unique to this system, as most mesh devices have 2 or more ethernet ports.

Purchased the last generation of this item and returned it because it didn’t work well. Low speeds and the switching between satellites was bad. This one works flawlessly and my stress level for Internet in the home is alleviated.

This review is for the TP-Link Deco 7 Dual Band BE5000 WiFi 7 Mesh wifi system. As a Wifi Mesh system, these are great. Terrific signal strength, wired backhaul, dual 2.5Gb Ethernet, and an app that makes them easy to use. No real complaints, and you certainly will not miss the tri-band functionality unless everything on your network is bleeding edge. Signal quality is highly stable and reliable. As a router, these are good, but with some caveats. They're very stable and I have found, in more than a year of use, no instance of buffering while streaming video internally or externally (Plex / Netflix, etc). They have a decent array of features for routing, including some control of DHCP, a built-in VPN server, and a handful of other security features. But there are some issues from a router perspective, not least of which is the fact that a lot of the built-in features require a subscription to use. None of the basics, so don't worry about that, but if you want anything meaningfully advanced, you'll need the subscription or an alternative. There's no real anti-malware functionality without a sub. The VPN server system is good, but it's also limited to just one client at a time, which is something of a problem. That said, if you're willing to use a cheap micro PC running OPNsense as your router and put these into AP mode, they're better by far than pretty much anything else you'll find in this price range, especially if you're using the wired backhaul. With a cheap $20 2.5Gb Mini PCIe 2.5Gb ethernet adapter addon, I turned an old Dell Core i5 micro PC with 16GB RAM and a 128GB SSD into a router that's far more powerful than anything you'll buy in the consumer market. OPNsense is free and includes far, FAR more security functionality, with no subscription, than this provides even with one. The benefit for the TP-Link Mesh is that by removing the workload of routing and DHCP from the wifi mesh setup, you free the full power of all three pods and their CPU's/RAM to focus exclusively on the quality of your wireless connections. The result is faster throughput, better reliability and absolutely no worries at all about how many devices you're putting on your network. If you're at least a tiny bit competent with downloading and installing an OS from a USB, and you're looking for a more robust network connection, then you'll be extremely happy with letting these handle your wifi while an OPNsense pc handles the harder work of routing.

Took about 5 minutes to go from open box to connected mesh. You do have to download an app to control everything which I am not in love with, but that doesn't take away from the functionality. I have concrete walls could only get internet in rooms connected to the office prior to getting this 3-pack. These deco discs are strong enough to carry the signal down hallways and into parts of my house previously "dead zones". The speed boost from combining 2 and 5 into 7 is also great! Great bang for your buck

This system works alright, but if you have any Amazon devices (Echo, Ring, Fire, Smart Plugs, etc.) you will be annoyed because it is difficult to get them connected to the Deco wifi network. I had to go into the settings and change the frequency band to only 2.4 GHz. Then I had to go into the settings and unblock all the Amazon websites that are used by the Amazon devices because the Deco system was blocking them for some reason. Also, if you prioritize content filtering, you will be disappointed with this system. You have to go into the settings and enter keywords to get it to block adult websites. But it still lets explicit images and Gifs come through and only blurs them, but a quick click on the "unblur" button lets them all come through. I returned this Deco system and went with the Eero 7 mesh system. It works seamlessly with all of my Amazon devices and the content filtering is much better.

Excelente producto, llegó en tiempo y forma. Cumple completamente con todas las especificaciones indicadas. No tengo ninguna otra observación; ya llevo varias semanas con el producto y funciona tal cual se describe. Sin duda una excelente compra.

This router has a US plug, not a UK plug, which was not mentioned in the product information. It is difficult to imagine buying a US electrical appliance on Amazon UK. How should a consumer distinguish between them?

The product is excellent! I bought it after hearing many recommendations from friends, and it truly proved its efficiency. It covered the entire villa without any interruptions and supports a high-speed network with complete stability. I highly recommend purchasing it—an outstanding experience worth the investment.

I waited nearly a month to write this review. Setup was a breeze and the control is as good as I've ever had in a network system. Over the past several weeks I have had the Deco-BE25 WiFi 7 3pk up and running through wired backhaul in our home and it has been nothing short of fantastic. I haven't experienced any drops or interruptions in my signal the entire time. Signal strength is better than my ISP provided all in one unit and the amount of settings and control I have is so much more and much easier to manage through the Deco app. I've had nothing but a great experience with this system and the app. I love being able to chose which band to use for each device and I also love the fact I can direct each device to use a specific unit as it's signal source rather than have it roam. I can rename every device to help me better identify it in my system and I've been able to direct each unit to the best possible unit for optimal signal strength. This made it a seamless transition getting all my 2.5ghz smart bulbs and such connected. I can create a blocked list and guest wifi effortlessly through the app and everything can be done in realtime without having to reset the units. If I want to make a system setting change I can just do it through the app and it applies to my system without missing a beat. This is truly a refined and well thought out system. I will acknowledge that I'm using these units through wired backhaul and have no experience with the wireless signal. But for my use case I couldn't have asked for a better experience. The APP truly is one of the best in the industry and one of the better experiences I've had in home networking. The units run cool and quiet and have been flawless in their reliability and signal strength. Highly recommended from me.

Excelente producto a pesar de no tener un gran alcance la señal llega fuerte.