TP-Link Next-Gen Wi-Fi 6 AX5400 Mbps Gigabit Dual Band

We have starlink due to remote location but but the starlink router is poor using WiFi.
Only getting 12mbs on 2.4ghz but 150mbs on 5ghz had to purchase a starlink ethernet adapter & connected the new router you have to switch on bypass mode on starlink & switch off smart connect on the new router.
What a difference I’m getting 160mbs on 2.4ghz & 216mbs om 5ghz & over 300mbs hard wired a total transformation & well worthwhile

Replaced poor virgin hub. Really good wireless signal. Works great.

I bought this after getting fibre, and the modem came with the installation. I have had a lot of TP-Link equipment over time, it is always excellent. There are plenty of features, they are incredibly plug-and-play, and they provide a reliable network connection. It’s been installed for four months now, it’s never bugged out, seized up, it keeps on trucking.

The wi-fi antennas are no gimmick, and it plays very nicely with my mains TP-Link network extenders. MESH is perhaps its best feature delivering a stable 300Mbps connection throughout the house either through gigabit ethernet or wi-fi.

Very recommended – why, it just works.

Connected the TP-Link router up to a virgin media hub 3 via a cat8 Ethernet cable. Followed the instructions and after quite a bit of turning the virgin modem off and on it eventually sent the internet connection over. Works perfectly and now get internet all over the house and not just in the room where the virgin box is.

Beast of a router. Easy to setup and use. Had it connected to my gigabit fibre plugged into the 2.5 WAN on the router from the ONT. Cloned the MAC address of the ISP supplied router and out that into the AX72Pro router and was up and running in no time. Loads of features and easy to use on TP-Links Tether App you can download onto your mobile. From there I have full overview of my network. Great Parental controls. You can set permissions for individual people, and if that person has more than one device, you can group all the devices they use under that individual. You can ban certain websites, have content filtering so it protects them online. You can block social media or search engines if you wanted too. You can block communication websites if you wanted too. You can put a full block on the internet and cut it off to an individual device or with one click of a button I can stop the internet on my sons PC and tablet at the same time. You can setup bedtimes so the internet only works between certain times so you can be sure that they aren’t sat up in bed all night sneakily on a tablet , phone or PC etc.

Wifi performance is great. 3 bedroom house with thick solid walls and signal reaches everywhere, including front and back gardens without the need for an extender of any kind.

You really do get what you pay for when it comes to routers. And this was a steal with a RRP of 160 and Amazon having It on sale at 104. Bargain. Has latest specs with a 2.5 Gigabit WAN port and a 1 Gigabit WAN/LAN then 3 more 1 Gigabit LAN connections.

Wifi 6 technology so latest devices can take full advantage of the increased speeds and reliability.

If you do buy this, you won’t regret it.

Upgraded to tp link ax 5400 for wifi 6 and to extend my wifi range as my hub 3 has extremely poor wifi coverage. My whole apartment is now covered by wifi 6 very impressed would recommend this product.
5 stars

Switched from VM to YouFibre. The supplied eero router only has one LAN port, I needed 4. I know, who uses wired connections when WiFi is so much easier. Well, I do. Wired connections are more stable, usually faster and more secure (depending on your setup). I also have a NAS that needs 2 LAN ports.

A pet peeve of mine is the need to install an app to setup a router. Apps are nothing more than data harvesters for the companies that make you use them. Luckily this router does allow cable connected setup access via the standard ip address. It was quick and easy. You can’t access the security suite unless you use the app (Gee, I wonder why…). But since the only useful options are subscription based, why bother.

Not sure why, but I had to change the DNS address on the NAS back to the required address. Didn’t expect that to change to the router default setting.

If you plan on running a VPN from the router, be advised, it’s not as straight forward as you might hope. Personally I have VPN access running from each connected device. So should I take my laptop elsewhere, it’s still connecting through the VPN.

Other than all of the above, it works, it’s fast, I get WiFi 6 everywhere through the house and it has so far been a plug in and forget device. Unlike the VM router that would need restarting about once a month to get the WiFi working. It’s also more than capable to take well over the 1Gb/s speed offered by most fibre companies.

I never received the product, it seems that it was stolen or the delivery man kept it, Amazon refunded my purchase money, the next day I bought it at a computer store near my home because I needed the product urgently and I can say that it is a very good product and the installation has been quick and easy: in my case I am using it as an access point on another floor of the house and I proceeded like this: I installed the TP-LINK (Tether) app on my mobile, a quick configuration is done, you go to mode of operation I chose “access point” and that’s it. Then with the browser, you enter the menu of the router that has a simple interface, with the basic functionalities and in a fast way, you configure it to your liking. The speed of the 2.4 WiFi is correct (160 Mbps at about 3 meters from a 600 connection) but the 5 GHz gives me all the speed at the same distance, spectacular. With the old router that supported up to 300 Mbps it did not go from 40-50 Mbps at the same distance. The best: the interface, simple and clear. The APP works very well too. For me, it is a good product that more than meets the use that I give it (having high-speed Wi-Fi on the end of corridor of my house). I recommend it especially for users without great computer knowledge who want a reliable device that gives what it promises.

Honestly, don’t even look at other routers.

I’ve been suffering from poor signal range that’s limited my speed for years. Basically, the VM hub is utter garbage and should never be used as anything other than a modem, but we knew this. I’ve tried several other solutions to get good speeds throughout my flat (which really isn’t that big!) ranging from power line adapters and Wi-Fi range boosters (also from tp-link) to mesh Wi-Fi systems (Nova MW6). We were fairly happy with the mesh system but I was getting frustrated with the mediocre speeds even if the signal was strong.

I wasn’t entirely sure I was going to see a difference after plugging in the ax5400, but my goodness. I placed the router where my VM hub is (in the corner of the flat) and my speed boosted from 120 mbps to a steady 220 mbps in every room. Just as a comparison I was getting around 20 mbps using the VM router if I was more than a room away from the hub. I’m now doing a speed test every time i enter a room, it’s great!

Don’t waffle through all the router marketing, just buy this router. It even looks alright!

1 year update: not had a wifi drop out in a year
Have had a VirginMedia hub for 6 years and VM have changed the router 4-5 times and after a few weeks the same issue came back. The issue was I kept getting single drop out, and normally in the middle of important meetings. When I contact VM recently they told me I had 20 devices connected wirelessly to the router, which was too many and they would rent me a device that could extend my signal. After some research on YouTube I saw that the TP-Link was a good router. And so far it has solved all my drop out issues and unlike the VM Hub I can see it everywhere in the house. I have even managed to attach a USB HDD and can FTP files from my iPhone to the HDD (not managed to get my son’s Android phone to ftp yet)

The set up is simple but time consuming. Simple because all you need to do is set VM router to Modem mode (I.e. wifi is off) (note the new router address after switching of wifi is 192.168.0.100) and switch off the VM router and back on again and wait. You have to wait around 5 minutes. Waiting any shorter time means you have to start over again. Once the VM hub is back on and stable, connect the either net cable and switch on the TP-Link and wait a few minutes. The TP-Link app is very useful allowing you to see what is connected and choose which device has higher priority for internet bandwidth which is useful. Unfortunately you cannot set up the USB HDD from the app, you need to log on to the web interface. I have to say that even though the TP-Link and HDD are both USB3.0 it took all day to FTP 1200 photos from my iPhone to the HDD. Which is slower than to my QNAP NAS

I have a virgin hub 3 and I bought this router because I was not happy with the wifi range and I wanted wifi-6 support. The router does have significantly better range. It is also easier to place than the VM hub because I don’t need to worry about the coaxial cable.

I also run 2 networks for 2.4 & 5 G so I sperate my devices from smart devices and it appears to handle it very well. No issues there.

The one problem I have with it is that it does not support OneMesh. It should have had an update to include that functionality but TPLink decided not to proceed with it. I have areas in my home where the signal is very weak and having an extender would make all the difference.

While I have no issues with this router other then the range, I will have to sell it at some point and buy something that works in a mesh as there is no easy way to extend my range at the moment.