@TP-Link I have the deco m9 plus three units. I have tried the network optimisation in the current firmware but it is far from optimal and does not solve the issue. The furtherest deco unit continues to try and connect to the main unit even though there is a closer deco unit with a stronger signal. You need to simply allow the user to manually select the preferred signal source. It's not that hard and you really should have sorted this out months ago. Ridiculous.

@TP-Link 

Hi, Can you provide something similar for m4 or e4 deco sistem ?

thx

@TP-Link 

TP-Link wrote

@Olafmol 

Hi, All!

Currently, we have a beta firmware for Deco M5 which could help satellite Deco to find the best uplink Deco and optimize its signal source.

So the beta firmware might improve the issue Deco is not getting signal source from the nearest Deco

And if anyone with more than three Deco M5, was suffering from this issue and wanted to test the beta firmware, please leave me a private message with the following information:

1.  the network structure about how each Deco is connected;

(if possible, please help us mark their relative distance)

 

PS: the beta firmware would be updated via web UI and could be reverted back to the official firmware.

Thank you very much for your cooperation and wait for your reply.

 

Update:

Hi, Thank you for all your concerns.

We have the beta firmware for the following models which added a new network optimization feature and can help to optimize the network map of the Deco system.:

Deco M5, Deco M9 Plus, and Deco X60;

Please feel free to send me a private message if you want to test the beta firmware;

Thanks a lot and wait for your reply.

2021-01-26 13:10:53 - last edited 2021-02-09 02:58:09

Re:Deco M5 source signal selectable?-Solution

@Olafmol 

Hi, All!

Currently, we have a beta firmware for Deco M5 which could help satellite Deco to find the best uplink Deco and optimize its signal source.

So the beta firmware might improve the issue Deco is not getting signal source from the nearest Deco

And if anyone with more than three Deco M5, was suffering from this issue and wanted to test the beta firmware, please leave me a private message with the following information:

1.  the network structure about how each Deco is connected;

(if possible, please help us mark their relative distance)

PS: the beta firmware would be updated via web UI and could be reverted back to the official firmware.

Thank you very much for your cooperation and wait for your reply.

Update:

Hi, Thank you for all your concerns.

We have the beta firmware for the following models which added a new network optimization feature and can help to optimize the network map of the Deco system.:

Deco M5, Deco M9 Plus, and Deco X60;

Please feel free to send me a private message if you want to test the beta firmware;

Thanks a lot and wait for your reply.

I've installed the beta firmware for both M9+ and M5. It works well for me with correct source now. My config is 2 units of M9+ & M5 each for a 3 story house. The speed from weakest spot has improved by 2-3x with correct source. 

Do contact support to install and try out the beta firmware.

@YCNg where did you download the beta firmware?

@PatrickFaria Private message @TP-Link and let them know you want to test the beta firmware and the model M5 etc. If there's mix of models in your network, you need to upgrade all firmwares as well.