M5 used as a router - is it a bottleneck?
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My home network is setup pretty well I think. From the modem to an M5 and from the M5 to a switch. From the switch it connects to an M9 Plus on each floor (wired on CAT5e) that act as an AP i.e. as per the image below. My question is around the M5 acting as a router. Is there a better device for it? Must if be a Deco? Any advice from the community would be appreciated. Don't have a major problem, just wanting to make incremental improvements.
First, check if improvements are necessary. You can login to Main Deco M5 Web interface and see its CPU and memory utilization. Example:
You can login to Web Interface by typing IP address of Main Deco in browser. This info auto refreshes, so wait for a few minutes and if CPU Load stays low after initial spike, and Memory Usage stays low - no need to change anything.
In case CPU Load and/or Memory Usage is consistently high, you can replace Main Deco M5 with one of your Satellite Deco M9, by promoting M9 to Main Deco: Changing the Main Unit for your Mesh Network
Deco M9 Plus is more powerful unit. After the swap with M5, check its CPU and Memory load, same process.
@Alexandre. Thank you, but I've seen a screenshot like what you've shared on the net too but I don't seem to get that. Mine looks like the below. Is it a setting on the M5 that I need to change perhaps?
I think I have the latest firmwares installed.
