TP-Link Deco XE75 AXE5400 Whole Home Mesh Wi-Fi 6E System
TP-Link Deco XE75 AXE5400 Whole Home Mesh Wi-Fi 6E System, Tri-Band Wi-Fi, Gigabit Ports, AI-Driven Mesh, cover up to 7,200 ft2, Connect up to 200 devices,1.7 GHz Quad-Core CPU, HomeShield, Pack of 3
The Best Performance & Coverage
Thanks to the greenfield 6 GHz band with more spectrums, it benefits the backhaul performance between Deco units, bringing the most stable and strongest network, covering every corner of your home. Thus, it also improves the overall Wi-Fi performance of all non-6E devices. Deco XE75 works with all Internet Service Providers and is 100% backward compatible with all Wi-Fi generations and devices.
Engineered for More Devices
No matter how many screens or devices are on at once, the newest generation of Wi-Fi enables congestion-free signals.
Intelligent Networking for a Smarter Home
Deco uses its custom algorithms to automate the connections on your network, ensuring the strongest possible signals at all times.
Wi-Fi that Reaches Every Corner
Experience smooth streams and solid connections from anywhere in your home.
Out of This World Speeds
Reach gigabit speeds so fast you can stream flawless video even as you explore AR/VR worlds.
New Band. New Possibilities.
The brand new 6 GHz band opens up the fastest possible speeds, lowest ever latency, and unprecedented capacity.
TP-Link HomeShield Protect Your Network and Everything on It
Comprehensive Reports
Gain full statistics and insights to help you know your home network better.
- Online Time Analysis
- Browser History Analysis
- End Device Statistics
Easy set up
| Weight: | 2.99 kg |
| Dimensions: | 10.5 x 10.5 x 16.9 cm; 2.99 Kilograms |
| Brand: | TP-Link |
| Model: | DECO XE75(3-PACK) |
| Colour: | White |
| Manufacture: | TP-Link |
| Dimensions: | 10.5 x 10.5 x 16.9 cm; 2.99 Kilograms |
I’ve used Deco before and always been happy. Needed an upgrade for Fibre broadband as I have 3 sons who all game plus phones, I pads, laptops so we need good coverage. These work great, and I hardly lose any speed despite our thick walls and 3 story home, we have one on each floor, located centrally and they work great.
It connects up fairly easily, is reliable, I’ve not noticed any drop outs and it handles high speed 5Ghz band traffic and 2.4ghz IOT traffic seamlessly. I’m in a three floor house so I’ve always had issues getting a good signal spread until now. Much better than systems that area lot more expensive!
We replaced three Ethernet power adapters with this and now (for the first time) have rock steady connections at our full fibre speed all round the house. No bad signal spots and no drops and it’s been like that for a couple of weeks now.
I still use the ISP router for the fibre connection itself and to manage the DHCP service as it was fine at doing this. One of the new units is connected to the router with a wired Ethernet and I switched off the wireless service on the router. I can now get full bandwidth on all wireless devices everywhere and on an old desktop and printer each with only wired connections but in both cases to a remote unit from the router itself.
I am really impressed so far with these. Setup with the app is simple. Stability is rock solid and amazingly the wifi range is strong. Mesh setup works wonderfully across a large 2 story house.
Finally a wireless mesh system that can give me my 500 Mbps internet speed throughout my house that costs much much less than Orbi. They’re easy to set up using the app and they actually look good too. Vistors think they’re air purifiers!
We have trouble getting a good signal in an old building with standard routers. The Decos were very easy to setup using the phone app and easily picked up Wi-Fi in the required areas despite the thick walls between them. Highly recommended.
Installation is easy, just hook up the first unit and follow the app instructions. I renamed my sky router SSID to make things more organised, and set up 3 further SSIDs on the deco units. One “main”, one guest and one for my IOT (smart devices).
I have a NAS box, and multiple “smart home” gadgets, and since installation i can have them on sperate SSIDs to make sure my “main” network is safe. I can easily see what is connected to each SSID and can monitor bandwidth on each system too.
My internet connection is still limited by my provider, but my internal network speeds are now significantly better. I can easily stream from my NAS box to any device in my home without issue, even high res 4k files.
My only gripe, is that is doesn’t have a built in Power line function, but i use a smaller TP link unit to get wifi to my garage, so its not a big deal and most wont need it.
For anyone who wants to experience great WiFi connectivity around their whole house this is the product for you. The setup couldn’t be any easier, the setup is carried out via an app.
What can I say we had shocking wifi until I bought this mesh. Immediately I could see a difference in speed. Very easy to set up. The coverage is all over the house. Quality is amazing.
This has done exactly as needed. Our flat is old with thick walls and we found the Wi-Fi signal was poor from room to room. This has compelling changed that. No more Ethernet cable running through the house. Just plugged into this and it’s great. Even gave me wifi in the shed where I needed it. Highly recommended if you need internet access points or signal boosted
Got these to try and retain a stable connection throughout the house and to be fair, they have made the difference between a largely intermittent connection and having a stable one.
Considering all things now rely on the internet, it is definitely money well spent.
This product is great for anyone struggling with their ISP provider router and handling general Wi-Fi coverage/strength. Virgin media provide the most useless routers and this made a difference massively across the whole 3 story house. Getting between 300-800 consistently accross all areas of the home barring the garden (Which planning on getting the external version of the Deco to cover the garden). Great product regardless and highly recommend to anyone who struggles with coverage.
Three hotshots is just about right for a normal 4 bedroom, but of course there is always that corner where there is never signal no matter what you do… but it is still good enough even there.
Quite happy, wish I got it earlier. Super easy to set up, speed is good, but I’m not doing anything exotic apart from the usual TV streaming.
Happy with the purchase
Got this on a deal to replace an older BT wireless mesh. Very easy to setup and defaults to using 6G band for backhaul. I currently have vDSL broadband and wireless and internet is very solid throughout house. Backhaul over mesh is around 700 – 800 Mbps. So is very good for config and management. Version I have allows you to see the DHCP scope, which I haven’t changed as it doesn’t compete with any other I address range. Think it is only IPv4 at the moment – hopefully later versions will be IPv6 capable also. Very happy with purchase and should work well when we eventually get upgraded to fibre.
My older 11ac mesh started giving fluctuating connections then would be OK for a week. Replaced with the TP item and now not only have stable mesh but throughput on 11ac and 11g end devices has doubled.
This product operates in two modes WiFi Router or Access Point. If you want to gain the maximum set of services and protection I’d advice you look into running this in WiFi Router mode. In fact I removed my BT Hub and access the BT Service configuring my Deco with a PPPoE connection into the ONT box with the outgoing fibre connection.
I also use the Ethernet backhaul between the Deco’s to maximise the bandwidth in the house. Pretty much all my static devices (TVs, Computers etc) are physically connected, leaving the WiFi bandwidth free for the handheld devices. These Deco’s don’t support Power of Ethernet (POE), but if that’s a requirement for you other Deco units are available that support it now, even IP65 units for outside use!
Not related, but I had some issues with some TP-Link light bulbs, and their support was really responsive, and they sent me some “tweaked” firmware to try out on my bulbs. Hence I’ve stuck with TP-Link because they do respond to questions and provide support. I couldn’t fault them.
If I have a gripe, it’s that I was an early adopter of this model, so I have V1.0 hardware. They’ve had six hardware revisions to date. As a result my last firmware update was in January 2021, whilst the latest hardware variant was updated in July 2023 and had lots of features added. Clearly if you bought this product today you’d get a significant change to my hardware version, but it puts me off being so quick to update to a newer model in the future until they’ve moved the variants on a bit.
Whilst the firmware has remained the same I have received regular updates to the inbuilt Trend security database that is the underlying security in the Deco system providing Malicious Content Filtering, Intrusion Protection and Infected Device Quarantine. I get quite a few Malicious Content warnings a week identify scam websites, and I’ve had some warnings on intrusion attempts (that it successfully blocked). I’ve included a screenshot to illustrate.
I’d happily recommend the TP-Link Deco, and in fact I have installed a few for friends.
I am not very tech minded and they never seam to work for me.
I dispare I bought this piece of kit. Really simple to
set up. Fantastic coverage. Happily buy again, if the need arises.
(1) good value at the discounted price of 169.99
(2) provides good WIFI connectivity for a three bedroom property and some distance into the garden; previously, mobile would switch from WIFI to 4G , disconnecting from the BT HUB.
(3) TP Link App, downloaded and installed on mobile device, provides good and intuitive control over the X20 Mesh WIFI System.
Points to note ..
(1) Install TP-Link App and create your TP-Link ID first
(2) Decide on “WIFI Router” or “Access Point” mode for your Mesh System ( in this case, BT Smart HUB Router with Deco X20 Mesh System in “Access Point” mode )
(3) Connect one Deco X20 node to router via ethernet, this is the “Main” node and configure via the TP-Link App
(4) Add/Config remaining Deco X20 units ( satellite nodes ) in close vicinity of the “Main” node
(5) Check and update firmware once all Deco units are added/attached – all Decos should run the same firmware version
(6) Power off, move satellite Deco X20’s to their required locations ( Living Room, Kitchen, Dinning Room etc ) and power back on – see attached screen shot, in this instance, the nodes attach themselves to the “Main” Deco unit in a “Star” shape network.
The remote administration came in very handy after I’d forgotten to setup ddns and was using an out of date wan ip address for openvpn. I accessed the administration app and download an upated vpn config file. Boom, back in business.
By default the nodes adopt a star network but if you configure the node connection preference then it can connect to any other node on the network.
We live in a long property with an annex and daisy chaining is the only way to get full coverage without laying Ethernet cables. The included screen shot shows our configuration and proves my statement. Anyone claiming they don’t daisy chain is either on an old firmware or just doesn’t get how to do it.
I’m very pleased with the X55 and have no problems recommending it in this price range as it just works.
I don’t write many reviews but this product and price is amazing. I was struggling with Wi-Fi signal throughout the whole home, once set up which was really easy I can now get consistent speeds of 240mbps across every room of the house. Would recommend 100%
These work really well. Far better than my BT whole home WiFi discs that they replaced.
Now my Google speakers have no excuse not to work!!
I was a bit suspicious but they have won me over.
The app is good too so you can see what is connected to what.
I’m impressed. After 7 weeks touch wood they are marvellous.
Straight out of the box the setup was quick and easy using the app. i have a 4G router so I turned off the wifi on that and used the mesh system in access point mode (app settings) to replace the wifi. I had been using a Unifi AP connected to a powerline, but speeds were poor (max 40mbps). Since setting up the 3 mesh points im getting minimum 60/70 mbps down and hitting 100+ in some areas. The 4G router gets around 200mbps on a good day for reference.
All in all great product, great app (good monitoring and options). also just an add on – my nest outdoor camera (older model) would regularly disconnect from my 4G router wifi even being right near it, but since setting up the mesh everything is working smoothly.
I used several old routers as WiFi access points, Each had a different SSID. The arrangement worked well. I recently got a new Baby camera. the camera and base unit would only work if connected to the same access point. Time to get a WiFi home mesh!. The TP-Link Deco X55 AX3000 was very easy to set up and gives excellent speed throughout the house which is 50m from front to back on two stories. Very happy with the Deco. The baby camera/base station works flawlessly throughout the house.
It is not ideal for me to run a network cable, which would be my preferred option, to get a network connection into the office in my house so I tried a wifi antennae which did ok but was too much of a speed drop for my liking so decided to get this on prime day and am glad I did.
Using the Ethernet backbone feature I get zero speed drop now and do not have to try running a cable around the house.
Set up was easy and straightforward and am glad that the leds on the devices can be controlled as I have one set up in my bedroom to provide strong signal for all the upstairs bedrooms.
I moved house and decided to get a new mesh system. After some research I choose the Deco system which I’m delighted with after 6 months of using it.
It’s so easy to setup, almost plug and play as are the satellites (the other units that connects to it). I’ve no drops at all and my speeds more than doubled over using the iso supplied router.
I gave the Orbi system to my dad and spent the day trying to set it up for him. In the end I gave up as it’s just too complicated and even then it often makes you go through the setup over and over. Don’t get me started on setting up the Orbi satellites, it’s a total nightmare.
If you are looking for a mesh system, as most people are these day seen as most have too many devices for their isp provided router to handle, then I hight recommend this system.
I used to be a network specialist for Cisco and even with all my experience I struggled with the Orbi system, I can get it working but only after spending a day doing so. The deco system works first time out of the box, even someone with zero IT knowledge could manage it in minutes.
Having had really bad Wi-Fi coverage throughout the house to literally 15mins later having 100% coverage makes these units worth every penny.
In areas where you couldn’t connect a Tv to the internet, couldn’t connect an IP Phone for remote working to everything fully functioning all at the one time, its like living in a new house.
Broadband providers boosters straight into the bin.
Ensure you put the Starlink router in bypass mode before installing the Deco mesh system. You also must have the LAN adapter for the Starlink modem.
Easy install if you follow the instructions on the walkthrough in the app. The first deco system that’s connected to the Starlink router with a LAN cable will act as the router so most Starlink app features are deactivated.
However the Deco system has created a seamless fast wifi connection throughout the house. I couldn’t even get 10mb if I left the room with the Starlink router before getting this kit. Now I get 200mb throughout the house.
Great feature on the app is you can prioritise what gets the bandwidth and limit devices.
Must have if you have Starlink.
Only pitfall for me is you cannot split the 2.4g and 5g channel, but this makes sense as it’s a mesh system.
Only use two but cheaper to buy 3. Have one to my friend.
Works really well. I use it as a router for my fibre to the premises as well as WiFi. Super fast. Getting the full 500mbit out of my internet via wired or wireless. One box does upstairs and router, other box on the back of the telly and set top box to make them WiFi 6 Via ethernet. So easy to set up.
– Smaller than my previous Deco units (M4)
– It contains 3 Gigabit ethernet ports instead of 2 on each unit
– WiFi range is good, I haven’t tested how far outside it reaches but it gets to where I need it
– Very easy to set up. I set up the first one, and the remaining two set themselves up automatically, so all I had to do was rename the unit in the app.
Dislikes:
– Just the price. It’s expensive but I imagine once WiFi 7 becomes a thing, WiFi 6 and 6E will become less expensive.
I’m using the units using ethernet backhaul, so each Deco unit is connected to each other using an ethernet cable, meaning the speed is exactly what I expected.
If you want to connect the units wirelessly, you should note that it uses the 6GHz band for the low latency connection between each unit and then uses the 5GHz band for the connection instead, so this would be good if your internet bandwidth is around the 500 to 600Mbps, you probably won’t lose a lot, but I haven’t unit it using wireless backhaul.
The ping results appear to be lower depending on the device I’m testing on and the site I’m using, but it is lower than using the Virgin Media router. The average ping went from 20ms to 15ms (10ms is the lowest I got), and 1.1Gbps on WiFi at best, 900Mbps at worst.
My WiFi speeds downstairs, near the router would give me roughly 300mb download speed and 50mb upload speed, however, when i was upstairs in my room, i was getting 68mb download speeds and 50mb upload speeds (see picture), upload was good but download speeds were way down…
I recently purchased a Macbook M2 Max, which supports WiFi 6e, i made sure that i got a mesh system that had WiFi 6e capability…
And the results are simply amazing, i connected to the 6e WiFi on my laptop, and you can now see from the photo, i’m getting 713mb download speeds and 77mb upload speeds, and this is in my room, on a WiFi connection! I haven’t even tried using an ethernet yet.
Put simply, some of the best money i have ever spent, i was a little sceptical purchasing these as they seemed like a cheaper option that supported WiFi 6e, but it did not disappoint.
Set up was super simple too, connected all 3 of the nodes in 15 minutes.
I’m a content creator so fast download and upload speeds are crucial, i’m now going to upgrade to Virgins Voom Gig 1 package as i’m so confident this mesh system will get the absolute max speeds out of the WiFi package i have.
Couldn’t recommend more, i’ve got super strong WiFi throughout any part of the house, all my smart devices (Alexa, ring doorbell etc) connected just fine too.
If you’re on Virgin, and you’re fed up of calling them because your WiFi speeds are nowhere near where they should be, don’t think twice, just buy this system!!!
Bought this as my previous router did not have enough range for the whole house and WiFi extenders worked but were very slow and would have my devices staying connected to them even after I had left the area and gotten closer to my router but I would still be connected to the slow extender.
Set up is simple and fast but you will need the app to do so. The app is great but could do with a few improvements such as choosing a preferred node for a specific device as sometimes a device may decide to connect to a node that’s further.
I use mine with wireless 2.4/5/6Ghz backhaul and it is working flawlessly currently.
I don’t have enough WiFi 6E capable devices in my home which is why I use the 6Ghz band as a wireless backhaul instead of using it as a WiFi band to connect me devices to. It’s nice it gives you the option to use the 6Ghz as backhaul if you won’t be making use of it otherwise.
I also have a PC connected via ethernet to one of the wireless nodes and it’s almost as if I’m connected straight to the main one which surprised me, very well done. And I haven’t noticed any dropped connections or dipping internet speeds at all.
Most of the features are controlled via the app but it’s also possible to change settings through the web interface too.
Overall I would strongly recommend this to anyone looking for a great WiFi 6E mesh system
My wife and I both work from home, our teenage children are always digitally busy. Previously had 2 good quality routers at either end of the house one piggy backing off the other. We were constantly having to restart and bandwidth was very inconsistent. This mesh has immediately changed our digital lives. I’m a designer and constantly load/download large files. We are often streaming from multiple devices. The installation is an absolute breeze. Fabulous product. thoroughly reccommended.
The Deco X75 mesh WiFi is brilliant. It has massively improved the WiFi in my large 5 bed with thick old walls. I have a 500GB cable internet connection, and now get nearly 300 download speed in my attic thanks to this kit, whereas before I was getting 20 or less with a very cheap WiFi extension kit.
It was extremely easy to set up. Literally a few minutes. The nodes are quite big, so be prepared for that. I’m using the 6GHz signal for backhaul only – this is the default setting and helps the mesh WiFi run super fast. But you can use the 6GHz signal to connect a device if you want (and you have a 6GHz capable device!)
Bought these again as the first kit simply wouldn’t connect to the internet no matter what you tried.
Wireless setup – deco talking to each other over wifi….
Great concept but sadly it uses too much of the available bandwidth to stay connected – household with multiple devices like smart tvs, tablets, cameras etc would struggle as it reduces your overall bandwidth which affects the speed.
Ethernet backbone setup – deco talking to each other over Ethernet…
This is by far the best method to connect these units together, with gigabit backbone, you free up your entire wireless bandwidth for devices to use therefore you maximise on your broadband speed over wifi.
This method also will allow you to have more than 3 deco units all over your house – especially houses that aren’t square in shape.
Adding Gigabit Switch….
I am using 2 ethernet 8 port gigabit switch with 2 of the decos – this has allowed me to take fixed devices off the wifi thus freeing up bandwidth for more portable devices like tablets, phones laptops etc.
Fixed devices – tvs, set top boxes, pcs etc.
2.4G & 5G…
5G is the frequency to use as the2.4G has really poor bandwidth & speed, Virgin Media 3.0 Hub gave better speed over 2.4G than these decos. Over the 5G speed test showed full speed provided by Virgin whilst you were in the same room as the deco. Of-course speed will decrease as you distance yourself from the decos.
Make sure you enable Fast Roaming – so you have true seamless experience – as this feature will ensure you devices gets moved from one deco to another seamlessly ensuring you stay connected to wifi.
Beamforming is worth enabling as this ensuring your wifi devices get the most bandwidth from the deco majority of the time. Not sure if this works on all devices.
Be patient & be aware….
The deco units takes time to settle down, as they don’t give you full speed straight away. Probably because of the beamforming tech or some other variable. Earlier speed test were quiet slow, awhen other devices started to come online & deocs were running for hour or so, noticed the speed test were going up in speed until i reached the max speed virgin provided me over wifi.
Where to place them….
Using Ethernet backbone setup -does allow you to place them quiet far apart ensuring you get maximum coverage in your house but be careful that you don’t put them too far apart so you eliminates your seamless mesh wifi bubble – use wifi analyser to see what the wifi is doing & then place them accordingly in your house.
Functions & Features….
Word here is BASIC – there isn’t even a option to separate your wifi frequencies e.g. 2.4g & 5G being advertised as 2 wifi’s; so choose which you connect to rather than deco deciding it for you.
Also there is no feature to select wifi channels, which is a huge drawback. Not all places in a house will have same channel behaving equally, therefore having the ability to select a channel is needed. So you can select the best channel for the area where each deco is placed.
App…
Really easy & simple to use app that anyone can use, it gives really good insights on which deco a device/s is/are connected to & how much bandwidth they are consuming. Also monthly report is good overall view of connected devices & bandwidth used.
You can also control the deco via the apps from remote location, so you can both monitor & control settings including blocking devices & rebooting decos etc.
It is also, very easy to create Guest networks and you can have multiple admins on the apps, allowing multiple adults to have control.
Parental control is really stupid in all honesty & takes ages to setup up & it not intelligent at all – therefore I didn’t bother setting it up.
Are these worth buying….
Yes they are IF you use the Ethernet backbone setup otherwise, these are hit n miss depending on your house & environment e.g. some houses are thicker walls which WILL have a affect on the wireless range & performance.
Verdict…
If you have a big house or house with extension or thicker walls, these are a must have when using ethernet back bone setup – whilst the product is great & it simply works & performs well – I just can’t give it 5*’s as it doesn’t have basic options like separating wifi frequencies & be able to select wifi channels.