Please help the wifi is making me problems with my
I have some problems with my mesh
I have these Decos
3 X55 (one is the main principal, all of them connected by ethernet)
2 X60 (one connected by ethernet and other by Wifi)
1 X50 Outdoor (connected by Wifi)
And a TP-Link TL-SG108 8 Port Gigabit Unmanaged Ethernet Network Switch to do the ethernet connection with the Decos.
I have an internet service of 350MB (download/upload), and I have almost 60 appliances in my home like Echos(Alexas), security cameras (Eufy), Smart TVs, cellphones, computers, smart light switchs, etc..
The first problem is... only I get 200-250MB either in the Decos that are connected by ethernet, but never 300 or more.
The other problem is that I am suffering for example in the Smart TVs lost connection of the internet or very slow connection then I swith the wifi connection to the main router (the one of the internet company) and then fixes, another times I can´t do the connection with the Wifi of the Decos, with the security cameras always have a lot of connection problems, the image in the app was very slow or I can´t open the camera (image), so many problems with the connection for the cameras so I decided to connect them (almost all) the the Router of the Internet supplier and the problem was solved, the cameras are working fine since then, with the Smart Light Swtichs I have like 16 and some of them lose the internet connection so is frustrating because all works with Alexa, also have problem with the cellphones sometimes the internet is slow and other times can´t do connection with the Wifi of the Decos.
The fix that I do to solve all this is to restart the Decos and then all fine again but i need to do this several times in the day, also I set the restart in the night every day but then the problem to do this is in the morning some of the appliances don´t have internet connection.
So all this is very frustrating because I spent a ot of money to buy the Decos and the ethernet cable installation to have a very nice Wifi Mesh but I can´t have it as you see. =(
Any tips, suggestions or help can you give me to try to solve my problem?, really thank you so much in advance!
It is possible that your Main Deco X55 can't handle the load. Here is what you can do to reduce load on Main Deco and this could stabilize your Deco mesh:
1. Configure Deco mesh to run in Access Point mode: Switching a Deco to Access Point (AP) Mode
2. With Deco mesh running in Access Point mode, connect TP-Link TL-SG108 switch directly to ISP Router. Connect Main Deco to TP-Link TL-SG108 switch. This will be your new Deco mesh setup:
Note that Step 2 will only work in Access Point mode, which means you must do Step 1 first and only after confirming Deco mesh is OK - proceed with Step 2.
It is possible that your Main Deco X55 can't handle the load. Here is what you can do to reduce load on Main Deco and this could stabilize your Deco mesh:
1. Configure Deco mesh to run in Access Point mode: Switching a Deco to Access Point (AP) Mode
2. With Deco mesh running in Access Point mode, connect TP-Link TL-SG108 switch directly to ISP Router. Connect Main Deco to TP-Link TL-SG108 switch. This will be your new Deco mesh setup:
Note that Step 2 will only work in Access Point mode, which means you must do Step 1 first and only after confirming Deco mesh is OK - proceed with Step 2.
If you have not done Step 2 yet, please do. With Step 1 you improved Deco mesh performance, but it is Step 2 that truly offloads Main Deco from unnecessary work. After Step 2, your Deco mesh should be as following:
After Step 2, and if Deco mesh is stable, I suggest to start configuring security cameras to connect to Deco mesh.
In case Deco mesh can handle all security cameras (and I expect it will in this Deco mesh configuration), and there is nothing connected to Router, you can disable Router WiFi. Having ISP Router broadcast WiFi signal will not be necessary when everything connects to Deco mesh.
My personal preference is to run Deco mesh in Access Point mode, when there is ISP Router present. In its default "Router" mode Main Deco must handle LAN management (IP address alocations and such) as well as WiFi mesh management. This taxes CPU and RAM utilization for Main Deco, especially when there are many devices connected to Deco mesh.
With Deco running in AP mode, ISP Router CPU runs LAN management and Main Deco CPU is only dedicated to WiFi mesh, which will improve Deco mesh performance.
Also, in AP mode, you can wire all Deco units as it is on diagram above. Any device connected to Deco unit will pass its traffic through the switch to ISP Router to Internet and back, not through Main Deco.
Finally, in AP mode you can use all Ethernet ports on ISP Router as they are on the same LAN as Deco mesh. For example, I have Synology file server - it is connected directly to the ISP Router and accessible with no issues from anywhere on my home network.
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As for Connection Preference feature. You can only use it on Satellite Deco that are wirelessly connected to the rest of Deco mesh. The point of this feature is to have connection between wireless Deco unit the way you find most optimal. For Deco unit that is Ethernet wired, this feature does not make sense - Ethernet link is always the optimal, so you would not see it for Ethernet wired Deco units.
You can do the test, if you want to: unplug hardwired Satellite Deco from Ethernet cable, wait till it establishes WiFi link and see in Deco app if Connection Preference option appeared for that Deco. It should.