Customer Ratings & Reviews

Works well, wireless doesn't reach super far. Has a hard time reaching our TV down the hall from the router.

This is a excellent product, highly recommended, it has vpn server and client.

Had to return it. Apparently, these do not come with security software anymore, so in order for it to work, you have to call Netgear and add it to $60 every three months. You can take this router and stick it!!!

It's good if you have a very standard use case but the access point mode lacks basic features that many power users will find annoying. No ability to set vlan on guest networks for example.

Excellent sore service. Easy to find and purchase!

it works OK , but oddly sometimes callers complain of call breaking uo until I move phone to other side of my desk.

Great router. Fast as your ISP allows it to be. Sweeet

excellent router - has great range - very satisfied

Great product hope it last longer than 2 years at this price

Powerful and easy to use, the Archer AX3000 is an excellent router with some limitations. Setup is simple with the TP-Link Tether app. The app guides you through the steps you need to follow. I had it up and running in under five minutes; it took longer to get the plastic wrap off of the antennae and an account created than to make the unit operational. A word about the Tether app. While it made setup simple, it also made it impossible to do fine-tuning of settings. If you’re a novice, then this isn’t likely to be an issue. If you’re creating a somewhat more complex environment, then you’ll need to use the browser interface. Tether also sometimes loses connection with the router, telling me that there is no router or other device connected. This is not a distance or network issue, but a software problem. Repeatedly shutting down and restarting Tether, then signing back into the router, eventually fixes this issue. Even when Tether can’t find the router, going directly to the IP address still allowed control of the unit. Once it is set up, you’ll notice a couple of things. Yes, it’s fast, but I was already using a Wi-Fi6 router, so the speed is really the same when you’re close to it. Perhaps if I were on a fiber optic line I would see a difference up close, but not with a cable modem. What it does have is range. Running speed tests on my old router and the AX3000, the speed on my old router dropped significantly (from 70mbps to 4mbps) when I was several rooms away. The AX3000 dropped as well, but only to 50mbps. This is likely due to its use of Beamforming technology, which focuses the signal toward connected devices. I work from home, and with my old router I needed to be reasonably close to it and have doors open for a reliable videoconferencing experience. With the Archer, I can now work seamlessly from anywhere in the house, and with doors closed for privacy and noise control. The signal also reaches farther away from the house than my old router, meaning I can be anywhere in the yard and have a clear path. For those who have a lot of connected devices, such as smart home plug-ins, the OFDMA feature of Wi-Fi6 will really shine through, as it allows any access point to access many devices at once without degrading speed. And, yes, the Archer AX3000 can serve as an access point in a mesh environment, with a significant limitation. And that leads into why I did not give this five stars. Like my previous TP-Link router, the Archer AX3000 will only work as part of a mesh when used with other TP-Link Archer products (routers and extenders). If you want to use it to extend the Wi-Fi network that came with your ISP’s modem, you’re out of luck - unless you want to do the very complicated thing of setting up the ISP unit as the mesh extension and use the AX3000 as the home node, which really makes no sense from a mesh perspective, as the units have to be close together to allow the NAT connection from the modem portion of the ISP unit to the AX3000. Overall, it’s a solid router if you can get by without a mesh or intend never to purchase a product other than those made by TP-Link. If you want to expand without being locked into a single vendor, you might want to look elsewhere.

Good price, good router, I have only purchase to link products and they seem to work well.

My Samsung TV was unable to connect to the 5GHz band unless I disabled all security. Searching for help online I found multiple posts on forums with users describing the same issue between Samsung TVs and TP-Link routers. All my other devices could connect without issue but I will still be returning this router for a different make.

Over priced product that was inconvenient for wifi

Good coverage and speed for most devices, but continuosly disconnected on a new LG C2 OLED (did not previously have this issue with an older netgear router).

I've used this router for a month now and I've had no issues with it. Good signal throughout home. Read reviews online and this was in top five for fiber and was the best priced of those five.

Took awhile before the WiFi actually started to work

This router has helped me a lot with better signal and packet loss.

This router provides affordable access to WiFi 6, and is a pretty good option for anyone living in an apartment or small- to mid-sized home. Coverage and signal strength are very good and performance is great for the price (more on that in a bit). Setup is extremely easy, even for the non-tech proficient. The router comes with a slate of options during setup for QoS settings that can prioritize how the router is being used an excellent assortment of parental controls. Signal strength is great; I live in a town home and my router hookup is in the basement, but had no trouble with consistent signal strength on the second floor. Speed, in general, is also pretty impressive. During normal operation, I get about 650-700 Mbps at close range, with only modest decay to 620 or so when further away. This is more than enough for most users' broadband needs. I put this router through a daily battery of phone, streaming, and Smart TV use, and I wasn't disappointed. I didn't have any issues with losing a signal or a device not successfully connecting, and the only problems I encountered during streaming related to streaming applications misbehaving (not the router). I also had no issue with signal strength, speed, or connectivity when dealing with multiple connected devices at once. I could check my security cameras, argue on Twitter, overhear my wife using TikTok, and stream a favorite movie through Netflix with no issue. If your use-case is standard issue stuff like what was just described, you will have no problems with this router. The router is also light and leaves a small footprint, which is a huge compliment for a WiFi 6 router. You can easily install this in your current setup without worrying about making extra room for some beastly "Witch King of Angmar" looking thing. This is a huge benefit for pet owners like me who have to keep devices in places where they can broadcast adequately, but won't be accessible to curious cats. The only downside I experienced with this router occurred occasionally when transferring large files. I had no problems with streaming or Internet access, but when I tried to move some files via FTP router performance noticeably slowed for reasons I can't quite explain. This obviously isn't going to affect most users, and were I not trying to move files from a Windows platform to a Linux platform I could have simply used removable storage to achieve the same goal. The only other problem I encountered was a similar slowdown with especially large file downloads. These take a while in the first place, and the router got the job done, but it honestly seemed to take a little more time than the older one I was replacing. These are minor gripes and definitely not deal breakers. Overall, this router is a pretty decent upgrade for people who live in apartments or smaller homes. I had no issues with coverage, and under optima conditions had excellent network speeds, but those of you who have larger homes might need something more like a mesh solution. Definitely recommended for general users looking for a decent WiFi 6 router as an upgrade.

While we've been able to basically connect to the internet, we're still struggling to connect devices to each other the way our previous router did. Difficult to find tutorials as well.

I was having problems with my other router and this one was recommended by Best Buy associate. It works well.