Hopefully I am in the right community.
So I have a router, a TP Link Archer AX53, nice router. I wanted to improve the signal in my room and bought a TP link Deco X10. So CAT 6 cable to my room, connect my router and deco.
I thought this might just be a quick tick to add the deco as a mesh device and boom problem sorted.
Now I know this is not a simple WiFi 6 mesh setup, seems like the deco and archer modem does not work together, they make their individual network points.
Does anyone know a solution or am I stuck with two networks. Not end of the world but would have been nice if it can be one mesh network
2 Comments
Vinny_93@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
You need to set the deco as access point, that way it will act as an extension of the network of your router. If the deco acts as a router you will have two NATs and two networks, even if you name them the same.
Not sure about mesh though. I'd think that router-AP config is not as mesh as base-node.
notaviking@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Thank you, I will try and let you know