Have a TP-Link Archer MR600 4G with Deco M5 mesh can I replace Archer MR600 with Deco X20 4G

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Have a TP-Link Archer MR600 4G with Deco M5 mesh can I replace Archer MR600 with Deco X20 4G
Have a TP-Link Archer MR600 4G with Deco M5 mesh can I replace Archer MR600 with Deco X20 4G
2022-12-15 19:20:21 - last edited 2022-12-15 19:29:32

I have an Archer MR600 4G router. To this router I've connect 3 Deco M5 mesh.

I connected 1 Deco M5 to the Archer MR600 via network cable and the other 2 are connected via WiFi to make my mesh.

The Archer MR600 has its own SSID and the Deco M5 mesh has another SSID. I only connect to the Deco mesh.

What I am wondering is if I can replace the Archer MR600 with a Deco X20 4G which I understand I can but would I connect 

the Deco M5 mesh to the Deco X20 4G via network cable as I do now or would I use the Deco X20 4G as the main mesh 

and then add the other 3 deco M5 to the mesh and now have only 1 SSID?

 

Should I get the Deco X50 4G instead of the Deco X20 4G?


 

William

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Re:Have a TP-Link Archer MR600 4G with Deco M5 mesh can I replace Archer MR600 with Deco X20 4G
2022-12-16 03:55:08

  @MrWamck 

Hi, since all Deco mesh is compatible with each other, Deco M5 could with Deco X20/50-4G as a satellite Mesh as well.

You could refer to this link to compare Deco X20-4g and X50-4g to check which one you should choose:

https://www.tp-link.com/uk/compare/?typeId=5700&productIds=59833%2C50657

Best regards.

 

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Re:Have a TP-Link Archer MR600 4G with Deco M5 mesh can I replace Archer MR600 with Deco X20 4G
2022-12-20 14:25:33

 Ok not sure what is happening but I got the Deco X20-4G and set it up.

I set it up to use 4G. Connected to the Deco X20-4G, 1st via WiFi and that

worked fine. I then connected my Macbook Pro via network cable and that

worked fine. I checked network speed via both WiFi and network cable connection

and they both showed about 105Mbs download which is what was lower than 

what I got with the TP-Link MR600.

I then connected my main Deco M5 to the Deco X20-4G but it would not connect

at all. The Deco M5 is setup to run using DHjCP which the adress it got from the 

TP-Link MR600. I checked the DHCP on the Deco X20-4G and it showed 

192.168.68.1 as its IP and 192.168.68.50 as start IP for DHCP and 192.168.71.xx.

Don't remember the value of xx but for me that looks weird. I would have expected

192.168.68.200 or something like that.

Anyway. I reset the Deco X20-4G to use IP 192.168.8.1 and DHCP from

192.168.8.2-192.168.8.250. Restarted the Deco X20-4G, then waited until it

was up and running and then I connected the main Deco M5 to the Deco X20-4G

via a network cable as I do with the TP-Link MR600 but the Deco M5 will not connect.

I reconnected the TP-Link MR600, started it with all cables connected as I normally do

and the Deco M5 comes up right away.

So what am I missing here? I just want to get the Deco X20-4G up and running in the 

same manner as the TP-Link MR600 being my router to the outside world. 

 

William

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