@David-TP 

Today I had some time to sit down and test the whole wifi system at home.

Let me put my observations here. 

My subscription is 800 Mbps up and 200 Mbps down fibre package. I use a TP-Link SG108E unmanaged switch and TL-R600VPN router to connect to my ISP's BTU. The M9 Plus Decos work as access points. I have 3 V1 nodes one of which is the main deco and 2 V2 nodes.

I have my V1 nodes running on 1.6.0 and the V2 ones on 1.6.1. David messaged me to switch one of the 1.6.1 nodes as the main deco and test the performance.

I did that but still got a max of about 470 Mbps up and 200 Mbps down when I used the speed test app that is built into the Deco app itself.

Then I connected my laptop to the main deco (to the second Ethernet port) using a Cat 6 Ethernet cable and tested the speed from my laptop using the Speed test App that is installed on my laptop. Surprisingly the speed recorded was close to 800 Mbps (750 to 770) up and down was 200 Mbps.

At least from my experience on my 800/200 Mbps fibre network, I can conclude the issue is the speed test app that is built into the Deco app. Maybe the built-in speed test app does not have sufficient time to ramp up the speed beyond 500 Mbps. 

The above is my experience using my wifi setup and doesn't speak for others.  

I would like to thank David and others in this community for sharing their experiences.

I would love to have 1.6.1 as well for my M9 v1 units...

  @David-TP 

sent DM but I'm interested in 1.6.1 as well. 

  @Dekonass 

i"m also struggling with the 1.6.0 that went official than was taken down. If you can share with me the link for the 1.6.1.

Thanks in advance!

So I'm confused about the timeline for the official 1.6 release date. Many weeks ago TP Link said it would be released within a week or a few days. Then I saw a couple threads above that TP Link said that they're starting a new testing phase for the beta version. Is this correct? So we're looking at many many more months of testing? which would take it over an entire year. Sorry, just trying to understand.  

  @David-TP 

Hi!

I have messaged you yesterday itself. Can you confirm that you received my message?

  @David-TP 

I have just upgraded my multi deco system from 3XM5 and 3xM9 Plus to 4xX50-PoE and 3xM9 Plus - given that the M9 did not have connection preference and my system seems to focus most devices in the house to one (not the main) M9 i thought I would install the 1.6 for V2 M9 Plus Beta FW to allow me to choose the preferred node for the various wifi devices around the house

However, it seems the only addition in the FW is to allow the one node (m9 Plus) not on hardwired ethernet to choose which hardwired X50 it connects to - nothing has changed in allowing the client devices to choose (or me to select) based on signal strength which is absolutely ridiculous given some devices are showing 1 bar or zero due to the distance to the M9 they are choosing vs (in some cases) one X50 or M9 that is within 2 feet of the client device????????

Any suggestions as this makes a mockery of the whole set up and I may as well send all of the decos back except the one being connected to and the main (router connected) one!

  @ThomasLwin 

I asume both...

My network is a mixture of V1 and V2 devices. To have benefits of the new features all devices must be updated.

  @David-TP 

Can you please confirm?