Xe75 Main Unit with XE200s

Xe75 Main Unit with XE200s

Xe75 Main Unit with XE200s
Xe75 Main Unit with XE200s
2024-11-09 19:27:34
Model: Deco XE200  
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Hi everyone, 

 

A bit of a noob here. I live in a bit of a larger home that happens to be pre-wired. I have an xe75 as the main unit in the basement where all my wiring is and 4 additional xe75s through the house all wired backhaul.  My brother is taking all but 1 xe75 from me for his house so I purchased 4 xe200s at a great deal on Amazon to replace.

 

My question is, can I keep the xe75 as the main in the basement and use the xe200s throughout the house without any performance issue? I wasn't sure if this setup would create a performance issue because the xe75 is inferior to the xe200, but maybe that doesn't matter because of the wired setup.

 

I have 1 gb connection with Verizon. 

 

Thanks so much everyone. 

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Re:Xe75 Main Unit with XE200s
2024-11-10 10:41:05 - last edited 3 weeks ago

  @JCSTU 

I do not expect you will encounter performance issues.

I suggest locating the xe75 where you do require superior wifi performance.

It is quite easy to swap a main and a satellite Deco.

 

EDIT:

I meant "I suggest locating the xe75 where you do NOT require superior wifi performance."

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Re:Xe75 Main Unit with XE200s
2024-11-10 11:49:52

  @yves_b 

 

Hi thanks but 1 question regarding your suggestion. The xe200 should have significantly better wifi performance right? But you were suggesting putting the xe75 where I needed better performance. Can you help to explain for me? I was intending to keep the xe75 in the basement as the main unit

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Re:Xe75 Main Unit with XE200s
3 weeks ago

  @JCSTU Sorry, my mistake, I meant "I suggest locating the xe75 where you do NOT require superior wifi performance."

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Re:Xe75 Main Unit with XE200s
3 weeks ago

  @yves_b 

 

Noted Thank you! 

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Re:Xe75 Main Unit with XE200s
2 weeks ago

  @yves_b 

 

Hi, just an update here.  So I set up the xe200 and my wifi speeds dropped significantly, almost to 1/3 of what i was getting on the xe75's.  I ensured I was connected to the xe200 and used speedtest.  Not sure exactly why this would be happening.  Again, I'm using an xe75 in the basement as the main unit and all my units are ethernet backhaul.  Any ideas?

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