TP-Link Deco AXE5300 Wi-Fi 6E Tri-Band Whole-Home Mesh Wi-Fi System, 3-Pack (Renewed)

Got this to replace my few years orbi mesh system. It was easy setting it up, just download the deco app and follow the instructions. I like that you can use any unit to be your main router. Also the minute the main router/unit is up. U just need to plug the rest of units to the power and you ready to go. Coverage is really good. I have 1500SF house and a big yard. I still have 2 bars on the other side of my yard. I had to change the sattalites placement though to get the best coverage. I love that you can do everything through the deco app. So far so good. I'm happy I got it. UPDATE:1/4/2026 So far so good. Everything working great. I was hesitant buying a refurbished one. I'm glad I did get it.

Fantastic. replaced the office google mesh with this bad boy. The speed is night and day, the coverage is excellent, and the vpn server option was gravy on an already delicious meal. I can now support all the boxes in the house while on the road. No more facetime staring at screens

One thing to help troubleshooting at the end of this. The setup with these went really smoothly. I like the app. What I like the most is how simple they are. All three units are identical. So whichever one you plug in first because the primary router and the other ones become the satellites. So this means that you could keep on expanding if you wanted since you just need to keep adding satellites. Since these were renewed I knew there was a chance that I would run into an issue. So one of my satellites didn't work. I didn't want to send everything back to Amazon since I had already set it all up and everything else was working. So I just contacted the seller directly, spoke to a real person in Brooklyn. She sent me an RMA label for the faulty satellite, and about a week later I received a replacement satellite which worked perfectly. Also, in the meantime, all of our devices just connected to the next-closest unit, which still gave us good connections for what we needed. But now that all three are in the system again I do feel that we have better throughput wherever we go. One note you may like to know is that even if you set up your new network with the same name and password as the old one, not all of your devices will connect to it automatically. If this happened, all I had to do was turn wi-fi off and on on the device, and then it reconnected and was good. I'm sure if you understand networking this will make sense to you. But an easy fix for anyone.

This is a pretty great option for switching to Wifi 6E if you are wanting to do so. However, if you have a more advanced use case, look elsewhere. One idiosyncrasy/complaint I have is that if one of the units loses power, the other two default to wireless backhaul. There is no way to completely disable wireless backhaul. (This bit is more of an advanced section for network admin types): I was hoping for a way to put the Wifi radios on separate VLANs; I wanted my IoT devices on a separate VLAN than the rest of my wireless devices (as well as a guest network). You are able to activate guest networks and I did do that, but there is no way to separate the wireless into separate VLANs once they leave the wireless device. In the Router mode there is a way to select a VLAN but there is only one choice; all traffic coming from the device is on one VLAN. Regardless, the Access Point mode is what I use, and it works great for that. I'll keep these in use for a few years and wait for more advanced features on Wifi 6E access points to come down in price.

Easy to install, works well through concrete

I saved a little with a refurbish unit that works the same as a brand new one, just without all the new packaging. I don't mind because all that stuff is going into recycling or trash. Setting up the unit was easy. Although I had to reset one of the mesh unit multiple times to get it to recognize the wifi signal. I could've used one to cover the whole house (2100 sq/ft), but chose to use all three-mesh unit using one as a router and other two for support. Have not used the back haul yet due to lines are Coax connection. I did have to reconnect all my smart home devices onto the new network, it was a pain, but took time. Speeds have increased and so far, not had any drop in connection among my smart home set up. I've got one unit upstairs and the other two downstairs opposite of each other. So far everything is working great and I'm happy with performance and set up.

I have a farm that deals with the public. I bought 2 (total of 6 deco units) of these to cover a wide area on my farm land to accommodate those visitors. We placed them in sheds, outbuildings, and high buildings to cover more range and continue that WiFi link. All locations have electricity provided, otherwise, would not work. The connection is so very useful, even going very far from the original source of the WIFI connection. We use Star-Link as our provider, and honestly, StarLink is literally the BEST for rural options. My only gripe is the Deco unit seems to drop and reconnect a lot, even at the source. But, I figure, not bad for free services we offer to the public at the farm.

First time I am using a mesh system and for how wide the house is the coverage is great. The only issue I have is like others that have mentioned if you are walking around the house and you're switching from one hub to another then there is a little lag. This is problematic if I'm actively playing pokemon go and battling someone, but how often is that. For most things that you're going to be doing around the house you're going to be stationary anyway so it's not really a big deal. FOr the price you really can't beat it especially for a mesh wifi 6e system. Also the software and UI are very easy to set up and troubleshoot. Bought a second mesh system for my sister too! Now I can troubleshoot her wifi from hundreds of miles away too.