Hiya, been doing tons of research and trying to make up my mind between X55, x50, x60 and PX50. Your video has helped fill in some additional details I hadn't come across before. What I also found very helpful was that you actually respond to people's questions in the comments section, so this also provides a good deal of info. Too often publishers don't bother answering. So thank you for doing that despite the odd few people who prefer to be challenging. Keep up the good work!
Cool stuff! I may have to look into getting a set of these. I'm hopefully in for a GIGANTIC internet service upgrade going from 50mbt to 2gbt so I'll be vastly expanding the wireless, especially as it pertains to IOT devices.
Because you do a lot of linux vids, you might check out what I did as a WiFi 6 upgrade: I bought 3 Linksys E8450 AX routers and installed OpenWRT. The routers are really cheap especially on sale, you can set them up in a mesh configuration, and best of all you can install Linux services on them. There are some caveats, including that OpenWRT on these is in beta, the USB port is only USB2 and the 2.4GHz speeds are unimpressive, but I am really happy.
These seem to go for around 150 usd on Amazon. That makes them more expensive than unifi ap 6 lite, no? Maybe with the discounts you mentioned, but not with regular price.
If you're thinking of starting a series on OMV6, might I suggest throwing in virtualization? Have proxmox running with omv5 on it an it's great. Would be interesting of seeing how to set up various things in virtual environments, running different images in tandem, etc.
Thank you for the video. However a constructive criticism: please slow down, i become out of breath just listening. Less is often more. Thank you for your time.
I bought the Deco Wifi 6 system X55 I downloaded the app but was impossible create the account. I deleted the App and instaled again and I didnt can create the account. What I can do? could you help me?
Hey DB Tech, will there be a push to move to Kubernetes with Portainer in the near future? I would really be interested in this field since Kubernetes is the future for container orchestration and it's something I would be insanely interested in.
Thanks for the review, do you know if there is a way to seperate the 2.4 and 5 ghz options? I have outdoor cameras that specifically connect to 2.4 only so would like to do this - thanks!!!
Thanks for watching! I just checked and, unfortunately, there's no way to split the networks. They're sending me a new setup and I'll be sure to look at that on the new hardware :)
@@DBTechYT Hey DB, thanks for the quick reply - I actually found a workaround way to kinder do this. If you disable the 5ghz on the main network then create the guest network and called that whatever the initial network was with the -5G ext on the end.
Hi. I'm thinking of using a pair of these in one house and another one in my son's 1100 sq ft condo. He is currently using an AirPort Extreme in the condo. When used as a single router for older device supporting b/g/n/ac only, do you think one of these will perform as well? I understand the AirPort Extreme does not support Wi-Fi 6 (AX). Aside from Apple deices, most of our computers from work do not support Wi-Fi 6 yet. Hopefully that makes sense what my concern is. thanks!
I used the setup in this video for quite a while in my home with multiple computers, laptops, servers, mobile devices, etc and never had an issue with it. It was a super stable solution for me and I recommend it :)
Deco x55 has two network ports, one needs to be connected to the modem. Can other port be plugged into network switch to provide wired internet access to the other devices connected to switch? How do I do that?
The secondary X55 in question has 3 ports. One port can go to the main x55 or to a switch that the main x55 controls. The secondary x55 can use one of the remaining ports and go to a switch to control as many ethernet ports as you want. Mine is like this ISP>MAIN X55>SWITCH>OTHER X55s wired to said switch>other X55s>SWITCH>devices throughout house.
@@DBTechYT The omada is pretty nice and the controller can run in docker as well. Its not as nice as Unifi but then its also less expensive. You get omada cloud as well for free.
People who make these vague comments with nothing to back up what they're saying are SUPER frustrating. Why talk shit if you're not going to explain WHY you're talking shit?
@DBTechYT Jeez man. Calm down. I generally enjoy your videos, and this was not a dig at you. The internet is riddled with reasons as to why I left this comment, but I can break down my annoyances quickly: - They are transitioning into a subscription service for basic features that was free previously (who knows what else will be behind a paywall later on) - Some features in their deco lineup are exclusive to certain models although they are solely software features and could easily be merged into other firmware builds - They dont support basic modes (operational modes such as a wireless bridge or a repeater mode, only their own mesh) - Building on point above, their mesh systems aren't cross compatible with each other (sure deco works with one another, but for some stupid reason they dont let archer mesh devices work with deco devices. Simple soluton to this would be to allow a basic repeater mode which they again dont do.) - Their range and performance drops off incredibly quickly, leading you to have to buy more of their devices - You cannot separate your 2.4 and 5Ghz networks (would need to enable a guest network, but those are isolated) - They want to control absolutely everything and don't let you control anything yourself. Least they could have done is have an advanced section you can go into to manage at least some basic settings) - Take their new Archer Air lineup, you cannot use the R5 as an extender/mesh node with ethernet out, and would need to buy their E5 models even though their specs are the exact same. Their whole business practice is wicked, and should not be supported.
Thank you for the explanation. Some form of that in the original comment would have been nice. I just see SO many people making blanket statements without backing up anything they saying. Just something like, "this is a shit product" (not what you said, but still) and never say WHY they think it's a shit product. I just feel like if someone is going to make a blanket statement about something like that, then they should at least give a reason or 2 WHY they think that so that other people might have something to look into to see if they agree with that statement. Again, thanks for the detailed explanation. :)
I'm a bit lost on this video as it only highlights the current setups at a very high level, what are the unifi access point(s) you currently have and how many clients are connected to them. I understand you say that the users aren't using the internet but if they are using products such as emby then they are still using the wifi. Also to compare the 2 units what do you get with a mesh unifi solution? Seems a lot of the background information might be missing
Even plugged directly into the switch with ONLY my PC plugged into it, Unifi limits my internet speed to about 400mbps. It's a limitation of Unifi's Intrusion Prevention System (IPS). When I enable TP-Link's IPS, I am not throttled nearly as much and, using the same scenario of having ONLY my PC plugged directly in and nothing else, I usually see 800+mbps.
@@DBTechYT hi thanks for that quick response really liked your vid , but what I wanted to know was the input voyage range is it from 110v to 220 V , as I might need it to be travel friendly
Dude! you can not compare apples and oranges man..!! Compare AMPLIFI whit Deco not Unifi. Unifi are wifi stupid bokses. Amplifi and Deco are intelegent wifi system This video is totally wrong !!
@@DBTechYT I get that you cooperate whit TP-Link on this. But it is stil wrong to set UNIFI in a bad spot, because you got a new product to test. AMPLIFI is the equivalent product from Ubiquity or the XG line if you want to go enterprise and speed. UNIFI is all about handling as many connections as possible for the money and not speed. If you want I can give you a detailed explanation on how those system differs. It's night and day. Wifi is Not just wifi and that's why I'm disappointed that a Tech guy like you don't care, because you got a new toy to play with. Sorry man I love your guides, but this was just too much for me to not comment.
I think it is perfectly fine to showcase other solutions as well. Everyone can decide which one is best for their use case. These mesh devices are perfectly suitable for not that tech savvy environment. Parents or grandparents comes into my mind.
This is part of my concern to be honest. I need simplicity in my setup more than I need to be able to support a thousand connected devices. I've got a medical condition that is unpredictable and if something should happen to me, I would like my wife to be able to keep the internet working in the house if I'm in the hospital or worse. Also, with the Unifi setup, I get to utilize my full internet connection vs only about 33% of it because Unifi's IPS solution restricts throughput where TP-Link's IPS solution doesn't affect my speeds nearly that much. Also, TP-Link is less expensive, so I get 2x the speed for less than half the cost AND I get IPS: twitter.com/davidnburgess/status/1500275094647574529
Hiya, been doing tons of research and trying to make up my mind between X55, x50, x60 and PX50. Your video has helped fill in some additional details I hadn't come across before. What I also found very helpful was that you actually respond to people's questions in the comments section, so this also provides a good deal of info. Too often publishers don't bother answering. So thank you for doing that despite the odd few people who prefer to be challenging. Keep up the good work!
Thanks! I try to respond to comments that aren't stupid, rude, or unnecessary. I'm glad this video helped you a little :)
I've been drinking the unifi koolaid so long its cool to see other brands
Cool stuff! I may have to look into getting a set of these. I'm hopefully in for a GIGANTIC internet service upgrade going from 50mbt to 2gbt so I'll be vastly expanding the wireless, especially as it pertains to IOT devices.
Because you do a lot of linux vids, you might check out what I did as a WiFi 6 upgrade: I bought 3 Linksys E8450 AX routers and installed OpenWRT. The routers are really cheap especially on sale, you can set them up in a mesh configuration, and best of all you can install Linux services on them. There are some caveats, including that OpenWRT on these is in beta, the USB port is only USB2 and the 2.4GHz speeds are unimpressive, but I am really happy.
These seem to go for around 150 usd on Amazon. That makes them more expensive than unifi ap 6 lite, no? Maybe with the discounts you mentioned, but not with regular price.
If you're thinking of starting a series on OMV6, might I suggest throwing in virtualization? Have proxmox running with omv5 on it an it's great. Would be interesting of seeing how to set up various things in virtual environments, running different images in tandem, etc.
Thank you for the video. However a constructive criticism: please slow down, i become out of breath just listening. Less is often more. Thank you for your time.
I'm guessing you set this up with a wireless backhaul, I wonder how much faster it would be with a wired backhaul.
I did do this wirelessly. I'd love to do it wired, but I'm too lazy to run a cable to the other side of the house :)
@@DBTechYT I think, even if it wasn't faster, the speed would be more consistent. Looking at the speed test it was kinda bouncing all over.
I bought the Deco Wifi 6 system X55
I downloaded the app but was impossible create the account. I deleted the App and instaled again and I didnt can create the account. What I can do? could you help me?
Hey DB Tech, will there be a push to move to Kubernetes with Portainer in the near future? I would really be interested in this field since Kubernetes is the future for container orchestration and it's something I would be insanely interested in.
Hi there. Does it support static routes and OpenVPN? Thanks
Thanks for the review, do you know if there is a way to seperate the 2.4 and 5 ghz options? I have outdoor cameras that specifically connect to 2.4 only so would like to do this - thanks!!!
Thanks for watching! I just checked and, unfortunately, there's no way to split the networks. They're sending me a new setup and I'll be sure to look at that on the new hardware :)
@@DBTechYT Hey DB, thanks for the quick reply - I actually found a workaround way to kinder do this. If you disable the 5ghz on the main network then create the guest network and called that whatever the initial network was with the -5G ext on the end.
Hi. I'm thinking of using a pair of these in one house and another one in my son's 1100 sq ft condo. He is currently using an AirPort Extreme in the condo. When used as a single router for older device supporting b/g/n/ac only, do you think one of these will perform as well? I understand the AirPort Extreme does not support Wi-Fi 6 (AX). Aside from Apple deices, most of our computers from work do not support Wi-Fi 6 yet. Hopefully that makes sense what my concern is. thanks!
I used the setup in this video for quite a while in my home with multiple computers, laptops, servers, mobile devices, etc and never had an issue with it. It was a super stable solution for me and I recommend it :)
Deco x55 has two network ports, one needs to be connected to the modem. Can other port be plugged into network switch to provide wired internet access to the other devices connected to switch? How do I do that?
The secondary X55 in question has 3 ports. One port can go to the main x55 or to a switch that the main x55 controls. The secondary x55 can use one of the remaining ports and go to a switch to control as many ethernet ports as you want. Mine is like this ISP>MAIN X55>SWITCH>OTHER X55s wired to said switch>other X55s>SWITCH>devices throughout house.
Crap-tas-traphy. I learned a new word today 😂
🤣😂🤣😂
does X55 supports VLAN?
TP link Omada lineup is great
I have looked into the Omada lineup and am hoping to be able to work with that division of TP-Link at some point :)
@@DBTechYT The omada is pretty nice and the controller can run in docker as well. Its not as nice as Unifi but then its also less expensive. You get omada cloud as well for free.
I would recommend anyone to stay around from the Deco and archer mesh systems.
You're entering a world of hurt if you do so.
People who make these vague comments with nothing to back up what they're saying are SUPER frustrating. Why talk shit if you're not going to explain WHY you're talking shit?
@DBTechYT Jeez man. Calm down. I generally enjoy your videos, and this was not a dig at you.
The internet is riddled with reasons as to why I left this comment, but I can break down my annoyances quickly:
- They are transitioning into a subscription service for basic features that was free previously (who knows what else will be behind a paywall later on)
- Some features in their deco lineup are exclusive to certain models although they are solely software features and could easily be merged into other firmware builds
- They dont support basic modes (operational modes such as a wireless bridge or a repeater mode, only their own mesh)
- Building on point above, their mesh systems aren't cross compatible with each other (sure deco works with one another, but for some stupid reason they dont let archer mesh devices work with deco devices. Simple soluton to this would be to allow a basic repeater mode which they again dont do.)
- Their range and performance drops off incredibly quickly, leading you to have to buy more of their devices
- You cannot separate your 2.4 and 5Ghz networks (would need to enable a guest network, but those are isolated)
- They want to control absolutely everything and don't let you control anything yourself. Least they could have done is have an advanced section you can go into to manage at least some basic settings)
- Take their new Archer Air lineup, you cannot use the R5 as an extender/mesh node with ethernet out, and would need to buy their E5 models even though their specs are the exact same.
Their whole business practice is wicked, and should not be supported.
Thank you for the explanation. Some form of that in the original comment would have been nice.
I just see SO many people making blanket statements without backing up anything they saying.
Just something like, "this is a shit product" (not what you said, but still) and never say WHY they think it's a shit product.
I just feel like if someone is going to make a blanket statement about something like that, then they should at least give a reason or 2 WHY they think that so that other people might have something to look into to see if they agree with that statement.
Again, thanks for the detailed explanation. :)
I'm a bit lost on this video as it only highlights the current setups at a very high level, what are the unifi access point(s) you currently have and how many clients are connected to them. I understand you say that the users aren't using the internet but if they are using products such as emby then they are still using the wifi. Also to compare the 2 units what do you get with a mesh unifi solution? Seems a lot of the background information might be missing
Even plugged directly into the switch with ONLY my PC plugged into it, Unifi limits my internet speed to about 400mbps. It's a limitation of Unifi's Intrusion Prevention System (IPS). When I enable TP-Link's IPS, I am not throttled nearly as much and, using the same scenario of having ONLY my PC plugged directly in and nothing else, I usually see 800+mbps.
Hi what's the Voltage range of the X55 power adapter ?
12v 1.5a
@@DBTechYT hi thanks for that quick response really liked your vid , but what I wanted to know was the input voyage range is it from 110v to 220 V , as I might need it to be travel friendly
Oh! Input is 100-240v 50/60Hz 0.6A :)
@@DBTechYT Thank you so much
Whats the difference between x55 and x60?
www.tp-link.com/us/deco-mesh-wifi/product-family/deco-x55/
www.tp-link.com/us/deco-mesh-wifi/product-family/deco-x60/
Dude! you can not compare apples and oranges man..!! Compare AMPLIFI whit Deco not Unifi.
Unifi are wifi stupid bokses. Amplifi and Deco are intelegent wifi system
This video is totally wrong !!
It's like comparing a public transport system to a Tesla 3
I'm just demonstrating the X55 and explaining why I'm switching from Unifi to Deco
@@DBTechYT I get that you cooperate whit TP-Link on this. But it is stil wrong to set UNIFI in a bad spot, because you got a new product to test.
AMPLIFI is the equivalent product from Ubiquity or the XG line if you want to go enterprise and speed.
UNIFI is all about handling as many connections as possible for the money and not speed.
If you want I can give you a detailed explanation on how those system differs. It's night and day.
Wifi is Not just wifi and that's why I'm disappointed that a Tech guy like you don't care, because you got a new toy to play with.
Sorry man I love your guides, but this was just too much for me to not comment.
I think it is perfectly fine to showcase other solutions as well. Everyone can decide which one is best for their use case. These mesh devices are perfectly suitable for not that tech savvy environment. Parents or grandparents comes into my mind.
This is part of my concern to be honest. I need simplicity in my setup more than I need to be able to support a thousand connected devices. I've got a medical condition that is unpredictable and if something should happen to me, I would like my wife to be able to keep the internet working in the house if I'm in the hospital or worse. Also, with the Unifi setup, I get to utilize my full internet connection vs only about 33% of it because Unifi's IPS solution restricts throughput where TP-Link's IPS solution doesn't affect my speeds nearly that much. Also, TP-Link is less expensive, so I get 2x the speed for less than half the cost AND I get IPS: twitter.com/davidnburgess/status/1500275094647574529