Hi,

 

Noticed something that makes me wonder if I will keep the product...

 

In my basement, I have a Smart TV, hooked up with an Amazon Firestick.

 

I also have a Bluetooth headset linked with the Firestick.

 

With my previous "regular" router, both the TV and Firestick were connected to the 5G wifi band, without issues..

 

Now, with the Deco M9, they both connect to the 2.4G band. Since I have the main Deco unit on the second floor and the satellite on the ground floor, I would have expected that the 5G band would be strong enough to be picked up by the TV and the Firestick but, maybe I just don't know enough about wifi signal.

 

In any case, I haven't noticed any streaming issues in the 4 days since we have gotten the Deco.

 

Nonetheless, I see 2 potential issues:

 

1- The basement television connects to the main Deco unit, 2 floors up, instead of the satellite on the ground floor! I had disabled Mesh before noticing that. I re-enabled mesh, in the hopes it would switch back but, it doesn't. Not sure if that means the main deco has better signal (I sure hope not!). How can I "force" the change?

 

2- Since setting up the Deco units, the basement bluetooth headset are giving us a warning that bluetooth headsets can mess with the 2.4g band and, as such, I should connect the Firestick (and the TV) to the 5G band... But I can't force this! 

 

Can you explain:

 

A- What would happen if the headset starts to cause interference on the 2.4G band for either the Firestick or the TV? Would they revert to the 5G band? Does Mesh option need to be enabled for that to happen?

 

B- Is there a way I can verify that the 5G band is strong enough to support streaming in the basement? As of now, my streaming needs are not too big and I am still on a 30mb plan but, I intend to upgrade to 100mb in the very near future and, the 2.4 band being so prone to interference (my microwave messes up my laptop's wifi!), I want to make sure the 5G band can cope. The way I see things right now, the basement equipment is probably picking up the 2.4 band because it's stronger but, since the previous router was farther but the 5G signal was still good enough, I would like to see how strong the 5G band is on the Deco satellite.

 

Last point: I live in Canada and, what attracted me to a mesh system was the fact that you could "grow" the system. I mean, the Deco M9 has 2 units so, it was perfect to test wether it would supply my 3 floors home. Nonetheless, since every review I read about mesh system speaks about adding satellites units if needed, I thought that, if needed, I would do just that.

 

On top of that, I saw that a 3-pack Deco M9 was supposed to be available eventually (and I see some people actually have that).

 

All of this to say that, I picked up the M9 with the idea to buy an additional satellite if needed. 

 

Since then, I contacted Tp-link in Canada and I was told there are no additional satellites for sale... Is that for real??? I don't want to have to buy another 2-pack untis when I only really need 1! Any ideas if additional satellites would eventually be available in Canada?

 

Thanks