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3-Pack TP-Link Deco M5 AC1300 Whole Home WiFi System
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TP-Link Deco Whole Home Mesh WiFi System– Up to 5,500 Sq.ft. Coverage, WiFi Router/Extender Replacement, Gigabit Ports,Seamless Roaming, Parental Controls, Works with Alexa(Deco S4 3-Pack) https://smile.amazon.co
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Did your home work for you guys, so your welcome. The M5 is slightly better than the Nokia Beacon 1's. Per the results of the PCMAG reviews on both which I will list. They are both dual band, but the Nokia is missing features such as parental controls, built in anti virus, and QoS adjustments.
The Beacons are slightly faster within 10 feet of the device like 20-30Mbps, but at about 30 feet the M5's are actually slightly faster 20-30Mbps (wash) so if you have more things further away you will get better speeds with the M5's.
Counting the missing feature set and the faster speeds at a distance which I think is more important than same room results I give it to the M5.
BTW I hate to even say that since I am a Nokia shareholder, but their higher end beacons are excellent pieces of technology, the beacon 1's are just on par/average with most other products on the shelves. Still to be fair M5's are the winner in my book.
Review of the Beacon 1:
https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/nok..._variant=
Review of the M5:
https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/tp-..._variant=a
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I currently have some TP-Link ethernet over power adapters and they work well to get internet to the other side of the house (where it's outputted to a Linksys router that still works well) but we've got a 3,000 sq ft ranch house and need internet throughout, even in to the garage where we have some connected devices (so that's like another 1,000 sq ft). I'm wondering if a 3-pk is even enough as I recall claims of 200 ft but throw in a wall or two and it's like 50 ft.
Costco has the Google nest 4-pk or Linksys Velop for $400 but that seems like a lot compared to the 3-pk M9 from Costco for $200 (we only have 2 routers currently but there are definitely some "not so great zones"). I don't need all the home automation crap, I just need consistent wifi throughout my house so I can access the internet and ideally print from anywhere (as currently I can only print when on one wifi connection). What's the best (coverage/cost effective) solution? Get the M9 TP-Link from Costco for $200 and if I decide I need it get an additional M9 (although it doesn't seem like I can buy just 1 anywhere for a reasonable amount of $)?
I do move through the house a lot, and frankly would more if I could, so I don't want to drop as I walk through zones (which admittedly is an issue now as I have to drop everything and reconnect from the other router on the other side depending on where I am). I did once, a long time ago, have a portable TP-Link router for use when I traveled a lot and didn't want to pay ridiculous hotel fees of $20 per device per F'ing night (which thankfully seem to long be over), but their customer service did seem to majorly suck as I had a couple issues. I'm fairly competent, well at least as of 8-10 years ago, but if there is an issue I would like to get some help from someone who can hopefully provide it.
Just want something that works well for a good price that will allow some seamless mobility and the support to back it up should I need help.
What kind of ISP speeds do you have and if you want I can give you some suggestions, I already have an idea just making sure they fit your ISP speeds?
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