@PinUSA +1- disabling beamforming worked to solve 99% of the problem (or maybe 100%). I guess this is solved, though I think TP-Link owes us a new firmware to let us re-enable beamforming.

@Carl if it helps, I'm an experienced Linux kernel engineer and if you need any logs or anything from the Deco device, I'm happy to try to grab them. Distance to the router didn't seem to be a factor...

@Carl my nest hub and hub max are fine, and I think maybe my 2nd gen Mini was OK, but my two 3rd gen Mini and two Nest Audios are both definitely unusable with the XE5300. They're all up to date and...

Hi TP-Link! I just got this 3-pack of XE5300 nodes, set them up as Access Point (to replace my Linksys Velop also in Access Point mode), updated firmware and was initially super happy. I use Access...