Customer Ratings & Reviews

Setup was a breeze, however, I have an issue with internet randomly dropping and then coming back. This affects my phone which switches between the 2.4 & 5Ghz band. It adversely affects video streaming also. Tried switching channels and other internet recommendations, firmware is up to date

This is the second time i bought this and the same thing is happening. Constantly keeps on losing connections with all my devices. What a pain in the butt. I’m going back to my wifi 6 router.

Great router! Fast and very good coverage in my 1800 sq. ft. house.

I hava an ASUS RT-AX82U. I thought i would try upgrade to wifi 7. It works great on 6G devices but the 2.4G and 5G range and speeds are a downgrade. Because I have less 6G devices so its a return.

Worked perfectly for about 8 months then had to send off to tp link for a replacement. WiFi antennas went out.

Product is Very nice and good quality. Speedy wifi .

I kept losing connection. I had to return. I don't recommend

If you're looking to get a blazingly fast, future-proofed router for any task (like gaming) that requires maximum speed and dependability, then this is your choice. Upload and download speeds for me were quite literally off the charts, in the sense that I don't think my Internet service provider could match the speeds that this router is capable of managing. Anyone with premium Internet service in a market that permits the highest speeds should seriously consider this. There are ample ports and connections, too, with 4 2.5 Gbps ports in the back and an included USB 3.0 port if you're using something an attached storage drive. And setup, via the Tether app, is effortless. You can get insane amounts of speed and monitor performance (and updates) with minimal difficulty via the app. Coverage is excellent as well. My current setup had a bit of signal decay on the 5 GHz network when you were at the farthest point away from the router in the house, but this Archer Pro blasts out the 5 GHz, 2.5 GHz, and even 6 GHz frequencies with outstanding amounts of coverage. I can easily access all three bands from my townhome community parking lot a considerable distance away from the router setup. Without exaggeration, for people in small to medium sized homes, this one router could replace an entire mesh network setup. And, as said before, the upstream / downstream and upload / download speeds simply matched the maximum my ISP was giving me under my current plan. This is the first router I've owned where I'd need to upgrade my Internet service plan just to take advantage of the speeds on offer. And the presence of WiFi 7 means there's a degree of future proofing that warrants the cost. With easy firmware updates and WiFi 7-compatible tech still in the process of being rolled out, this is a device you'll be using for a loooong time to come. I actually really like the design, too. The form factor is more like a mini desktop, but since big antenna arrays usually expand the footprint of other routers I've used, I had an easier time finding a home for this device in my networking setup than I would have for something that was longer and had six rods protruding from it. This is, in short, one of the best routers I've ever owned. It's extremely fast, has great signal coverage for three bands, is easy to setup (both in terms of software and physically), and has robust connections that can handle any speed demands I'm even capable of using. It truly is, for me, off the charts. Strongly recommended for anyone who needs speed and reliability. You won't be disappointed, and, with WiFi 7, you'll be in the pleasant position of watching technology adapt to *your* equipment.

Bought this as the price seemed good and the tech features and functionality looked great. I'm 3 days in and I've had to restart the router at least 3 times a day - none of my devices can connect. Not my brand new apple devices, not my Windows computers, nor my Smart TVs. A simple reset and everything comes back online. As a network engineer this is unacceptable for me in a brand new device. it seems that the TP link engineers slapped together a bunch of cool new hardware and gave up half way through the software development. so much potential in this device - a waste of talent, effort, and design. RETURNED

The speeds are great but compared to my old Netgear wifi 5 modem/router combo this device had more frequent Wifi drops. The router would disconnect often and the wifi coverage range wasn’t great. I’d lose wifi at the other end of my house where as before I didn’t with my older router. Overall, wifi 7 is great but i would recommend going with a trusted brand (Netgear) over TP-Link.

Now I believe everyone who had issues with this router. TP-Link has degraded horribly. The router disconnected from internet totally after 24 hrs. No reboots or resets fixed it. Please avoid it at all costs.

It was very expensive and doesn’t stay connected to our devices. The $50 substitute I had until I bought this one works more consistently.

The design of this router it different from others I have seen. It looks more like a mini computer tower than a router. There are no outer antennas to play with as it has 6 internal antennas which help the signal to go farther and have seamless Wi-Fi throughout your whole house. This router covers up to 2200 square feet and should cover most any home. This router has 4 2.5 Gbps ethernet ports, 1 input Ethernet port and one USB 3.0 port. As most devices work on WiFi, this should be enough ports to work with the average home. To setup the router, you will need to download the Tether app or connect a device to the router and go through a web browser. I found the app much easier, as I have used this kind of method with other routers and found it very simple. In using this router, I find it works very well while streaming in 4K, gaming and everyday uses. It can connect up to 100 devices. I have 20 smart bulbs, 3 televisions, two desktop computers, two laptops, cell phones, among other things and find there is very good connectivity with all my devices. The two gaming laptops I have are WiFi 7 and work great. There is little to no lagging for online gaming with no need to be wired to the router. If you are looking for the latest in WiFi, this is a good router to use. The setup/installation is simple. It works with older WiFi such as WiFi 4, 5, 6 and 6E devices and is all around an excellent router. I would definitely recommend this router. It won’t disappoint.

performance over range is not impressive up close, i got 120mbps 1 room away, dropped to 30 2 rooms away, droppped to 15 at the end of the 2nd room, i had no signal

We experienced difficulty setting up the router. We haven't had difficulty with other router set ups, but instructions were not included. We also have the Total Tech plan so we call for assistance without success. Geek Sqaud used to be the best and that is why we purchased everything at BB. We returned the router and rent it from Spectrum who provided excellent customer service.

I traded in a Verizon router and your salesman sold me a router that was not compatible with Verizon

I'm amazed at how fast WiFi has gotten over the years, it's still best for gaming to be done over a wire, but unless your editing 4k video off a NAS or need the extra security of a wired only network, WiFi is really just not anything more than 'technically' worse than a wired connection. TP-Link's got WiFi 7 locked down with this router and it works amazing, but don't lock the router in your basement, a concrete wall and floors boxing it in will sharply lower your connection speed and quality on these new faster WiFi 6 and 7 standards. So I reccomend getting it setup somewhere centrally located where it is going to be used the most for the best results. If you're a home office user a couple features stand out to me as particularly nice to haves. That being on router OpenVPN server support, so If you need access to resources on your home/office network, you can connect to your own VPN and get access, Especially usefull if you have a NAS on your network, or even just plugged in an external drive to the USB 3.0 port on the back to let the router itself play light duty as a NAS. It also supports Dynamic DNS services such as NoIP so if you need an outside facing resource available from your home network, like the previously mentioned VPN server, and your Internet service does not give you a static IP, this on router compatibility with these services automatically updates the public facing IP with any hosted services, say you want to run your own server for a game you play with friends? I'm not a fan of needing a TP-Link ID to use the APP for managing the router, that feels like it should be optional, but the app doesn't allow you to skip that. But otherwise the app gives you access to all the settings you can find in the web based management page so it's fully functional, and it does allow you to manage multiple routers and APs from a single space so that's cool. And a big miss for me personally, that will likely not affect 98% of you who are considering this router, there doesn't appear to be any WDS support in the firmware, and while it does support "EasyMesh" for connecting multiple Routers/Mesh Nodes for expanded network coverage. Before Mesh Networking was established We used to be able to do something called Wireless Bridging, that let one router be the main router, and other routers act as 'Bridges' Connecting to the main router wirelessly and extending the network. It was less performant than current mesh networking, but as long as the router supported wireless bridging or 'WDS' it didn't batter what brand or model you used, you could use the router as a Wireless Network Extender. Other TP-Link Routers have 3rd Party Firmware support such as DD-WRT, I am hoping that this one gets the same treatment. If it does, I'll come back to leave a comment about it.

The TP-Link - Archer BE11000 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 Router is very solid! It is fast and has taken everything I have thrown at it. It's range is really impressive and covers about 75% of my house alone. Ethernet (wired) speeds are consistent with my previous router. The WiFi speeds are quite a bit faster over 2.5 and 5 ghz, about 500mb/s on average. The WiFi 6 was a bit faster than that at about 650mb/s. Installation was a pieve of cake. I have 1G Fios for internet so I just connected a cat 8 wire from the Fios box to the 10g port. I was actually able to do away with a 5 port hub I was using by using the other 4 2.5g ports. Done! I set up the app and was up and running in less than 15 minutes. It also looks nice, almost like a game console so no need to hide it Away. I am currently using another brands WiFi mesh system that unfortunately was not easy mesh compatible so I was not able to test that functionality. I do plan on updating my mesh system with a TP-Link mesh system compatible with the router but I don't feel I'll need as many satelites because the coverage is already excellent. Overall, this is a great router that I will recommend.

I have installed a lot wireless routers over the years but I have never seen one that is easier to set up or offers better performance than the TP-Link Archer BE 1100 Pro. I had this WiFi 7 wonder up and running and less than 10 minutes, compared to the hours I have sometimes spent getting mesh systems to work properly. And the performance was impressive, even before I upgraded to 2.5G Internet service. I was running 300mbs for a while before that and found every device performed far better with the TP-Link router than any router I have ever owned. The same was true after I upgraded to multi-gig service. WiFi 7 REALLY is faster folks, at least as implemented in this TP-Link router. Even if you don't have any devices that support WiFi 7 yet. All the devices I tested were either built around WiFi 6E or WiFi 6. These results were all the more remarkable given that I was comparing it to a premium brand WiFi 6 mesh system router, which was only a few months old. It was an up-to-date model that supported up to a 2.5G internet connection. The TP-Link router performed better at every level, despite it NOT being a mesh system. Reach and throughput were better throughout my 1,500 square-foot-home. Streaming video devices launched faster and ran more smoothly, along with other bandwidth hungry apps. Of course the added bonus was how easy it was to set up this router. Once properly connected to the cable modem. all you have do is download the TP-Link Tether app, set up an account, and follow the prompts. It finds the router, has you enter the default SSID, name and password (provided with router) to get the first internet connection, and then change those to your own SSID, name and password. That's it. Super easy. While the TP-Link router is not much to look at -- an old school black box with a stylized pinch in the middle -- what's inside seems to bs state of the art. It not only supports that latest and greatest WiFi 7 standard but internet connections of up to 10G. Which are still exceedingly rare. Even better, there are four 2.5 G ethernet ports in the back for devices that require a wired connection, and six beamforming antennas inside to provide coverage for homes up to 2200 square feet. Despite supporting multi-gig speeds on paper, be aware you need wired ethernet devices to actually reach 2.5G speeds with this router. In the real world, wireless speeds are generally less than half the advertised speed of your ISP, at best -- in the same room as the router. Speeds fall off rapidly as you move further away. I was hitting 200 to 400mbs at the most distant points in my home, with WiFi 6 and 6E devices. The only thing unusual about the router design is the front. It features a long row of very bright white LEDs running from top to bottom. They are always on in normal operations but blink, animate or form patterns to reflect connection status or updates in progress. Physical buttons on the bottom of the panel allow you to turn those lights off, turn wi-fi on and off and activate WPS for auto wi-fi pairing. The app also has a setting to turn off the lights at night or any time period you choose. Overall, it is a very simple but functional design. Be aware all your devices cannot run off a single SSID name with this router. The new 6ghz channel supported by WiFi 7 requires its own SSID here. Everything else, runs under a different SSID which supports the old 5ghz and 2.4ghz channels of WiFi6 or lower. This means if you have any devices that support the less crowded 6ghz channel, you will have to change the wi-fi setup on those devices to connect to that new SSID . While the 6ghz channel will likely perform better for you in the short term, since a lot less people are using it, that frequency does not carry as far as 5ghz or 2.4 ghz. So if distance and/or lots of walls between you and the router are an issue, locking in 6ghz may not be the best option. If range is an issue, you can turn this stand-alone router into a mesh system by adding any EasyMesh node or extender. EasyMesh is a universal standard that some companies support and some don't. Do your research before buying. The app walks you through adding mesh nodes. In theory, you should get even better performance from mult-link operations or MLO, a special feature of WiFi 7 that allows compatible devices to operate on multiple channels at the same time. This TP Link router supports that feature but it is off by default (you can turn it on in the app), probably because there are so few devices that now support WiFi 7. I don's have any WiFi 7 devices so could not test it. As with most modern routers, those who like to get into the weeds and tweak the router settings must rely on the Tether app. (Web interface also available) It has parental controls, the ability to set up a guest network as well as network diagnostic and optimization tools. Also useful: The ability to turn on automatic firmware updates and scheduled weekly reboots for best performance. (Both off by default). The only gripe I have about this router is that TP Link, like a lot of other companies in this business, pushes customers to purchase added features for monthly fees. Web and intrusion protection packages cost extra as does the ability to block hackers from your IoT devices. Software solutions on your PC are probably adequate to deal with most of these issues but if you are the paranoid type, the add-ons are available. WiFI 7 Routers are stilll very pricey compared to the older generation models but the TP-Link Archer BE-11000 Pro is more affordable than most at this level. If you have mutl-gig internet service, and devices that suppot WiFi 6E or 7, it is well worth considering.

This router has all the latest advanced and high-speed technology, including Wi-Fi 7, and 11 Gbps Tri-Band (6GHz, 5GHz, 2.4GHz) Wi-Fi. The WAN (internet) port is 10Gbps and it has 4 x 2.5 Gbps ethernet ports plus a USB port. It's fully compatible with all Wi-Fi generations, devices, and Internet providers. Initial setup was very easy. I used the online browser interface from my laptop rather than their TP-Link Tether app to go through the setup. (I find browser interfaces generally easier and quicker to navigate than apps.) It walks you through the setup and alerts you to any issues making setup virtually foolproof. I have the router centrally located in my house and the Wi-Fi coverage is great, I can connect any of my devices from any room in my 3BR house and get a decent signal in close proximity outside my house too. Coverage range is supposed to be 1500 to 2500 sq ft and it seems I'm easily getting that range. I've had no connection problems with any of my devices. I highly recommend downloading the manual and taking the time to review all the available features this router has to offer, which is a lot. Some features are highly technical that are more for advanced users but there's many options that would be useful to everyday users, including TP-Link Cloud for mobile access, a guest network, a separate Io T network to isolate smart home devices, Time Machine to backup to USB storage, parental controls, access controls, Easy Mesh capability, a network check tool to analyze and optimize your network, and more. If you want a high-speed home router that's user friendly and can do anything and everything you want, this is it.