PROBLEMS WITH INITIAL SETUP OF DECO M5 NETWORK
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PROBLEMS WITH INITIAL SETUP OF DECO M5 NETWORK
Hi All,
I hope you're all doing well during these difficult times.
I recently installed a Deco mesh system in my house with 3 units, one main and two slaves that are all wired using cat-6 cables.
THE SYSTEM IS WIRED IN THE METHOD BELOW:
- MODEM
- MAIN DECO M5
- TP-LINK TL-SG1005D (SWITCH)
- SONY SMART TV (connected to switch with 10 meters of cat-6)
- DECO M5 SLAVE TERRACE (connected to switch with 20 meters of cat-6)
- DECO M5 SLAVE OFFICE (connected to switch with 30 meters of cat-6)
- TP-LINK TL-SG1005D (SWITCH)
- MAIN DECO M5
DECO ADVANCED SETTINGS:
- IPV4: PPPOE
- IPV6: DISABLED
- LAN IP:
- 192.1268.68.1
- SUBNET MASK: 255.255.255.0
- DHCP SERVER:
- START IP: 192.168.68.100,
- END UP: 192.168.68.250,
- DEFAULT GATEWAY: 192.168.68.1
- PRIMARY & SECONDARY DNS: BLANK
- IPTV/VLAN: DISABLED
- MAC CLONE:DISABLED
- ADDRESS RESERVATION: NONE
- PORT FORWARDAING: NONE
- TP-LINK DDNS: DISABLED
- SIP ALG: ENABLED
- UPNP: ENABLED
- FAST ROAMING: ENABLED
- BEAMFORMING: ENABLED
- LED CONTROL: ON
- OPERATING MODE: ROUTER
- NOTIFICATIONS: ENABLED
- GOOD THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED SO FAR:
- All decos have solid green lights and the iOS app says they are online and in good health.
- The Sony smart TV is working and fast over ethernet.
- I updated the main Deco and it has the firmware version 1.4.4
- BAD THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED SO FAR:
- When adding the 2 slave decos, the automatic deco finder couldn't find them no matter how close I placed them to the main deco and I eventually had to installand connect them using the direct bluetooth method on the app once it failed enough times and gave me that option.
- The firmware version on both the slave decos are 1.1.6
- I have tried updating the decos through the app, but it says that my network is uptodate.
- even though there is a green light on the slave decos, when I stand next to them my wifi doesn't switch to it from the main deco and sometimes cuts out altogether.
- Either all my devices refuse to switch from one unit to another or the slave decos are not out putting any wifi signal.
I do not have much experience with networks, wired or otherwise so I'm a bit dead in the water here.
Any help would be very much appreciated, my kids are going to begin their e-learning classes soon and I need to get this sorted beforehand.
Thanks so much in advance!