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Deco M9 Plus V1 & V2 User Guide

Dashboard

After you successfully set up your Deco network, you will see the dashboard of the Deco app. Here you can view the working status of all Decos, test the internet speed, check the connected devices and manage your network.

Deco Status & Devices

Swipe right

Tap MORE

Wi-Fi Settings

Customize the network name and password of your main network or create a separate network just for guests. You can set a guest network name and an easy-to-remember password. You can shake your device to share the network details easily with family and friends.

Enable a guest network

Create the network name and password

Shake to share

Set Up Smart Home Devices

Deco M9 Plus not only delivers seamless wireless connectivity, but also acts as a smart home control point, letting you replace your older smart hubs. It connects Wi-Fi, ZigBee and Bluetooth devices to your network and lets you manage them from the Deco App. Whether you're on the couch or on the go, you're always in reach of your lights, thermostats, switches and door locks. Follow the steps below to add smart home devices to your Deco network.

1. On the Dashboard page, tap .

2. Tap SMART DEVICES.

3. Select the smart device type.

Set Up Smart Home Devices

Follow the steps below to add smart home devices to your Deco network.

4. Select your smart device. If not listed, select Other Light, for example.

5. Follow the app's guide to find your smart device(s).

6. Assign a location for your device and tap Done.

Automation

Automation allows you to set interactions between your smart devices. For example, if the bedroom light comes on (which is a trigger), then the air conditioner in the bedroom will start running (which is an action). Follow the steps below to create an automation.

1. Tap Create or .

2. Specify the time when this automation will take effect.

3. Follow the app's guide to add a trigger. If you set a specific time for the automation, then a trigger is optional.

Automation

Follow the steps below to create an automation.

4. Follow the app's guide to add an action.

You can delay an action when triggers are fired by setting the delay action .

5. Describe the automation and tap Done.

Automation

How trigger and action work

The automations you created are displayed here.

Tap an automation to delete, enable or disable it. You can also delete, edit or tap to add triggers and actions.

Automation

When multiple devices are selected for a trigger, then you have to specify the trigger type.

Shortcut

With the tap of an icon, execute a shortcut you created. Follow the steps below to create a shortcut.

1. Tap Create or .

2. Select the shortcut type.

Shortcut

Follow the steps below to create a shortcut.

3. Follow the app's guide to add an action.

4. If needed, you can add more actions for one shortcut. And tap Done.

5. Select an icon for the shortcut and descirbe it.

Shortcut

With the tap of an icon, execute a shortcut you created.

Shortcut executed

Parental Controls

Create profiles for family members and specify the devices that belong to each. Set individualized parental controls including when and for how long each person can access the internet. Block inappropriate content and pause the internet. Follow the steps below to set up parental controls.

1. Tap ADD PROFIE to create a new profile.

2. Set filter level.

3. Set time controls.

Parental Controls

Follow the steps below to set parental controls.

4. Add devices to this profile and tap Done.

Antivirus

There are three ways Deco ensures your home network remains safe: by blocking malicious websites, by protecting the system and applications against external attacks and eliminating vulnerabilities, and by preventing infected devices from sending sensitive information outside your network.

Protection enabled

Alert history

Protection disabled

QoS

There are two ways to use the QoS (Quality of Service) function. You can prioritize the connection of a particular device for a set duration, such as a family member's laptop for one hour during a video call. You can also prioritize the online activity that's most important to the whole family, such as Streaming or Gaming.

Prioritize a device

Prioritize an activity

Customize

Monthly Report

Review a monthly list of usage, top 5 visited content, most frequently executed automations and shortcuts, and security threats.

Safeguard your Deco network

Top 5 visited content under Parental Controls

Most frequently executed Shortcut and Automation

Switch and Create Network

You can create, manage and switch between different Deco networks bound to your TP-Link ID.

Swipe right and tap

Swipe to switch a network to manage

Swipe to create a new network

Friends of Deco

TP-Link works with Alexa. With Alexa, you can use your voice to control functions of the AC2200 Tri-Band Mesh Wi-Fi System.

Friends of Deco

Advanced Features

Additional features are available under the Advanced menu. You can modify WAN settings (IPv4 & IPv6), control Deco's LED, turn notifications off and on, create a domain name for your Deco, set up port forwarding rules to make your local computers accessible to other devices over the internet, reserve an IP address for a specific device and change the operating mode.

IPv4