TP-Link Deco 7 BE23 Dual-Band BE3600 WiFi 7 Mesh Wi-Fi System | 4-Stream 3.6 Gbps, 160 Mhz | Covers up to 6,500 Sq.Ft | 2× 2.5G Ports Wired Backhaul | VPN,MLO,AI-Roaming, HomeShield, 3-Pack

I’ve been testing the TP-Link Deco BE23 and it’s honestly a steal for a WiFi 7 setup. It isn't the fanciest system out there, but for the price, it’s hard to beat. The setup is dead simple. You just download the Deco app and it walks you through everything. I had three nodes running in about ten minutes without any headaches. Coverage is solid too. It’s rated for a huge area, and while it works great wirelessly, plugging the nodes into ethernet really unlocks the best speeds since this is a dual-band system. The IoT segregation is a huge win for me. You can set up a separate network just for your smart plugs and cameras. This keeps those cheaper devices away from your main gear and fixes those annoying connection drops older gadgets usually have. For the tech side, the VPN integration is actually useful. It supports WireGuard (NordVPN), which is fast, and you can pick exactly which devices use the VPN. I have my streaming box routed through it while the rest of the house stays on the normal connection. If you want future-proof tech without spending a grand, this is the one to get.

Product shipped super fast. Easy to set up. The app walked you through step by step. Set up took about 10 minutes. Very sleek design. Easily able to customize room locations, new internet name and password. Extended the range of our WiFi all the way across the drive way to the shop for our home office. Very reliable and fast. Dave to run multiple devices with no interruption. since I work from home in healthcare I need a wired connection so the Ethernet connections are a must have. Pro tip: if you give your new internet connection the same name and password as your original one it will automatically connect most of your existing devices.

Very easy setup, and can do whatever you want it to. Its quite easy to configure it to cover the issue you are trying to solve with different back haul options able to work together simultaneously, and the ability to use it as an access point as opposed to a router if you want to use your ISP providers management software and not a new software for this system. You only need the specific app to set it up but then you can go right back to your cable providers app.

These TpLink deco mesh units don't work well for my house. The signal just doesn't travel far enough in the inside or much less outside of our normal 1960s brick house. The range/distance is a real problem between the satellite units. I'm getting about 30 feet of maximum range. For a whole house cohesive wifi signal, I'm having to put one of these power socket stealing ugly overgrown smoke detector looking modules in almost every room, which is expensive and looks ridiculous. The app and initial installation isnt great and is a bit slow and glitchy. So far, I've bought 6 units, or 2 boxes of 3 units, to cover the whole 3000 sq ft house and spent way more than the value I'm receiving. Our older traditional Netgear Nighthawk Wi-Fi Router seems to throw the signal much further and wider than all 6 Deco Mesh units combined. The IT guys who recommended a mesh system to me must be crazy. Buy a traditional wifi router like the Nighthawk and skip the frustration. Sorry Tp-link but this product is not great for me and our house. Tp-link send me something better like a traditonal powerful wifi router and I'll box and return this mesh system to you, and update this review.

So far , 24h of use, it works perfect, no issue , better signal than the comcast router only , worst spot went up from 150 to 500Mbps on cellphone, pc computers near the main mesh , even better than comcast router (they are on same place). Connected main mesh to the comcast router on the 2.5gb port using a switch with 2.5gb ports, main mesh is on a second floor, the others on first floor. Edited: First issue, as i need Deco 6 configured as wifi router, i can't have a pc wired to the router and the quest 3 on same network as it works creating its own network for wifi, to solve this it requires a lot of changes that can affect other devices, or probably, i didn't try yet, to reconfigure the dhcp configuration on router and deco to avoid ips duplicate, meaning i'll need to reconfigure NAT configuration, port fw, etc... a hell... so 4 starts

This is really easy to set up within their app, which was my greatest fear. My apartment complex's internet is not great and the old router was quite outdated. Through ethernet connection directly from our old router, our video games would spike to 200ms+ every 10 seconds in reactive games. It was driving me mad and this router blended into our living room seamlessly so I bought it. I had never messed with internet equipment but this had to have been the easiest time I've had with electronics. There were no problems during setup. Our wifi on our phones never go out anymore no matter where we are in the apartment. This thing saved me from daily frustration with spectrum.

Quick setup. Our old extender died and the WiFi 7 protocols did speed things up. Did have to reacquaint our printer after setup, but that is to be expected.

Got these to replace my orbis. Super simple to setup and the app works great, easy better than orbis. The speeds have been great, as good ada advertised. Signal has been stable the whole time and it has good coverage. Alot of features as well like the IoT network.