TP-Link Deco BE65 BE9300 Tri-Band Whole Home Mesh WiFi 7 System, Speeds up to 9214 Mbps, AI-Driven, Connect Over 200 Devices, Ideal for Gaming&4K, Easy Setup, Mesh System 2.5G Connectivity, Pack of 3

I recently had Fibre broadband installed. Openreach would only terminate the ONT downstairs in the kitchen. I have a 3 storey house and have previously had a Wifi router connected to FTTC terminating on the middle floor where my study is located. I had to completely rethink my topology!The Deco system has been setup with wireless back-haul. I am using PPPoE on the main Deco unit to connect to my ISP via the ONT. I have one unit on each floor. The Wifi speed I get when connected to 5Ghz network is generally very close to the ISP speed and the 2.4Ghz network is more than adequate but obviously limited on speed. I also have a Mac connected on the first floor via one of the Gige ports and it runs at the full ISP connection speed and that includes a wireless back-haul hop from the Deco it's connected to and the main Deco connected to the ONT.All in all I'm very impressed with how easy it was to setup and the performance I'm getting. My ISP speed is 150Mpbs and most of the time this is available to me with devices that are capable both wired and wireless. I suspect if a much higher speed broadband connection is used the wireless back-haul would start to become a bottleneck and in this situation wired Ethernet via the GigE ports is available. There are 2 on each unit. This may be limiting if you use back-haul on one port and connect the other to the ONT then you're left with no ports on that unit to connect to your wired LAN.Since I originally wrote this review, I have managed to set up backhaul over a LAN using a TP-Link TL-SG108 switch which also has various wired objects plugged in (Smart heating bridge, printer and a MAC). In this case everything is working well and I am getting the full 150Mbps through the MAC. I suspect backhaul is possible over most LANs but I know there are complications with VLANs if you are using the Guest Network feature. In this case you may have problems with some switches depending on how they deal with loops caused by VLANs. I don't use the Guest Network so I haven't had a problem.It doesn't boast many features but as a basic router/mesh Wifi it seems like a very cost effective and stable solution.

Upgraded from the Deco M9+ to the BE65, and the difference is incredible! Speeds are nearly 50% faster, and latency has improved significantly. Setup/upgarde was quick and easy from the app, and the coverage is excellent—took me less than 1 hour from start to finish to get the 3 Deco swapped!!!If you're looking for a future-proof Wi-Fi 7 system, this is a solid investment!

Increased WiFi speeds from ~50mbps to over 800mbps.I upgraded from 2 x google WiFi devices (don’t know the model of nest or not, but they were old 5GHz devices) to 1 single Deco BE65. (BE 9300). This single unit serves my entire home - 4 bedrooms, 2 floors, old London home with thick brick walls and wooden floors.The best thing has been the significant upgrade in WiFi speed which were surprising to me. The Deco creates 3 SSIDs. One standard, one for 6ghz and one for MLO (WiFi 7). I’m not yet familiar with the requirement for all 3 but my iPhone 16 gets about 700mbps, one floor and 2 rooms away from the router on all 3 of the ssids. My 5 year old MacBook Pro gets 650mbps but is not wifi7 compatible so only sees 2 of the ssids. (All of this is against a 1Gb internet connection).The setup was easy enough. A couple of issues that were super easy to fix but I am an ex network engineer. I think a competent home user would find the setup easy if you are creating a brand new WiFi network (with a new name/ssid). I replaced my old network exactly in the hope the existing devices would just connect to the new network, which they did, but it needed a little love during the setup.The Deco app is more advanced than I thought it would be. There are some basic security features but you don’t need them. It has things like QoS, vPN client and server, guest network, block lists, allow lists etc. If you want something plug and play with a few extras, this feels like a good fit but most people won’t need more than the 5 min initial setup.All in, this has been an enormous upgrade for me, from the Google WiFi kit (on a wired backhaul) and a simplification as I only need one device.Would recommend.

Dropped a star just because there are no instructions at all to speak of that help setting up.From other poor reviews I can see that this was those peoples problems too - They just didn't dig far enough and gave up with it. A lot are stating things don't exist that actually do e.g. the dedicated 2.4ghz channel.We got this because we were having trouble with mobile connection at home only whereby we'd need to click airplane more off and on to access some websites/banks etc.For this new system BE9300:-Likes:The fact once set up it seems to work well with good whole house and garden coverage.Speeds are good.Information is good enough about what is connected, IPs and MAC addsDislikes:Absolutely no information or instructions to set it up - It isn't guaranteed to be plug and play. Only things that seemed seamless were Alexa 5ghz devices which attached no bother to the shared 2.4/5ghz channel.The shared 5/2.4ghz band just wouldn't work with the 2.4 IoTs and the 5ghz of this also had the same problem for phones as previously encountered!Had to go into the MORE section and WiFi Settings to set up MLO Network 5&6 ghz for phones (works perfectly now)Had to go into the MORE section and IoT Network to set up dedicated 2.4ghz IoT band all worked as they should with seamless connections. Only one failed cheap switch product for a garage door that won't transmit is temp wifi channel for set up. Won't work on the ISPs modem hub either so just buying a new one.Another problem was the "Preferred Connection" setting just doesn't work at all. Have reported it to tplink as it seems to attach the setting to another item!!