TP-LinkArcher AX11000 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 6 Router

Had this router for a few years. We used to have multiple google routers to cover the entire house, but this thing pretty much covers everything, so we got rid of the other routers.Pros:-Very fast. The 5GHz networks are great for gaming.-Long range. This router uses a technology called beam forming, which extends the range by listening for signals in a particular direction using its multiple antennas. It covers almost my entire house, which used to require 2 or 3 routers in a mesh network.-Multiple bands. It has two 5Ghz bands and one 2.4Ghz band. Choose 2.4Ghz band for longer range, or 5Ghz band for higher speed.-Very reliable. I've used this for 5+ years and had very few issues with it. I think I've had to restart it two or three times maybe over the years.-It has an easy-to-use mobile app that gives you detailed info about the devices on your network and the wifi connection performance of each device. If you have an active internet connection, you can also control your router remotely and run an internet connection test.-It detects and blocks malicious activity on the network. If a device on your network is infected with a virus, the router will prevent it from infecting other devices. You also get a notification in the mobile app when this happens, so you can remove or clean the infected device. The antivirus service on the router gets free periodic updates.Cons:-The 2.4Ghz band can be disrupted by other appliances in your house, like microwaves and cordless phones. This is true of all routers that have a 2.4Ghz band. You can avoid this by using the 5Ghz bands.-It doesn't have a lot of slots for wired ethernet connections. If that's something you need, this might not be a good pick for your setup.

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Excellent unit

Recently purchased the TP-Link Archer AX11000 router for around $280 off Amazon (retail is $399). I just upgraded my internet service to Spectrum 1GB and after having issues with Spectrum's own router interfacing with my solar panels and car charger, I went all-out and bought this router. I really don't care whether it's a so-called "Gaming Router" or the goofy appearance, it's what it's supposed to deliver is what counts.Getting the router ready to go is easy - just pop on the 8 rather silly looking antennas, plug it in the wall, hook up whatever ethernet cables from the internet provider's modem to the router and from the router to devices like your desktop or anything else you want physically connected to the router and you're ready to set-up your network.It's an easy set-up and configure for my house, ethernet wired to my desktop, wireless connected to about a dozen wifi devices including tablets, Roku, solar and outside car charger all a piece of cake. I used primarily the web browser-based app to do the network set-up. I set up using the tri-band wifi option so I could better manage what devices are on what band (2.4G, 5G#1, 5G#2) versus the router's "smart connect" manager which allows the router to balance network/device demand and assign devices to the optimum band on it's own.The mobile tether app is a bit more of a simplified version of the browser app but there's a few curious things you can't do on the browser app that you can do on the Tether app such as change your networked device icons (you can rename devices on both apps).The overall wifi speed and coverage is excellent. I'm in a 3 bedroom house, single story and detached garage and get good coverage everywhere.Now I will address a significant drawback or flaw with this router. When I tested my internet service with the (Spectrum) modem directly plugged into my desktop via ethernet, I was getting at least 900-980 mps down/40mps up. When going through this router via ethernet connection to my desktop, I was getting 450-550 mps down/40 mps up... WTF? It turns out this router throttles speed based on what the app-based speed test shows for results. The problem is that the app-based speed test gives consistently vastly lower results then what your service provider is giving you.There is a partial fix for this issue which I'll relate here:You need to do a firmware check and upgrade if needed first. Then you must factory reset/reboot which clears all previous settings (if you've already installed this router on your network). Make sure there are NO saved speed test results in the Internet Speed Tes "History" tab - delete them if there are. Once you have the router up and running again after rebooting and it's hopefully connected via ethernet to a desktop or laptop, DO NOT do a speedtest from the TP-Link app. Instead, go to the "Advanced" tab on the top right of the web-based app, select "Homecare" from the menu on the right side of the page and click on "QOS." Where it says "Total Bandwidth" click on the icon to the right of the Download/Upload numbers and change the values to the max possible which would be 60.0 Mbps up / 2500.0 Mbps Down. And make sure you have "Set Manually" checked on the left of that box. Save your settings and continue setting up your network as needed. It goes without saying, use a good Cat. 6 or 7 ethernet cable between the modem and the router.You should see a significant uptick in speeds, especially if you have 1GB+ internet. However, the speed will STILL only average up to a couple hundred GBs (in my case about 780-820+MPs versus high 900s) with ethernet wired then what you'd get if your ISP's modem was plugged directly into your desktop/laptop.I can't impress enough - NEVER use the TP-Link's app speedtest. It is completely inaccurate.TP-Links online/phone customer service is useless and they ARE aware of this problem thanks to many complaints.For the price of this router, I expected a lot more. I'm going to spend some more time trying to get accurate speeds from my modem to my network but I am leaning towards returning this router.

Literally the best router I've ever owned. Takes some time to learn, but its manual VPN option is awesome.