I'm glad I found this topic before my purchase.

I was about to buy a Deco X20 3-way set.

But changing the channels myself is something I absolutely need.

And if I read that it will even select something like channel 4, instead of using 1,6,11 (the only ones that don't interfere), it makes me feel horrified.

I'll look at alternatives.

@TP-Link_Deco 

Could you please tell me has the firmware been done to enable manual channel selection?

I see the original reply waps sept 2020,

We now near feb 2021.

Thanks in advance for your reply.

@_Btree019_ Sadly you'd have better luck trying to get blood from a stone than TP-Link @TP-Link_Deco getting back with a legitimate response and/or fixing this bug. They've already said they will not fix this bug and refuse to get back to people without a false promise of a statment. 

I've had horrible issues lately. I needed to turn them off and fall back on an older router because if this channel control bug.

@Hami I've had beyond horrible mesh network speeds lately. Unsure why, but I think because my neighbour probably bought a TpLink mesh network too. Getting about 15-40mbps, which is pretty bad if there are 4 people on the network at the same time trying to stream videos, zoom etc.

I've switch to another brand of mesh networking. Wifi 6 mesh for 50quid per node on Amazon. A certain Chinese brand that goes H****i. Fantastic speeds, getting about 200mbps now. I haven't tried manually switching Wifi Channels yet, but haven't had the need to do so. Fantastic price for a Wifi 6 mesh. Can't be happier. :D 

@Anon0 A certain chinese brand, (H****i) has a wifi 6 mesh at 50quid per node on Amazon. The model is Ax3. I just bought it last week to replace my Deco M5. Can't be happier. my network speeds changed from 30mbps avg to about 200mpbs now. Hope this is helpful.

@kfcislif3 

Hi, thanks for all your kind feedback.

Currently, I am afraid there is no plan to support manually changing the wireless channel on the Deco M9 Plus.

And the firmware 1.5.0 of Deco M9 plus is around the corner which would support network optimization and help us improved the wireless condition of the mesh network;

Moreover, the latest Deco APP supported Wi-Fi assistant which would help analyze the wireless condition as well.

Thank you very much for your understanding and support.

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@kfcislif3 

Hi, thanks for all your kind feedback.

Currently, I am afraid there is no plan to support manually changing the wireless channel on the Deco M9 Plus.

And the firmware 1.5.0 of Deco M9 plus is around the corner which would support network optimization and help us improved the wireless condition of the mesh network;

Moreover, the latest Deco APP supported Wi-Fi assistant which would help analyze the wireless condition as well.

Thank you very much for your understanding and support.

 

@TP-Link please please stop marking these with solutions. 
 

What could have been a great product has been turned into a joke! The team has tip toed around the bug (yes bug!) for a year now and all it's done is pushed people away. 
 

If the company could have come out in the first place and said they were not fixing this bug then at least it would look better than putting peoples hopes up. 
 

I've always loved the TP-Link brand but this past year has shown that customer support is a joke and that looking after its client base and fixing something that is desperately needed is not of concern. 
 

In professional wifi nobody and I mean NO LARGE COMPANY would EVER rely on automatic channel selection. This is not professional and to put all the effort into this rather than giving control is an out right cry that support doesn't care. 
 

What epic and disappointing show of support for its customers!

@Hami 

I think the only thing we can do right now is report TP-links message as Inappropriate Content (pull down options in the upper right corner of their message) noting that this is NOT a solution and TP-link fails to listen to their user base.

I will have to sell our TP-link AX3000 because I got into a really fierce argument with my wife. She has to work from home due to COVID19 and she's blaming me for the dodgy WIFI since I bought this triple mesh set. Now she has to roll out a network cable to her laptop, because about twice a day all phones and laptops report 80+% signal strength but no internet connection and at every reboot of the TP-link it will only select 5Ghz channel 42 or 48 which are both heavily used in our neighborhood. 

@IanPH 

IanPH wrote

I will have to sell our TP-link AX3000 because I got into a really fierce argument with my wife. She has to work from home due to COVID19 and she's blaming me for the dodgy WIFI since I bought this triple mesh set. Now she has to roll out a network cable to her laptop .......

Haha I've had the same thing! Multiple times my wife has asked why the internet isn't working or so spotty. She's asked why I bought such an exspensive solution when it has so many issues. 
 

It's hard to explain that I can just log into it and fix the issue when I know exactly what it is (I have a wifi scanning app and channels need to change) yet stuck to use mobile phone app rather than something professional and easy as a web browser. 
 

Anyways ya crazy when something that should give us control doesn't and makes the devices reliable actually hinders it and makes it look like garbage compared to a cheap regular router.