How to install TP-Link Deco M4 home mesh
- 2 years ago
Try this...
Switch on and set up your first Deco unit (in its settings) to have its WAN port set to be in.. Dynamic/Automatic IP or DHCP (& Nat) mode, it may be pre-set that way anyway. Then, disconnect all cables from all your new Mesh units and switch them off and unplug them.
Then, put the VM Hub into modem mode see ( https://www.virginmedia.com/help/virgin-media-hub-modem-mode ) and wait for the base light to turn magenta/purple (on a Hub3 - but white on a Hub4/5!).
Once it’s in modem mode, the VM hub “MUST” then be powered off. Switch your first Deco unit on - and make sure it’s fully initialised (leave 5 min) and then put in the Cat6a ethernet cable from its WAN port to the VM hub (any port will do).
NOW… power up the VM hub and wait 5-10 minutes for The Hub to initialise and and you should get a connection. Use the recommended App to connect the other Deco unts units to the first one.
This order only needs to be done the first time you connect the router to the VM hub. You might also set the SSID and key/password on the new Deco Mesh to match that on the HUB sticker or what you had changed it to previously, so when you swap over, all your wireless devices should just connect automatically.