Will a newer Deco-router play nicely with the old ones?

Will a newer Deco-router play nicely with the old ones?

Will a newer Deco-router play nicely with the old ones?
Will a newer Deco-router play nicely with the old ones?
Thursday - last edited Thursday
Model: Deco M4  
Hardware Version: V2
Firmware Version: 1.6.5

So I'm running 4 Deco M4's currently, but they're starting to show their age a bit. I feel like the main unit is the problem, as my living room where it sits has a lot of devices connecting to it and that's mainly where I would benefit from WiFi 6 and 7. 

 

So now I'm wondering, would everything work nicely if just bought one BE25 (or BE65 or BE85) for example and replaced only the main Deco with that? Or will the new one basically fall back to whatever standards the old ones support? Of course I'm not expecting the old satelite Deco's to get faster or anything, but if the new main Deco falls back to the standards that the M4's support, there's no point in upgrading just the one. And if I have to change them all, then I might as well change brands as well. (though I have to say the BE25 does look pretty attractive in terms of price)

Fingers crossed for a stable 1.7 release for the M4 V2!
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Re:Will a newer Deco-router play nicely with the old ones?
Friday

  @McFox 

 

Hi, thanks for posting question here.

Usually, the performance of main Deco can be better if you change it from Deco M4 into a wifi7 Deco. But it is hard to say that all the effects of wifi7 Deco can be realized.

This guide is for your reference: Can different Deco models work together?

Best regards.

 

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Friday - last edited Friday

  @Marvin_S thanks, I didn't find that page before. It doesn't say anything about what I was "worried" about though, so I'm guessing it's not an issue. As in it won't drop down to WiFi 5 / AC to conform with the M4's if I add a new WiFi 7 capable main Deco (but obviously only devices connected to the new device will be able to utilize the new WiFi standards). I don't care about the security and backhaul stuff that's mentioned on that page.

Fingers crossed for a stable 1.7 release for the M4 V2!
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