Please confirm my thinking

[Docca]

Thanks again

i have one of these in the lounge, is that what you’re referring to?:

https://ibb.co/TqMChsQ

if so- what’s the benefit? 

also- do I need to invest in cat 6 cable for the ONT to Deco ( or anywhere else?)

[licquorice]

Cat5e will be more than adequate.

You appear to have Ethernet cabling installed back to a patch panel.

[Docca]

Thanks again - it’s just for that room though 

How does it work? I connect the new Deco to the batch panel and then in the lounge cat5e cable to the AP? 

[licquorice]

It's just an Ethernet cable between 2 points with a socket at each end rather than plugs.

[ptrduffy]

It appears you have two ethernet sockets next to your Openreach ONT, and two ethernet sockets in your lounge.  On the assumption that these sockets are connected by ethernet cables, then yes, you can connect your Deco WAN port to the ONT, and then another port to one of the ethernet sockets, and then an AP in the lounge connected to the corresponding ethernet socket there will work - this should give you better connectivity than using WiFi to connect the AP to the hub.

[Docca]

Ok here goes. 

no identifiable WAN port on the deco- it’s just 3 Ethernet ports so will thumb it into one of them 

[licquorice]

It has to be a WAN port, you can't just connect to a random port. If the deco has a router mode, it must have a WAN port.

[jac_95]

@Docca Follow the official TP Link setup video here: https://youtu.be/IiT3YGyEtR0

You will need to download the app on a tablet or phone to set it up.

[gg30340]

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@jac_95 wrote:

@Docca Follow the official TP Link setup video here: https://youtu.be/IiT3YGyEtR0

You will need to download the app on a tablet or phone to set it up.

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As per message 10 !!

[jac_95]

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@gg30340 wrote:

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@jac_95 wrote:

@Docca Follow the official TP Link setup video here: https://youtu.be/IiT3YGyEtR0

You will need to download the app on a tablet or phone to set it up.

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As per message 10 !!

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Awaiting a "yessss" it's all working ;D