TP Link M5 User Manual

User Guide

AC1300 Whole Home Wi-Fi System

Deco M5

REV1.0.0 1910012013

Contents

About This Guide	1
Chapter 1 Get to Know Your Deco	2

1. 1. Product Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

1. 2. Physical Appearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

1. 2. 1. LED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

1. 2. 2.Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1. 2. 3. Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Chapter 2	Set Up Your Deco	5
Chapter 3	Deco Features	10

3. 1. Wi-Fi Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

3. 2. Parental Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

3. 3. Antivirus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

3. 4. QoS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

3. 5. IPv6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

3. 6. Update Deco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

3. 7. Admins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

About This Guide

This guide contains details of Deco Home Wi-Fi System and its related information.

Please notice that features of Deco may vary slightly depending on the model and software version you have, and on your location, language, and Internet service provider. All images, parameters and descriptions documented in this guide are used for demonstration only.

Conventions

In this guide, the following conventions are used:

Convention Description

Deco	Stands for Deco Home Wi-Fi System without any explaination.

Teal

Key information appears in teal, including management page text such as menus, items, buttons and so on.

Ignoring this type of note might result in a malfunction or damage to the Note: device.

Indicates important information that helps you make better use of your Tips: device.

More Info

•The latest firmware and management app are available from Download Center at http://www.tp-link.com/support.

•Specifications can be found on the product page at http://www.tp-link.com.

•A Technical Support Forum is provided for you to discuss our products at http://forum.tp-link.com.

•Our Technical Support contact information can be found at the Contact Technical Support page at http://www.tp-link.com/support.

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Chapter 1

Get to Know Your Deco

This chapter introduces Deco Home Wi-Fi System and shows its main features and appearance.

Chapter 1	Get to Know Your Deco

1 1 Product Overview

TP-Link’s Deco is a Wi-Fi system for your whole home.

With various features and functions, deco is the perfect hub of your home or business network.

1 2 Physical Appearance

1 2 1 LED

Deco’s LED is located on the top (View from top to bottom). You can check its working status by following the LED Explanation table.

Status	Indication
Yellow	Deco is starting up.
Blue pulse	Deco is ready for setup.
Blue solid	Deco is setting up.
Green	Deco is registered and all is well.
Red	Deco has an issue.

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Chapter 1 Get to Know Your Deco

1 2 2 Button

Deco’s bottom panel shows the reset button. Refer to the following for detailed instructions.

Item	Description
RESET	Reset deco to factory default settings.

1 2 3 Port

Deco’s back panel shows the connection ports. Refer to the following for detailed instructions.

Item	Description

LAN/WAN

For connecting deco to your modem, the Ethernet jack, your PC, or other Ethernet network devices.

POWER

For connecting the modem router to power socket via the provided power adapter.

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Chapter 2

Set Up Your Deco