AXE16000 Quad-Band WiFi 6E Router (Archer AXE300) - Dual 10Gb Ports Wireless Internet Gaming Router, Supports VPN Client, 2.5G WAN/LAN + 4 x Gigabit LAN Ports

Good: 2.5gbe, 10gbe, fiber connections allow you to use the full potential of your internet provider and your network almost(10gbe is more like 6gbe but I don't have enough devices to absolutely need 10gbe) Wifi coverage is absolutely outstanding out of the box and even better when you tweak a few channel widths and channels in the very simple (for me) setup. I can cover a dull 2500sqft home with full high speed wifi with a single device. Not even my Asus Rapture ax11000 could come close. In the main areas where the router is located most wifi devices connect up to 1.4G. I can pull 800mbs from the back deck 900 on the front porch, 1g in a far bathroom and 500mbs in the farthest room/corner of the house. Connected Clients. This is where the Axe300 shines. I've tried several routers and setups to easily alleviate my main issue with most home routers and mesh. Regardless of what anyone says, most routers start to act up to almost shut down once you get in the 40 device range. I have a very connected home and since I lease I can't go running ethenet drops everywhere and don't care to invest in a mocca and think even the best powerline adapters are not the greatest. I currently have 63 IOT type wifi 2.4 devices on my network, 8 sonos speakers in a mixed ethernet/wifi setup, multiple IP cams, 2 wifi door locks, a wifi doorbell, 4 phones on wifi, 2 3k tvs on wifi, 2 4k tvs on ethernet,1 ps5 on wifi, 1 ps5 on ethernet, a Nas on 10g ethernet, up to 3 macbook pros on ethernet, sometimes an android tablet or two on wifi and I can still pull the numbers listed above when I try to stress everything I can and run and control everything I can. This router just keeps chugging. 2.4 wifi is the best I have had since the old days of great 2.4 only aps/routers, openwrt, ddwrt, boosted signal strength, etc. Even with all the IOT devices I have never seen less than a 65mbs connection to one of them or not been able to pull 60 to 70mbs down from my 2.4 wifi iot/guest band and maintain the FULL upload of my provider (super drops in upload with lots of WIFI iot is usually rhe first sign of your router not being able to handle the connections, then usually ping next and then jitter..) Bad: To me it's ugly. Like I stepped on a spider and it's dead upside down. Ymmv. It's clunky, definitely not pretty or sleek. Web interface just works but I'm a DD-WRT, tomato, openwrt, unifi, managed poe switch kind of guy and miss some of the customizations/features even the Omada or even dare I say an Asus router sometimes gives you. To me the tether app sucks. It works perfectly but you cannot see connected device connection speeds, rssi or even the rudimentary cpu utilization and ram usage you can with the web app. Would be nice is you could "properly" use smart connect for all 4 radios. You can work around this though easily. There are a lot of mesh devices (I won't even need any of them) that are not compatable yet with their mesh system. All those are little nags. The only thing I really do not like about this router is no SQM support for buffer bloat. I don't have buffer bloat issues but without more detailed controls on the router settings and/or SQM some customers may not see the full potential a router of this capability/cost can do. Overall for all in one router/ap for lots amd lots of connected devices plus full access to 10gbe, 2.4gbe, your over 1g provider connection I do not think you can find a better one. Even the new BE routers that are wifi 7 from TPLINK (they were the first to make them) have less 2.4 wifi capability and until something totally changes with cheap wifi IOT, 2.4 wifi is going to be where it is at foe the interim.

This router has been a huge upgrade—setup was quick, and the connection is super stable with no drops. Speeds are lightning fast, even with multiple devices connected, and gaming feels smooth with low latency. The 6E band really makes a difference, and I like the sleek design too. Perfect for streaming, gaming, or just handling a busy household network.

I spent 7 hours (I was mac-binding and organizing my 38 devices) rebuilding my entire network around this device...went to bed and while trying to add a TP-Link Network extender the next morning, the device shut off and would not turn back on. While it worked it was an great device...such a failure makes me wonder if there is an issue with the manufacturing process. Had to order another one and send this one back to Amazon. I did save my configuration file so hopefully I will be able to slide the replacement in without having to setup everything again. I hate the return process, why does everything have to be taken to the UPS. They literally have Amazon drivers drive by my house several times a day...why can't they handle returns. I will write another review if the replacement meets expectations. Update 7October2023 The RMA'd router at least work-ish. This is the single worst router I have ever bought. I have had to set it to restart every morning in order to get any form of reliability out of it. My last router would only be restarted when it had a firmware update. At this price point I would expect near enterprise level reliability. Not budget level annoyances. Every 2-3 days the second 5ghz stream stops working and the router requires a restart. Every 4-5 days I lose all connectivity to the router and have to hard reboot. Streaming is a joke, its either good or it lags all the time. My last router and extender where from Ampilfi and it was a true set up and forget about it system. This one seems to always have an issue. I would recommend to anyone to avoid this router. My background is Tier 3 IT System Admin.

Now before I begin mind you I am an IT Professional, so my point of view may be different than someone that may not have my background. I thought my last TP-Link router (Archer 6000) was the best router I ever had but this one blows that one out the wazoo!! I have read some reviews and while most are fantastic. I also read some negative reviews and it comes down to perspective. For most IPSs they require you to provide the routers MAC Address and not the LAN which most users tend to confuse and then they put a negative review saying it doesn’t work. And some IPSs have their own MAC and IP they provide in order to get internet to your home and this router can more than allow you to do those things. If you provide the routers MAC ADD then they have to burn that into their config so that the routers can get an IP address. You also have to go into ADV Settings/Internet and make sure to select the right LAN port since this has 2 10GB ports with a combo SFP Fiber port and a 2.5GB port so the right one needs to be selected save the config and then THATS where you plug your Ethernet cable coming from the modem. That is another mistake people make with this router. I think it should be noted that you may need to have some sort of background in networking or someone that can come and help you config this router. This isn’t a Walmart special router plug and play you have to set some parameters on the config to make this work. Then it’s a must to restart the router at times to apply the config and restart the ISPs node so it can refresh and everything is happy time after that. I ran multiple speed tests and get anywhere from 1020-1033 mbps consistent. It also has WPA3+WPA2 for WiFi which is great considering most older devices cannot do WPA3 so that helps a lot cheaper routers can’t do that for the most part. This is QUAD band amazing, one 2.4, 2 5G and with 6G I am ready for the next devices and WiFi upgrades coming later this year. My home is about 4200 sq feet and this can more than cover up to 6000 sq feet. My home is cinder block and concrete bunker style and I have no problem with reaching my sons room which is all the way in the back tucked in the corner which he hardly got great service but not with this one. I have at least 150/200 feet wifi perimeter around the house and backyard and then some. If you know what you are doing and require more power, vlan segmenting, IOT segmenting, and amazing speeds and LAN/WAN, VPN services and firewall and NAS solutions this is the router for you!!!

I’ve been using this router for a while, and overall it delivers strong performance. Speeds are fast, the interface is straightforward, and it handles multiple devices without slowing down. When you’re within reasonable range, the connection is rock solid. The only drawback is that signal strength drops off more quickly than I expected for a router at this price. It’s fantastic in the same room or nearby, but if you move a floor away or hit a couple walls, the speeds take a noticeable hit. Not unusable, just not as impressive. If your setup keeps most devices close to the router, it’s an excellent choice. If you need whole-house coverage, you’ll probably want to pair it with additional access points or a mesh system.

Wow what an upgrade to our home net. Great range and enough channels that it will never get swamped.

I have worked in IT for 30 years and have typically purchased Linksys products. I bought some Netgear routers in the past as well. Linksys used to give me the ability to support CIDR, or define my network as I wish. For example, I could define my internal network as 10.10.10.0/22, giving me a usable host IP range from 10.10.8.1 through 10.10.11.254 (network 10.10.8.0 with a broadcast address of 10.10.11.255). That means I can give my router an IP address of 10.10.9.0 as a valid IP address if I choose. Linksys did away with that ability, but TP Link still allows it. I hate being tied to 192.168.1.1, as Verizon, Comcast, RCN and other internet providers ultimately are still stuck with those standards, and when you plug in your own router, you may immediately be stuck with an IP conflict. My first TP Link router was the AX11000. That router was not impressive for any reason. Still, I purchased the AXE16000 for its Wifi 6E capabilities. Where the AX11000 struggles to cover my 2400 square foot home, the AXE16000 covers not only the home but the back yard as well. It is feature-rich and gives you the flexibility to define multiple channels, channel width, OFDMA and MU-MIMO support. If you don't know what any of those things are, then save your money and buy something cheaper. The guest network is really cool - when you have guests over, give them a password and when they connect they can be sent to a specific web page of your choosing. I think that's geeky cool. This isn't a small router - and it runs hot. In my house I have about 35 - 40 connected devices. I have my appliances, TV set top boxes (wifi), refrigerator, Alexa, Firecubes, Apple TV's, etc. on a dedicated IoT network, and my Apple/Windows/IOS/Android devices on the 2.4/5/6GHz bands. I have Verizon FIOS 1Gbps internet and have run multiple speed tests simultaneously and the CPU, memory and throughput on the AXE16000 never falter. For $500 I think it's worth it, at least until Wifi 7 comes out.

I've set up Netgear and Syslink routers in the past, and the ease of the TP Link setup was wonderful. Still need to pay attention and follow directions, but everything is straight forward. The system sends out strong signals in all four bands. I may not be able to use the 6 GHz band very much until other electronics catch up, but I'm ready for it. The system easily connected to a separate TP Link range extender (BE 10000) with all four bands popping up the first time. With a one story 3000 sq ft home, things are very spread out and extenders are a must. I was really expecting a long, frustrating process but walked away a happy camper. Will it work for years to come? I cannot yet rate the item on that. The new router hooked up with my Link camera and doorbell system much, much more smoothly than my old one. The only thing I am scratching my head about is why their home page is relatively unsecure since it is not a https:// site but is instead an old http:// address. My wifi passwords are on that site. More security would be good.

I don't have a super complex network but heavy enough that I needed more cpu power than provided by my ISP. I have a 3gbps connection and run a small 10gb network of a 10gb switch. Transfer speeds are optimal and it hasn't gone down on heavy load of data transfers. This occurred with my ISP modem router all the time when I would run data transfer over the 10gbps data port. Wifi surprisingly handles my smart home of over 50 devices with a breeze. Will update should anything change but so far, i'm very satisfied

Es un equipo nuevo, que actualiza a otros modelos como el AX11000 que es un router similar de la misma marca. Es muy facil de configurar, muy sencillo e intuitivo. Es prácticamente un equipo para uso continuo y de batalla. La potenchai de todas sus bandas es extraordinaria, rompe muros y es muy estable. Lo unico malo que le encontré, es que a diferencia de su modelo predecesor, en esta version cobran extra por antivirus online, control parental y otras funciones. Cuando en su predecesor estaba incluido sin costo.

No disconnections, more Wifi distance, penetrates through concrete in close distance

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Tons of CPU/Ram, 10GB ports, 2.5 GB ports, LACP support ( combine multiple ports to one super high speed logical port) excellent range through the house and back yard. Future proof!! Best router I have ever owned. Highly recommend.