Customer Ratings & Reviews

Honestly, this is the best dang router. I had just upgraded my Internet speed and the router that my ISP gave me was definitely going to suffice, but my WiFi Speeds were terrible. I tried the 11000pro from TP link and while it was enough to handle having everyone over for the holidays, I was still getting sub par WiFi Speeds and signal wasn’t the greatest pay my front door. I thought to myself, do I really need such an expensive router? Well, Best Buy offered to price match with a competitor which helped me make the decision. I’ve had this router now for about two months and I still don’t know how I went this long without one. It’s Future proof and and signal strength is fantastic. I get strong signal at my neighbors house, which is across the street. Features are super easy to program and the interface is very user friendly. This makes for an all in all excellent user experience and I do not regret it for one sec. What’s not to love about strong WiFi signal and (4)-2.5gb ports and the additional 10gb port for future expansion. If you’re reading this sentence, Just buy it… 10/10

I recently upgraded to Xfinity’s gigabyte X2 internet package, which gives you 2000 mbps on download and up to 200 mbps on upload. To take advantage of the high speeds, I decided to upgrade both my modem and router. I purchased this TP-Link BE800 router and the Arris Surfboard S33. When I hooked everything up, my download speeds were capped around 1200 mbps and upload speed around 41 mbps. After reading multiple reviews online through Xfinity’s community forum, and other reviews, basically I found out I needed to upgrade to a modem to get the higher upload speed, so I purchased the Netgear CM3000, since the Arris S34 isn’t available yet. After hooking up the Netgear modem, my upload speed was still capped at 41 mbps, so I chatted with Xfinity technical support. During the chat, the Xfinity tech updated my firmware on my modem, and my download speed increased to 1500 mbps and my upload speed increased from 41 mbps to around 360 mbps! Basically, not only do you need this modem to get the high upload speed, you also need to have Xfinity update your modem on their end. All in all, it was definitely worth the extra time and money to upgrade since I now can take full advantage of my high Internet speeds! Plus, this router was on sale and is equipped with WiFi 7 so I’m prepared for future devices…highly recommend!

It’s a good router. There are some kinks that need to be worked out when it comes to EasyMesh and plenty of other things. Coming from ASUS, it doesn’t provide you nearly as much control over certain settings. Considering I got it on a deal and price matched, I’m happy. The main difficulty is waiting for more WiFi 7 clients pop on the scene to truly see what it can do.

I get over 2.3gig speeds wired and wireless. The range is great. I like the fact that i can modify the settings using both the App and browser. They have a pretty robust menu system, i can add a VPN service, SSD and share it in my network. I got it on sale for $100 dollars cheaper and i totally recommend it!

Once you go through and change the default settings and update it there arent any problems i have gigabit cable internet and only lost about 20 megabits over wifi. That said, there were some oddities with settings like the mlo network needing to be set up with 5+6ghz first then add the 2 4 in order to make the dynamic connection work with different aecurity aettings and it Its just not worth the price. If you want easy setup use and amazon eeros, if you want invetwen get a nighthawk if you want pro settings get an asus. If you want somthing somewhat futureproof and wothout breajable external antennas and can afford it get this. For most people there are better options. The emojis are cute though.

I’m using The BE800 to replace a 3-node Linksys Atlas Pro setup and while overall coverage isn’t quite on par, it’s very close for a singular device and I’m pulling down much higher speeds over Wi-Fi in all but the farthest corner of my basement and the high-speed Ethernet ports are great to have. There are Wi-Fi 6E routers that offer a lot of what the BE800 has and Wi-Fi 7 is a ways off from being mainstream, but even taking Wi-Fi 7 out of the equation I think the BE800 has enough performance and features to mostly justify its cost, though you might want to wait for a sale. Some background: I live in a 2-story split-level home. My internet comes in on the edge of my main floor and from there has to cover the living room, 3-bedrooms, and my basement. Originally I had a Wi-Fi 6 dual-band mesh system from Linksys that worked well, but in general I wasn’t reaching the speed of the 940 Mbps CenturyLink fiber plan I paid for. I had previously tried the RAXE500 from Netgear and while the speeds were great in the same room, they fell off at range and I ended up returning it. So far that seems to much less of a problem with the BE800. The BE800 is a very large device; larger than I was expecting even from the pictures, but it’s mostly tall and deep and should fit on the edge of most end tables or shelves without taking up too much space. On the back there are 6 Ethernet ports, 2 of which are 10G, and the other 4 are 2.5G. One of the 10G ports is used for the internet connection and there’s even a fiber combo port on one of them. It’s nice to see better than gigabit speeds on all the ports and it makes this great central networking device if you are wiring Ethernet through your home. The router is advertised with a speed of 19 Gbps, but that is spread across the 3 bands and most of that speed (11.5 Gbps) lives on the shorter-range 6GHz band. It’s still plenty of capacity for larger networks though. There’s also a USB 3.0 port you can connect a network storage device to. I would describe the overall design as inoffensive; it reminds me of some kind of video game console concept. It’s not the prettiest router out there, but at least it doesn’t have a thousand antennas sticking out of it like some other high-end routers. The setup process was great. I setup via the web interface and not the Tether app and I was able to configure my CenturyLink internet connection with my special username and password right from the initial setup instead of having to dig into the manual settings after the fact like I’ve had to do on previous routers. I was connected to the internet within a few minutes and updated to the latest firmware (1.0.2 currently as I write this). I usually have around 20-25 devices on my network at any given moment. Most of them are all on the 2.4GHz or 5GHz band, but I do have a few Wi-Fi 6E devices. Testing the speed in my living room where the router is located I got extremely high speeds and was generally able to hit between 850-900 Mbps of my 940 Mbps connection on both Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E. The Wi-Fi 6E connections are especially fast, but I was able to travel more than a bedroom or two away before it dropped off to the point of being unreliable. Sticking to the 5GHz band and testing on various devices, I was able to pull down around 650-700 Mbps in the farther bedrooms and 500-600 Mbps in most of my basement except for the farthest corner where my speeds dropped down to 100-200 Mbps. It’s still usable, but on my mesh system I was able to get 200-300 Mbps in this area. I plan on running an Ethernet cable to this portion of my house eventually and I think if I were able to get the main router placed more centrally within my house that I wouldn’t even need to do that. The BE800 also supports EasyMesh and can be transformed into a mesh system with another compatible router or range extender, which I plan on investing in the future for my basement using an Ethernet backhaul. I’ve seen earlier reviews complaining about stability, but my experience has been rock solid so far and even the slowest portions of my house still offer a relatively stable connection. The Tether app on my phone helps manage all the settings and is organized and works well. The web interface also offers a lot of configuration options. It’s good to see in a high-end router as a lot of this flexibility seems to be going away on mesh systems. As a final side-note, the LED screen was fun to play with for about 20 minutes, but became something of an annoyance to me and I ended up turning it off. Overall I’m very happy with the BE800. Its performance for me has been great and I really don’t have much to complain about it for the product itself. It’s definitely something for the early adopters though and a lot of the features could go underutilized and thus not really justify the price for everyone. It’s important to consider your specific needs when picking a router or mesh system, but if you want it all the BE800 has it.

This is an awesome router. Super easy to setup and access. Great thru put.

Amazing router. It has been rock solid the entire time I have had it. With the router it replaced I was frequently experiencing drops and having to reset it. That has not happened once with this router. I cannot recommend it enough.

My wifi speed went from 40mb download to 800mb. It also performs superb with IoT (I have more than 30 gadgets that before failed to turn on or off using google home) and it has a dedicated management for IPTV cable connection. Very satisfied overall. And the front display is super cool,

I was looking for long gor Wifi 7 with enought high speed ethernet. This is the best si far and above netgear and other competitors, especially when it comes to ithernet port, as it has 4 2.5Gs and 2 10Gs which saves you couple of hundreds and monthly few bucks of energy bills on extra switch cost.

I just wish it did 6G mesh like the new Netgear do they’re using 6G mesh all the netgear Wi-Fi 7 routers do

Verdict: The TP-Link Archer BE800 offers quite a lot of versatility, power, and technology to provide quality WiFi and wired internet connection, with some added cool design features. Initial impressions. This is a single WiFi unit (it is not a package of mesh or satellite units). It comes with a quick start guide, a power cable, a really nice cat-5 cable, and a reset key. It is not heavy. We love the modern clean look and we appreciate the lack of visible antennas. It is taller than we expected. Once you plug it in, some emojis are displayed through the LEDs on the front… it’s a nice fun feature. Setup. Setup was simple, easy, and without a glitch. I used the Tether app to setup the router. During setup, I had the opportunity to choose a new network name and password, and to change the admin credentials. I was impressed with the multiple band options (2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz), and about the wired 10 Gbps ports! Total setup took me less than 10 minutes. I was also able to “lock” the hardware to my username for remote management, which is very exciting because I would like to access the router remotely when we are not home. App. The Tether app is very good. It facilitated a fast setup and it allows easy customization of router settings, including establishing a guest network, viewing device activity, blocking devices, optimizing the network, modifying the LED screen display, and even establishing a dedicated Internet-of-Things (IoT) network on 2.4 GHz or 5GHz. I set my LED display on 3 sec rotations of the date, time, weather, and temperature… I love that! Speed & range. I positioned the router at the center of the ground floor of a house that has a second floor and a basement. In general, the TP-Link BE800 did well, maintaining high speeds in most areas of the house. Areas that were separated by several walls from the router area suffered signal loss. In those areas, speed and range were not as good as my high end three-device mesh network, but I expected this since the mesh system costs at least twice the cost of the BE800, and the BE800 is only a single system. When going into the yard in areas that were in the line-of-sight of the room with the router, I was able to get signal to about 60 feet with usable bandwidth, so this is great if you want to get WiFi on a patio or a poolside. Wired speed is wonderful, but that was no surprise. I think this system would do very well in apartments, and small-to-medium size homes. Features. The BE800 is packed with features. It is WiFi 7 capable and backwards compatible with older standards. The three GHz bands allow for the setup of different networks for different purposes, and paired with Multi-Link Operations, this router performs well with heavy bandwidth content. The dual 10Gbps Ports and 4x 2.5 Gbps ports provide blazing fast wired speeds. HomeShield provides security features for your network and devices. You can setup dedicated IoT networks with WPA3 encryption to increase IoT device security. Oh, and the router can accommodate 100 devices! Things I like: - Good signal strength and speeds in most areas of the house, and well into the yard outside the house - You can add satellites to create a home mesh network - The Tether app is great! - Stable and fast WiFi is a priority for us, and so far, this router is delivering on that after some initial instability - The modern sleek design is quite elegant and fits with our décor - The LED lights provide a welcome new and convenient functionality! - Very versatile features: tri-band, dual 10G ports, MLO, WiFi 7 and backwards compatibility Things I don’t like: - On the first day of use, I experienced stability issues. I could not replicate this on the second and third day of testing. I am guessing firmware updates resolved the issues I was having. If that is the case, thanks TP-Link for staying on top of software updates to keep the router as stable as possible - The Tether app should offer compatible mesh routers or range extenders for easy additions to this router Overall, this is a very compelling and powerful WiFi router. The multitude of features provide a lot of value, convenience, and future-proofing. If you are due for a home WiFi update, and you live in an apartment or small-to-medium home, this is great option.

DESIGN: Honestly I thought this was going to be bigger than it actually is. Which isn’t to say it is small. It is sleek appearing and feels high quality. It has solid plastic sides but the middle is filled with holes to help with cooling as this thing is packing. The LED lights on the front are neat but more of a gimmick. They give you info about what the router is doing but can be more confusing than your traditional lights. However, you can customize them if you want. But most importantly, you can set it on a schedule so the lights are only on during a certain time (for example I have them off at night from 10 pm - 8 am) which turns off ALL the lights for zero light pollution. With this being in the room I sleep in I can’t salute them enough for this. Or if that isn’t your jam you can press the button on the front to do it manually. The other two buttons on the front are Wi-Fi and WPS. On the back of the device you have four ethernet ports along with two other ethernet ports (depending on home connection of 1 gig and 10 gig). Along with another port that I haven’t seen before. SECURITY: Comes with WPA2-PSK(AES), WPA2-PSK(AES)+WPA-PSK(TKIP), WPA3-Personal, WPA3-Personal+WPA2-PSK(AES), and WPA2-Enterprise security options. For the 6 GHz you have Enhanced Open and WPA3-Personal. You can also setup a Guest Network (2.4/5/6) along with IoT Network (2.4/5). Also has MLO. PERFORMANCE: This is by far the best Wireless Router I’ve ever used. Speeds are very fast, connection is strong through my entire 2200 square foot home (with full speeds on 5 GHz). I have higher speeds on my 2.4 GHz band than any of my other routers. Which makes a lot of my smart devices work faster and more reliably. Such as my Wi-Fi doorbell. Slightly faster speeds on my 5 GHz band (360/35, I pay for 300/30, last Wi-Fi 6e router was 350/32). Better connection even at the peripheral of my house. I’m not fully sold on 6 GHz yet. As it feels a bit hit and miss. Mostly as the connection strength isn’t as reliable as 5 GHz. If I am in the same room and have good signal strength I notice slightly faster speeds than the 5 GHz band (360/35 vs 364/35), with latency/jitter being the same. But the moment I walk away from immediate vicinity the signal quality tends to vary greatly which cuts my speeds to 250 – 280/30 - 35. Additionally I notice that it doesn’t always automatically connect to that band making me have to put it in manually semi-regularly. Due to that I haven’t tested it as much as the other two bands. But I have noticed that this 6 GHz band performs better and more reliably than my previous Wi-Fi 6E router. I have a home security system that is out in the garage. Which means it needs an ethernet cable so I have a Wi-Fi Range Extender to do that. I have noticed improved speeds on this as well and they have essentially doubled. Went from 10 – 20 on 2.4 GHz to 30 – 40 and 30 – 50 5 GHz to 130 – 150/30. Which has made all my cameras a lot more responsive. I haven’t had any connection issues with online games, latency is at least as good if not better, and downloads are fast. Overall, I have seen an improvement in every metric from my previous router which was no slouch and was impressive in its own right. I do have other MESH devices (like the Apple 4K TV) which this is supposed to be able to utilize. I haven’t noticed anything. But that could be on of the reasons why I find such a strong connection all over my house along with improved speeds. And going forward more and more devices will support this feature. SETTINGS: Look I’m no expert but I am a gamer and tech enthusiast so go more into the settings than your average dude. I found that it has everything I need for gaming (port forward, QoS, etc.) along with a bunch of other stuff I don’t normally see for even more customization. Last, it has quality of life features such as schedules, putting time limits on certain devices, not allowing certain devices internet, child locks, etc. Which I normally don’t see but do appreciate. THE APP: I didn’t spend a lot of time with it. But it has a clean design that is very easy to navigate and isn’t overwhelming. On the main screen it tells you if the device is working well, download/upload speed on the device you have connected, network status, clients online, traffic usage, and allows you to customize the Display Screen on the Router itself. The next screen is easy access to the parental controls (time limits on device, network, turn off internet to device, etc.). The security tab has a free and paid version. The Free version tells you any risks associated with router security or wireless security but then usually has paid features if you go more indepth. Additionally, with the paid version you get web protection, intrusion prevention, and IoT protection. The “More” option gives you internet connection, guest network, IoT network, block list, network optimization, network diagnositics, QoS, device isolation, advanced settings, manager, and system. All in all I like it a lot as I can do a lot of things without the need to go in via web address. CONCLUSION: As mentioned before, this is the best router I’ve ever had. For the first time in my life it has everything that I’ve wanted and then some. It works well, is easy to navigate, has plenty of features, and performs wonderfully. I can’t think of really any negatives outside of the price. So yeah, I dig it.

Beyond 2.4ghz ... Total failure. Both the 5ghz and 6ghz fail to connect. Multiple reconfigurations and still cannot connect less than 10 feet away.

I like having wifi 7 and i game everyday and i like you can create pixel images to show on the router.

So far it is working great. Happy that it has 10g WAN and 2.5g LAN ports.

Quick Overview ================================= If you haven't upgraded your wireless router/network in more than 2 years, it's time to look at Wi-Fi 7 devices. Technically, it's still a "draft" and not official until probably 2024, but most of the specifications are complete and it builds on top of Wi-Fi 6/6E to provide better performance especially with newer devices and in high-density wireless environments. Your wireless network is typically something you just take for granted. You spent good money on it when you first moved in, but maybe you haven't been interested in keeping up with what's the latest and greatest. That's OK! As a "techie" I've kept up and refreshed a lot of devices like tablets, computers, TVs, etc., but I realized my wireless was a bit out of date even though it was a more complex mesh setup. Let's take a minute to give you some background: Wi-Fi has been around for decades, but "modern" Wi-Fi (let's say, the last 5 years) is probably Wi-Fi 5 AKA 802.11ac (up to 6.9Gbps, which focused on 5GHz bands while previously it was only 2.4GHz) or a mix of 2.4 and 5GHz. In 2019, Wi-Fi 6/6E (up to 9.6 Gbps) AKA 802.11ax built on top of version 5 by using both 2.4/5GHz more effectively and allowing for higher density and faster speeds. 6E built on top of this by introducing the usage of an additional frequency, 6GHz. There's tons more including security, beamforming, OFDMA, and MU-MIMO which we can't get into right now. Having said all of that, it's (almost) time for the next generation: Wi-Fi 7. Known as 802.11be, you'll get even more bandwidth (up to 46 Gbps), lower latency (better for gaming), better congestion/interference-handling, and higher device density. Sure, Wi-Fi 7 isn't finalized yet, but manufacturers know most of the specifications and can always tweak things via software if a minor change happens as it goes from draft to final. So back to the review! TP-Link is one of the first manufacturers to release Wi-Fi 7 devices and this Archer BE800 is a refreshing take on wireless routers. Can this one device replace a mesh network in a two-story, 3000+ square foot house? Let's take a look... Overall build ================================= This NOT your old blue/black Linksys. This TP-Link BE800 is a visually distinctive router that stands tall, like a monolith with some carvings out of each side that make somewhat of an "X" shape. It looks impressive and the following on the rear: 4x 2.5 Gbps LAN ports 2x 10 Gbps WAN/LAN ports (including a combo SFP port for an optical connection) 1x USB 3.0 for shared devices Power/reset Now, when you turn it on, things get even more interesting! You'll see a light-up display that shows emojis, weather, and more informational icons as you do things with the device. Sure it's not exactly what I'd call "essential", especially if this device ends up living in a closet somewhere, but it is pretty eye-catching. Is a sad face better than a red light that tells you the internet is down? Arguably, but they still accomplish the same thing. To TP-Link's credit, if you don't stash this router away in a closet, it can show you the weather and the time. Inside the top half, there's room for 8 antennas for beam-forming and signal strength. As heavy as the box is, the router is actually relatively light which is good and bad. It's good because there's probably a lot of room for cooling (a powerful router needs a decent processor), but it also makes this thing a topple-risk since it's a tall, skinny object. I know they wanted to make something visually striking (and they did!), but a weight on the bottom to lower the center of gravity would be a bit more confidence-inspiring. Initial setup ================================= There's a quick-start guide included, but it's relatively straightforward: 1 - connect your internet connection to WAN port 1 (if it's a cable modem, you may need to turn it off, then on again since this is a different device than your old router) 2 - turn on the TP-Link BE800, watch the emojis, then login to 192.168.0.1 to complete the setup. 2a - optionally, use the Tether app from TP-Link to set it up (I chose to do this through the browser) 3 - You'll get walked through some basic settings, but you'll be online in no time! The router will check for updates and I had one immediately (see image w/the router's "up arrow" display). I've read that this fix as of late May 2023 fixes a few stability issues. I know in my testing, I didn't encounter a single hiccup. I will continue to test since sometimes it can take awhile for a problem or slow-down to present itself. After a quick set up (and moving some devices I had to the internal switch), I was ready to do some testing! Performance ================================= To get the most performance you will need a Wi-Fi 6/6E device (or 7 when available), but this router will still improve the performance of some of your older Wi-Fi devices! I started by testing with my Android phone and a Ubiquiti Wi-Fi analyzer to record signal strength. I did this previously with my Google mesh system before swapping in the TP-Link BE800, then I tested again with just the BE800 in place. I also did some performance testing with a Wi-Fi 6E-equipped laptop to see what maximum wireless performance would look like. My test environment is a 3500 square foot house that has 2 floors with the main wiring closet in the center of the top floor. It's probably ideal placement for a single router IF it can provide enough coverage. Historically, this hasn't been the case which is why I've gone with a mesh setup. I have the main router in the closet with 3 separate "points" at the edges of the home to provide more coverage. Some of them use a wireless mesh backhaul while others use a wired backhaul. With more than 30 devices on the network including PCs, cameras, "smart home" devices, and more, the mesh network was healthy enough and I didn't think performance was lacking. I keep the "important" devices plugged into a wired network when I can, which includes my gaming PC, PS4, Nvidia Shield, etc. Those devices need high bandwidth and low-latency. So, back to the test! Without including all the numbers and MAC addresses (hardware identifiers used to "label" specific devices) that I wrote down, my signal strength in different rooms was: Google mesh network ------------------- Room / signal strength 5GHz / signal strength 2.4 GHz Kitchen / -60 dBm / -40 dBm Living room / -50 dBm / -40 dBm School room / -35 dBm / -41 dBm Office / -45 dBm / -37 dBm TP-Link BE800 ------------------- Room / signal strength 5GHz / signal strength 2.4 GHz Kitchen / -53 dBm / -34 dBm Living room / -67 dBm / -37 dBm School room / -74 dBm / -44 dBm Office / -39 dBm / -25 dBm dBm numbers mean a stronger signal as the number is closer to 0, so -40 dBm is a stronger than -70 dBm. As you can see, I got a surprisingly good signal from the BE800 given that it's one device trying to cover an entire house. You can also see the signal strength advantage when you have a lot of mesh devices throughout the house. Signal strength isn't everything, however! With newer technology allowing for the "bonding" of more than one channel, there's a chance that performance can still be as good, if not better, even with a technically lower signal strength. Google mesh network speed tests ------------------------------- 90-100 Mbps down 20-24 Mbps up 30-38 ms latency Wired - 600-200 Mbps down / 24 Mbps up / 11 ms latency TP-Link BE800 network speed tests ------------------------------- 90-370 Mbps down 20-24 Mbps up 19-23 ms latency Wired (moved PC to BE800 directly) - 940 Mbps down / 24 Mbps up / 12 ms latency What I noticed was that even though the signal strength (in dBm) was lower since I didn't have a mesh point nearby, I was actually getting similar or better throughput but lower latency with the TP-Link BE800. Yes, my cable performance was all over the map, but the wired connection should be the most "truthful" without factoring in any wireless delays or interference. I noticed that when I moved my PC from an 8-port gigabit switch (D-Link) to a 2.5 Gbps LAN port on the BE800, I was getting a full-speed, nearly 1 gig connection from Xfinity! I did a few tests back and forth to be sure, and it looks like my old switch is definitely a bottleneck. I had never hit over 800 Mbps on my Xfinity connection before (and most often sit around 600 Mbps), and it turns out that my switch was indeed a bottleneck. My previous setup had to include a switch because my Google mesh router only had one Ethernet LAN port (so my setup was Cable modem-->Google mesh router-->Gigabit switch-->PC). The new setup for testing was Cable modem-->BE800-->PC. I only have one Wi-Fi 6E device, so I tested that throughout the house as well. I was able to get more than 400 Mbps in different rooms upstairs/downstairs, and even hit 900+ Mbps a few times in the office (nearest the router) and other upstairs rooms. (cut some content - review was too long - read Wi-Fi 7 MLO feature) Conclusion and notes ================================= I was not expecting to be impressed by a wireless router review. They typically work or don't work and they aren't they aren't that exciting since again, they're something most people take for granted, but this TP-Link BE800 was really an eye-opener. Sure, I hadn't upgraded my wireless setup (but did add additional mesh points) in about 4-5 years, but I was not prepared to see such a difference in throughput and surprisingly decent coverage from a single device that was sitting in a closet! I think if you haven't upgraded your wireless network within the last 4-5 years, it's time to start looking! In conclusion, I'd highly recommend the TP-Link BE800 as a powerful, reliable Wi-Fi 6E router with Wi-Fi 7 (draft) capabilities.

This router is about as effective as using a potato to get WiFi. My 3000 sqft house feels like a black hole where WiFi signals go to die. Even though it's in the center of the house, unless you're hugging it like a long-lost friend, you might as well be trying to catch a signal from the moon. I specifically got this router so I could enjoy my true 2.5 gbps internet with its 2.5 WAN ports but unless you are connected directly, like a marriage it will be a waste of time to connect wirelessley.

To start off, I've used many routers over the past 5-6 years. A lot of them being priced in the $300+ Segment... So my knowledge in this area is going to be well above average. With that said, I wanted to give this router a fair shot in day to day life and see if there were any hiccups, so I decided to prolong my review a bit longer than I normally would. Right off the bat range performance is EXCEPTIONALLY good on 5G devices. I've used many high end routers and this is right up with the best results in my subjective environment. Not all routers will perform well in certain homes! I usually test my hardware in channel 36 or 161 manually and this passed with flying colors. Max range (30FT+) does better than many certain competitor solutions for my needs. I only have one other router that competes with this one. I have one 6G device being a desktop PC with intel AX210 card and I also was able to hit max network speed @ 30FT distance.. I don't think this will be a concern until local neighbors start tapping into the 6G band. 2.4G Is also solid for general range and stability. It actually holds up better than my last router for IoT devices (also high end/modern). Rating 5/5. Not many routers perform like this for me. THE DOWNSIDES: For some reason, this hardware config has issues in some games/browser downloads when you buffer a connection really fast. I'm not sure what is causing it, but its a clear issue to me. It's not something most people will notice, but my last high end router doesn't share these issues and never drops connection/downloads. The GUI itself is very limited in regards to control and EXTREMELY SLOW upon booting... Another downgrade from what I'm previously used to. I'm not sure if this is a Qualcomm hardware issue, but Broadcom networking hardware doesn't share this. TP link uses both companies depending on what they build. This router uses the latest Qualcomm WIFI7 platform with A73 main CPU. It's extremely fast, but the GUI and software limitations don't let you explore what this router can REALLY do. I wish TPLINK evolved their software development. I'd love to test that too! Rating 3/5 PORTS: This has the best selection of modern ports on a router. You get 2 x 10G , 1 SFP and 4 x 2.5G LAN. This is among the best on the market and makes the competition look pathetic. Auto detects my 2.5G modem. SOLID 5/5 Overall.. I really like this design.. Its modern, has the 5G performance and is capable of WIFI7 clients which no one should have at the moment, but I'll be sure to adapt a WIFI7 client when ready. If not for the software/GUI and minor download issue, I would give this a perfect review.. Very close!

Got everything set up and the speed was about 40 percent slower than my existing Google/Nest wifi pro system. Unbelievable. Roght out of the gate just terrible performance. I dont know if my unit was somehow defective or it has an update coming. It technically works. Just slow for the price and claimed power output. Also the build quality feels very cheap, hollow plastic. Not a good plastic at all.