Ring Doorbell 2 and TP LInk DECO M4
Ring Doorbell 2 and TP LInk DECO M4
Hi
Installed 3 Node M4 Last week and everything went well.
I have lots of Smart Home Devices and they all benefitted by getting stronger wifi etc.
Apart from my Ring Video Doorbell 2.
I have approx 10 Ring Devices and every single one of them work great with the new Mesh system........apart from RVD 2 on my Front Door.
My Main Router/DEco is approx 20 feet away from my Front Door - yet the RVD2 struggles to get any sort of stable connection from it - RSSI is showing as -79 and "poor"
So I purchased a DECO 2 Pack E4 to put a Deco Node Right next to the doorbell - and whilst this gives a slight improvement (rssi - 64) - it's still sporadic on whether it works or not.
I put my NETGEAR R8000 back into play and low and behold it works just fine with an RSSI of -42 - but all my other devices suffer.
I contacted RING who said they know of a conflict between TP LINK DECO Mesh Systems and their Ring 2 Doorbells (I found a Reddit thread after they mentioned this) - they advised me to change the channel that my DECO system is transmitting on - but I am unsure of how to do this.
I have created a Guest Network just for the Ring Doorbells (devices) to use and they have said to make sure that this is 2.4ghz Only - again I am unsure of how to do that.
They told me to switch fast roaming off too - but I don't have it on.
Apparently the deco seems to be "bricking" some ring devices #bizarre - I can't link to the thread here but if you google Ring Video Doorbell 2 TP Link Deco Ring Forums it appears.
Can you help me ?
Dave
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..Well...I spoke too soon!..The Deco TP-Link WiFi Mesh system pickup some speed later on and it appears that the Ring connection is now much better. The speed of the mesh on my desktop is > than 400Mbps with a net modem from Spectrum. I tested the speed of the Ring and it was 42Mbps download and 22 Mbps upload. The poor signal message is gone... on my Ring desk top... so it looks lik this Deco system is working.. I get over 400 Mbps with my cell phone anywhere in my house... I was getting less than 40Mbps with my old AT&T modem...AT&T does offer faster modems however we are dropping cable and using Roku. Dropping Direct TV and At&T.
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