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Deco M5 Mesh WiFi set up.

  • 17-11-2020 09:45AM
    #1
    quartz1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 407 ✭✭


    I have an Eir router in bridge mode. Connected to it I have a tplink router. I connected one deco m5 unit by ethernet cable to the to the tplink and then the other decos around the house . All seems to be working well.
    Do I need to turn off the wireless function of the tplink or do I just leave it as is.. Another option seems to rename the Deco Mesh exactually same as Deco Mesh . Thanks


Comments

  • #2
    Rattlehead_ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,893 ✭✭✭Rattlehead_ie


    I'd of thought that you replace the TPLink with one of the Deco units completely.


  • #3
    quartz1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 407 ✭✭quartz1


    Rattlehead_ie wrote: »
    I'd of thought that you replace the TPLink with one of the Deco units completely.

    Absolutely perhaps I should but wasn't sure what I was doing, thanks
    ,


  • #4
    quartz1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 407 ✭✭quartz1


    Am I loosing bandwidth by having the Eir modem in bridge connecded to the Tplink . I only have copper broadband so I want to max the bandwidth


  • #5
    MarkR
    Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 11,343 Mod ✭✭✭✭MarkR


    No, there shouldn't be any change to the speed by having it in bridge mode. The M5 app on your phone has a speed test on it, you can confirm you're getting close to your advertised speed with that. I'm on the other side of a concrete wall, and I'm getting 200 Mbps wireless.


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