Hi everyone,

I’m running Deco M5 mesh (5 nodes) with wired Ethernet backhaul. It’s great, but I want to upgrade mainly because M5 doesn’t support Wi-Fi Access Control / Allow List (whitelist). Kids can share the Wi-Fi password easily, and blocking devices is a pain (private/random MAC, etc.). I’m thinking of replacing the whole setup with Deco X55.

I noticed that Deco sometimes hides features depending on firmware/model/hardware, so I’d really appreciate real-world confirmation before I buy the units, I need to confirm that I won't lose any currently available features that I use on my M5.

Can X55 owners confirm these are available in the Deco app?

1. Wi-Fi Access Control / Allow List (Whitelist): Does X55 support “Allow List” (only approved devices can join)? Any gotchas?

2. Per-device Connection Preference: Can you set Preferred Deco per device (force it to one node)? Can you set preferred band per device (2.4 / 5 / Auto)?

3. Per-device “Mesh Technology” toggle: Can you disable roaming for a specific device? Useful especially for cameras and other IoT devices.

4. Per-device bandwidth visibility: Real-time upload/download per device. Weekly/monthly per-device usage (if available)?

5. Family profiles / parental controls: Profiles per family member + scheduling/pause/content filter (what’s free vs paid on X55)?

I am aware that AllowList or MAC filter is not a super secure solution, and can still be overridden technically, but in my case it would be helpful.

Any other recommendations or solutions would be appreciated too.

Thanks!