Customer Ratings & Reviews

I have an existing TP-Link BE19000 (Archer BE800) router, which is basically the bigger brother to the BE15000 (Archer BE700). What I was surprised about is how similar this is to its bigger brother. They packed a lot of features into this router, including WiFi 7. Of course, many things don't support WiFi 7 yet, but the list of supported devices is growing everyday, and this router will definitely future-proof your network. It supports OFDMA which is something I highly encourage enabling, because with all the little smart-things most homes have now, OFDMA helps with airtime congestion. It also supports the 6Ghz frequency, which supports very high speeds, but has low range. It's nice to have though for newer devices that need that extra bandwidth, and helps clear up the very congested 2.4Ghz band, while netting you better performance than 5ghz. The feature I ended up using this router for is TP-Link's undersold EasyMesh system. You can use this router either as a Satellite Node or as the Main Router. I set it up as a Satellite Node of my other TP-Link router. So with basically one click, I was able to turn my network into a mesh network, greatly expanding my range and wireless network capacity. The increase in signal strength and network reliability in areas that were previously a little unstable in parts of my house, by placing this in that area, have eliminated all dead zones... even on the 6Ghz band. The ease of setting up EasyMesh and how much it improved things makes it easy to recommend not just this router, but two (or more) of them!

When I had the opportunity to try a brand new WiFi 7 router i jumped at the bit and despite this overall being a very solid router, it still comes with some flaws. Let's start with the packaging and unboxing. It is very modern and sleek with very good information about the router throughout the design. Inside of the box is the router, AC unit, ethernet plug and some documentation. The back of the router like most modern routers have a QR sticker to easily pair and set up within the app. The app that TP Link uses is called Tether (more on that later). The Good: Set up is extremely seamless and allows for easy set up of 2.4Ghz, 5Ghz and 6Ghz. They also have a feature that allows you to MLO (Multi-Link Operation) which basically is a combination of all 3 speeds and it will always give you the best available speed depending upon where you stand near the unit. While this feature is nice to have it had major drawbacks in my use case which I will touch on below. Something that I was particularly excited about was Onemesh, which allows you to seamlessly connect a WiFi 7 extender to the router. It is a very nice feature to have and it worked fairly well but more on that later as well. Having the addition of a 6Ghz network was fantastic and when in really close proximity to the router, it works flawlessly. I have 2GB internet at my home and I was noticeably getting 1.4GB Download and 1.3GB Upload speeds within 15 feet of the router. It is blazing fast, which is great but as you step further and further away from the router the speeds dropped drastically. The furthest point that I measured from my router on 6Ghz was about 60 feet and I was barely getting 55MB upload and download. More on this below. The Bad: The router is advertised as covering 2,200 square feet which in my use case is not accurate. My home is roughly 1850 Square Feet plus a basement and I was getting either atrocious speeds upstairs, on my main level where the router lives and in my basement. While on 5Ghz, I was receiving Download speeds of 400Mbs and Download speeds of 150Mbs in close proximity to the router (reminder I pay for 2GB internet speed). When I was in the furthest part of my home to the router I was disconnected from WiFi. When I wasn't disconnected to WiFi, Fast.com nor Ookla could not run the tests because they were barely picking up internet. When I walked roughly 100Ft from the router either upstairs, downstairs or main level I was barely hitting 40Mbs Download and 20Mbs Upload. I think it is important to add that I had switched from a Netgear WiFi 6E router before using the TP Link (I have since switched back to the Netgear because of the inconsistent speeds and drop offs the TP Link provided me. When I was at the further point of my house where I was able to even test for the TP Link and received 40Mbs and 20Mbs; I was getting well over 500Mbs Download and 400Mbs Upload with my Netgear. When I was standing next to my router with Netgear I get just about 1GB Download and Upload. Regardless of where I stand inside my house I am pushing closer to 500Mbs Download and Upload with the Netgear, where as I either have internet drop off or barely register speeds with the TP Link. Overall, I was sorely disappointed with the TP Link for my scenario and it is something that would be a return product for me. HOWEVER, I can easily recommend this router for someone in an apartment because you can really take advantage of the 6Ghz network when in close proximity. I just do not believe that the 2,200 Sq Ft of coverage TP Link advertises is accurate and this unit is not meant for a house.

I will start by saying I am coming from an older mesh system which had 3 nodes that I was able to place throughout my house. We have a 2400 square foot house (2 levels, 1200 Sq Ft each level) I was unsure if this single router would be able to take the place of my previous mesh network. Out of the box this router has an interesting design. Definitely a bit on the larger side. There is a bright line of lights on the front, which can thankfully be turned off. I found them to be a little tacky. There are also buttons on the front to refresh the router as well as turn on and off the WIFI. On the back there is an input from your modem, 4 output network jacks and a USB port. I found the setup process to be very easy. I plugged the router into my modem and downloaded the Tether app. I went through all the on-screen instructions and I was up and running in no time. I have the router placed in the center of the upper level of my house. I did speed tests on various computers located throughout the house to try and do a comparison. Using the 5GHz network I did notice an improvement in speed on every single computer I tested it on. Some were quite drastic; others were just slightly faster. I also have 6 security cameras around my property, all of which run in the 2.4GHz band. Here is where I started to run into some problems. All the cameras inside the house worked fine, but the 2 exterior cameras were barely functioning anymore with a very weak signal (I had no problems with these on my previous mesh network) No matter what I did, they just would not respond quickly and easily as they did with my previous system. I ended up buying a signal booster to try that out, but I still was not getting those cameras to connect very easily. Just for fun I tried switching over to some 5GHz capable cameras on the exterior of my house and those functioned just fine without even using the signal booster. Its just the 2.4GHz band that was not working well, which is strange, because that signal is supposed to be able to travel further than the 5GHz signal. Next, I tried out the 6G signal to see how that worked. I currently only have 2 things that will work on that network. My Samsung Galaxy S24 ultra and my Asus ROG PC. With both devices I experienced the same thing. When it was connected, I got amazingly fast speeds, very comparable to computers that were hard wired to the router. I found that it was dropping the signal quite frequently though. No matter what I did, the signal kept cutting out and I found myself switching back to the 5GHz network. I could literally be less than 10 feet away from the router on my phone and I would lose the signal. I wasn’t able to pinpoint if it was a problem with the router, or my devices, But 2 different devices from 2 different manufacturers leads me to believe it might have something to do with the router. But I cannot confirm that, just something to be aware of. Within the app you can see tons of information such as what is all connected to your router. You can isolate or block devices if you choose to. There is also a section with parental controls if that is something you need as well. This also allows for you to have a guest mode so you do not have to give out your regular password to people. Pretty much all the same functionality you find on just about any router these days. Overall, I do like the router and I think I will stick with it over my older mesh system. Just know that the 2.4GHz and 6G modes are a bit unstable at the moment. I’m hoping this can be addressed with possible firmware updates in the future.

So, I had a interesting experience using this router. Wait. I will start from the beginning to when I first got it setup on my network. It looks good and doesn't take up a lot of space if it needs approval from your significant other. Getting it setup and running in the app was pretty painless. I configured it to be a access point once I got it on the network and running via the app. Now here is where the fun begins. My phone which is a S21 Ultra (I know it's old, but it still works... sorta) I have my phone set so that it doesn't use data when I am home and uses my wifi. Once my phone tried to connect to the internet from the newly minted BE15000 router that I am using as a access point it won't hold a connection to the wifi. So I checked my tablets and laptops and well it didn't go well. Windows based laptops all decided to blue screen and throw a IRQ error as soon as I tried going online. One was so bad that I had to do factory reset three times which made me think I was loosing my mind. That laptop was brand new out the box that day. The other computers that were connected to it did the same thing ort just didn't connect to the internet. Restarted my primary router several times and this one. No joy. So I took out the loop and put my old access point back in and Bob's your uncle. Everything went back to working properly. So maybe I got a bad unit but this is about all I can say about this one. I can't recommend this based on my experience.