Deco M5 to X60 upgrade questions
Hi all,
Looking for some help and answers to some questions in my home set up.
I live in the UK and have Virgin Media fibre broadband. It was 500gb and I had 4 Deco M5s around my house operating in Wi-Fi Router mode with my Virgin Media hub 4 in modem mode.
I got 500mb at the main M5 plugged into the router, and I then used a powered hub to give 8 other devices a hardwired full connection also.
The other M5s in the house were wireless so connection was slower but good enough.
Yesterday I upgraded to Virgins 1gb internet speed. It's actually 1150gb.
To utilise its speed properly I upgraded the Deco M5s to a trio of X60s, set up in the same way as Wi-Fi Router and plugged into a Virgin Media Hub 5 (upgraded it). The system is now all installed and working correctly. The incoming speed may not have stablised perfectly as yet because speed is levelling out around the 900gb mark and not the 1150 mark thats advertised, but none the less, its an upgrade.
Virgin Hub 5 (Modem Mode) > Ethernet to Deco X60 #1 > Ethernet to Gigabyte Hub (then out to 7 devices) > Ethernet to Deco X60 #2 > Ethernet to Gibabyte Hub (then out to 3 devices)
Deco X60 #3 is Wirelessly connected to the main Deco X60 #1.
My questions are
1) The Deco M5 had a speed test function on the app so I could test the speed at the source. The X60 despite being newer and faster does not, so how do I now measure the current speed on the main Deco?
2) The main X60 is plugged into the router and then the same X60 also plugs into a Ethernet gigabyte hub. That hub gives its connection to 7 devices. The 8th slot on the hub goes to the second Deco in another room to give it a full speed too. This is okay right? And that second Deco X60 will get the full speed too (im assuming it will)? I've then plugged into that second Deco another gigabyte hub which powers 3 devices via Ethernet in that room also (albeit a speed test of one device on that Deco was 900gb and another only 500gb - maybe its the wiring, maybe the second device just isnt as good).
3) Security settings. Which should I pick? WPA, WPA2, WPA3 etc? What's the difference?
4) I've got devices sat beside the main Deco that want to connect to the Deco in the house furthest away and vice versa. Would it improve the network if I choose a preferred Deco for then to connect to so they aren't connecting far away, or does this actually give a negative effect overall?
5) IPv6 - what is it? Should i turn it on or leave it off?
Thank you all in advance