@MackPhoenix62 

Same problem here. Third unit connects to main unit althought it has a lot better signal from the second unit (they are in a line (main unit "1" --20m-- "2" unit---15m--- "3" unit).

We need a manual option to specify the chain. Like I want this unit to connect to this other unit. 

Also I amb experiencing issues with the second 5 Ghz connection ("the backhaul" triband device, I have M9 plus instead of M5 but the main issue is the same ). Why it takes so long to be online? usually 5 to 10 minutes ?

@Hylure  @Sherowveer  @APrince  @tlx  @R144N  @Greenones 

Hello all, sorry to respond late.

Normally, Deco will select the best source unit to connect automatically, and there is currently no option on the Deco app to force it to connect to a certain source unit.

We actually have feedback this as a feature request to our developers and they will evaluate the feasibility to improve it.

Please wait patiently and keep an eye on your Deco app in case there are any updates.

Note: You may try to relocate the 3rd Deco unit and ensure it is 100% closer to the 2nd Deco, or you may turn off the main Deco first and ensure the 3rd is connected to the 2nd successfully, then turn on the main to give it a go.

Thank you all and have a nice day~

TP-Link_Deco wrote

1. Normally, Deco will select the best source unit to connect automatically,

2. We actually have feedback this as a feature request to our developers and they will evaluate the feasibility to improve it.
Please wait patiently and keep an eye on your Deco app in case there are any updates.

 

3. Note: You may try to relocate the 3rd Deco unit and ensure it is 100% closer to the 2nd Deco, or you may turn off the main Deco first and ensure the 3rd is connected to the 2nd successfully, then turn on the main to give it a go.

1. Obviously, from all the postings here, Deco does not "normally" do this for many users.

2. People have been waiting a year or two. Asking them to "wait patiently" with no sign of anything happening is a bit much.

3. This seems both odd and incorrect, based on other postings. The odd part is that you can remove the main Deco (eliminating the Internet connection) and still have the others make connections to each other. I have not tried this, so I guess it could happen and might work. But the incorrect part comes from the fact that people have reported doing similar playing around by moving Deco slaves around. They may get the connection they want initially. But then when the slaves are moved back into their regular location, they default back into the less desirable connections.

@TP-Link_Deco I'm having this same problem. My main deco is not in a central location in my home and it's not feasible to relocate the modem. It should be a pretty reasonable feature request for mesh network to accommodate. I'd appreciate if the devs could take a look at it. Thank you!

@TP-Link_Deco I'm having the same issue and the provided workaround doesn't work properly. Any ETA for a real fix?

Thanks,

Kobi.

I will soon throw all my tplink products out of the window and I am fed up of hearing we listen to your feedback but will think of feasibility.  You have so many pages of your users telling you the same darn thing.  Just do it already!  And freaking allow users to access basic freaking feature like doing port forwarding on the freaking web ui! I don't like working with my phone all the time!!

@TP-Link_Deco 

Just fix it.... 

@TP-Link 

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@All 

Let's shift to orbi... Tp-Link is NOT WORTH IT. 

@TP-Link_Deco ok now... how to wait patiently is flagged as Best Solution baffles me. I mean... I have no complaints regarding Roaming or Beamforming. But my 3rd unit is like 15mts away from the Main Unit and 7mts from the 2nd. So Deco chooses 15 instead of 7?... that makes no sense to me! How a signal 15mts away is better than one that is 7mts?!?! Reboot, Add, Remove, Reboot again IS NOT A SOLUTION! It is just a way o saying we, from TP-Link, couldn't´t care less about our customers and that´s not an issue so we will not take care of this. Period. And that´s ok by me.. as long as you stop advertising Deco as a Mesh Solution, which is not. Sure enough it helped me with a signal black hole I had in my bedroom but that´s about it. I was considering buying two more units but until we have a way to choose (and not lose after a reboot) how the units connect to each other... well, TP-Link will have to have patiently (as you say) for my money...