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Does not support 160Mhz - Wait, Deco X90 now DOES support 160Mhz!
UPDATE 10/18/2021: What I thought was a successful upgrade to the Deco X90s to achieve Gigabit WiFi speeds using the 160Mhz band, these are being returned. I bought two 2-packs, and all 4 are going back. One of the Deco X90s is placed in my loft and everything is on wired backhaul. For whatever reason, our 160Mhz devices, such as Windows laptops would NOT have internet when connecting to the Deco X90 in the loft. However, if I moved to another part of the house, the devices would work fine on 5Ghz band with 160Mhz channel support. I ordered another set of Deco X90s thinking the one was faulty. The SAME THING happened. If I force my laptop on 20Mhz channel, then I can get the Deco X90 in the loft to work. However, I don't understand why only this Deco X90 has problems. Maybe it's a bug? Maybe I'm trying to use too many in a mesh environment (I'm using 4 of these.) The Deco M5's worked PERFECTLY on the same ethernet wires and I had no issues. So, I am going to try Asus XT8 with 4 of them since they support 160Mhz channel on the 5Ghz band. Maybe I will have better luck with them.
UPDATE 10/11/2021: Because Amazon does not separate products like any other normal eCommerce giant, I can't review the Deco X90 separately which was released April 2021. I had previously reviewed the Deco X60 in 2020, and TP-Link did NOT include 160Mhz channel support, and it was frustrating because I did not notice any improvements over WiFi 5 with my Gigabit Internet. Well, I am SOOOO happy to report, TP-Link is the first router company that I can find to release a true mesh setup with 160 Mhz channel support! In ideal conditions I can get 900Mbps over WiFi with the Deco X90!
I don't want to change my review from 1 star to 5 stars because I *think* my review would stop becoming the highest rated critical review. Then, I feel like my review would not help as many people.
So with that being said, if you are looking for a true mesh setup with 160Mhz channel support to achieve the best WiFi performance, GET THE DECO X90!!! I have 5 of these placed around my house and they are all connected via Ethernet for wired backhaul support. The amazing thing is that every Deco X90 has a 2.5GbE port! My house is wired for 2.5GbE with all my switches and networking equipment being 2.5GbE! This is simply amazing that TP-Link did this! Not even the $1,000 WiFi 6E garbage that Netgear and Links are releasing include multi-gig Ethernet ports on all the extenders. Let alone, they are not even including 160Mhz channel support!
I had no problem buying The Deco X90 even though it's only WiFi "6" and not "6E." Why? WiFi 6E introduces the new 6Ghz band. hardly any devices support this new band. Even when they do, 6Ghz does not travel as far because the frequency is higher. The higher the frequency, the less it travels. I'm much happier staying on 5Ghz with 160Mhz channel support to achieve Gigabit over WiFi and have my signal stay stronger than "6E." I do not have buyers remorse whatsoever now that 6E routers are coming out. I have no interest in WiFi 6E after watching YouTube videos and seeing how poor the signal strength gets by going into the next room away from the router.
ORIGINAL REVIEW FROM 2020 FOR DECO X60 PRODUCT:
I have a laptop with Intel AX200 chip. This router does NOT support the 160Mhz channel. Meaning, your devices will not be able to connect at 2.4Gbps , thus getting 1Gbps over WiFi if you have Gigabit Internet (like me.)
Save your money and go with something like the Deco M5. If the Deco X60 isn't going to support true Gigabit WiFi speeds, then I'm going to save my money until a mesh system that comes out and supports the 160Mhz channel.
I contacted TP-Link support over the phone. OMG, it was atrocious. The lady barely spoke English, and she acted like I was speaking a foreign language when I started mentioning things like "160Mhz, 2x2 antenna, etc." She had to contact "engineering" and she e-mailed me a back lady saying the X60 supports 150Mhz. LOL! No honey, that's not what I was asking for. You couldn't even hear me clearly say "160 Mhz" multiple times.
September 2020 · Electronics · verified purchase