You still need the sky router to act as modem. Ideally you to set your ISP modem/router into a bridge mode, base mesh unit is then connected to the ISP modem/router via cat 5/6 cable. Your satellite mesh units then are placed around the house creating your mesh network. The backhaul to those satellite units will dictate the download speeds. Default will be WiFi backhaul but some mesh systems use powerline backhaul. Best option is ethernet backhaul but probably not possibly unless your house is already wired up for it or you can route the cat 5/6 cable discreetly. Also I've read that sky router can't be put into bridge mode like the Virgin router can, if true your mesh network will still work but you'll have 2 wireless networks which is annoying and possibly uses more electricity but you can just ignore the sky WiFi network
If you have ftth you can dispose of the sky router as long as what you are replacing it with allows you to tag a vlan
Yep, you can ditch the Sky modem completely.
Attach ethernet from ONT to ethernet port on the TP-Link Mesh (or any other Mesh that supports VLAN tagging).
Chose the PPPoE option and enter
Username anything@skydsl
Password anything
You would need to also enter
Vlan id 10
MTU 1500
Priority should be 0.
This worked great, thanks for the info. (Didn't see the MTU setting)
I've been using TP Link Deco XE75 ever since I gave up on Google Wifi last August. Triband, Wifi 6E, 6ghz etc. etc. - cost 450 euros too.
When it works it is great, but whenever it decides to stop working it is really a hassle. Sometimes this means resetting the whole network and adding each device one by one, or now for example one of the nodes is losing connection to the base and I just can't get it back working solidly (weirdly it had worked fine in this spot since August). Hard resets etc don't make a difference. Looking online, lots of people have similar issues with TP Link.
I'm going to try to send it back before my 12-month warranty is up.
Does anyone recommend anything else that would do the same job? 180m2 over 3 floors, have a few Nest cameras & Philips Hue connected, main thing I am looking for is reliability for video calls etc, and ideally just plug it out and plug it in again to fix whenever something does go wrong
I'm still on nest wifi and no plans to change... Two robots, 30ish hue lights, 6ish speakers, thermostats, solar and a bunch of other stuff, all working well. It's never dropped out and I can't imagine needing more bandwidth...
I might give that a try, I had the original Google WiFi which didn't work well though
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Hi! Would you happen to know if TP Link Deco M9 supports VLAN tagging? Conflicting results from google.
Many thanks
From my experience, all the TP-Link's have VLAN tagging.
I'd say go for it if you're thinking of buying. I have the M5s and they're a great job.
Thanks for these instructions but they actually confused me because I couldn't find a lot of the settings you were referring to. I have TP-Link X55 with the latest Deco app and these are the steps I followed
From deco app home page go to More(botton right) > Advanced > IPTV/VLAN
Configure it like this
YYeah if you go into a different setting "Operation Mode" and select Wifi Router, it should guide you through the steps then for the PPPOe details.
Hope this is the correct place to ask. I have an garden office room and have been using a Deco M5 system since start of the year which has picked up amazing WiFi signal from the house (maybe 20/25m away). The M5 is inside a back window, with great signal inside the house, and my laptop in the office was easily getting 100mbps.
In the last week or 2 this has completely changed and is picking up 5-10mbps, amd won't work for video calls. I've done the usual turn on/turn off the WiFi and the Deco system, installed Deco updates, and nothing is getting the signal back to what it previously was.
Any ideas please?
Are the other M5 units working well? Maybe try this link to see what you can find out: https://youtu.be/5PCeJxuHYu0
We have the new Virgin Media WiFi 6 router.
It's upstairs in the front of the house. Downstairs at the back of the extension the signal is very bad. We do have the front room downstairs and the extension wired with Ethernet from beside the router.
Is a mesh system the best for us to give whole house connectivity? Obviously using an Ethernet back haul would be preferred if so.
I have the Firestick at the back of the house running off Ethernet and can use a switch to extend this to tv, PS4, etc. but phones, laptops and smart devices are struggling
NBI fiber due in a month or so, and im thinking about a network, for large bungalow with external detached garage.
looking for advice on the following:
going to go with wifi 6e. i will be able to run cat 5 ( or cat 6 ) to 2 x access points. My garage is detached and hoping to have a AP close by to it. All APs will be ethernet backhul. will run a ethernet to TV.
Was thinking that id use a switch to connect all the APs and also a few IP cameras that im getting.
So what manafacturer would you recommend for:
Switch?
APs?
ethernet cable...Cat 5 or 6?
Wifi 6 or 6e?
Is there a 6e mesh system you would recommend for this scenario? or is there a better way to set this up? TIA
PS
would like to have all my IOT on its own network, as an option.
I'd go ubiquiti unifi in your position
tks. but could be a bit technical for the likes of me!
Ah it's not really, great learning experience!
I use a Friztbox and have set-up a mesh network. I've removed the Eir 1GB modem from the equation and after a lot of changes to settings I seem to operating ok. On the 5GHz channel I can get +600 GB download but only about 70-80GB on the 2.4Ghz channel. Anything obvious I am doing wrong here
70-80 GB is about the max 2.4GHz wifi will give you in realistic conditions so nothing wrong here as far as I can see.
2.4 GHz is good for range and will go through walls etc better, 5GHz will give you speed but is affected by walls.
Have Nest wifi, used to have Virgin BB and we (and I can't remember the term sorry) switched the modem to a certain mode and ran purely using the Nest.
Moved to Eir FTTH.....isn't nearly as speedy as it should be and I think the eir modem and nest wifi are flighting with each other?
Tried doing the same to the eir router but it doesn't seem to work the same way.
Any tips?
Is it worth the price? I'd go for the previous gen as my broadband is 500mb to begin with...
Does wifi 6 pass through walls easier than 5? I'm having difficulty getting the signal to my shed outside the house.
Hi guys,
I'm living rurally on the Galway-Mayo border for the past 8 years and have been struggling with extremely bad broadband for all of that time.
NBI website says my address is currently pending survey and estimated connection sometime between January 2025 & December 2026. So looking like it ain't coming anytime soon!
Anyhow we currently use Vodafone mobile broadband - very inconsistent at times almost unusable, which is a disaster as we both WFH currently.
I've only just heard of the Starlink satellite broadband. The upfront hardware cost is expensive but to be honest it would be worth it for us given the pathetic speeds and unreliable connection that we currently have.
I've been reading that the included Starlink router wifi range is poor, so will be needing to setup a mesh network so we have decent connectivity both upstairs and downstairs.
The longwinded intro above is leading into my main question... how many units do you think we would need to have decent coverage throughout our house? We live in an approx. 2,000 square foot dormer.
Wife works downstairs in the sitting room (the Starlink router will be housed here), whilst I work from a spare bedroom upstairs.
Looking at buying Eero 6+ or Pro 6 for the mesh network. These are typically sold in one, two or three unit packs. Do you think would two of these units be sufficient for us - or better off getting the 3 pack?
TIA - have zero experience with mesh network previously so just wondering what more experienced people think.
youll need to disable wifi on the eir router
It's called 'pass through' or 'bridge mode' on the eir router... you access the settings through the IP address of the router in your browser.
Don't know anything about the 6 sorry, I have the original setup.
Thats it thanks.
I tried logging into eir modem to update it which worked but when I disconnected the eir router from the socket on the wall and replaced with the Google one (so the signal goes through that) it wouldn't work?
If using the Eir router in bridge mode you need to leave it connected to the ONT (wall socket) and connect the Nest to it.
If not using phone or TV many routers can be connected directly to the ONT if they support VLAN tagging. I think I saw people report that the original Nest may not support it but their support page suggests if (firmware) is recently updated it would so they may have added support.
Thanks we use eir TV so sounds like we need to leave the eir router connected and just switch it to bridge mode.
Will check that out, thanks
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