OK, I need a little advice/confirmation, please.
My current setup is:
Openreach fibre modem > Plusnet WiFi router > TPLink power line kit
Issues with switching to mesh:
The Openreach modem isn’t configurable, and the PPPoE details have to be entered into the Plusnet router.
The Plusnet router can’t be set to bridge mode, so if I replace the power line kit with a mesh router, I’ll have double NAT, which I believe is undesirable.
Ideally I’d like to replace the above setup with a nice and simple:
Openreach fibre modem > Mesh
But some mesh kits (including Eero) don’t support PPPoE.
I’m tempted to go all-in and future-proof myself with the Asus kit like Jiggles has, but it’s overkill - I’m on a 76Mb connection (realistically more like 50), and there’s no likelihood of better being available for several years.
So I’m thinking of going for the Deco S4. It’s PPPoE compatible, fast enough, and very reasonably priced. But is it too cheap? Am I overlooking something?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-Deco-S ... B0851D6MXYEDIT: Getting cold feet on that one. Some reviews say it doesn’t work as a proper mesh, with everything connecting to the base - pointless.
Thinking about these tri-band ones now:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01N5M9NNB/ref=emc_b_5_tEDIT2: Ordered. I dithered on Black Friday and missed the ones I wanted. Don’t want that to happen again.