Positives:
* It works as advertised
* Its UI is clear, super responsive, easy to use and informative.
* Packed with a host of features

Negatives:
* None so far

I replaced my internet provider’s own-brand router (Virgin Media Hub 3.0) with this. I put the Hub 3.0 into ‘modem mode’ and connected this via ethernet cable and got it sorted pretty quick with the setup feature of the router.

This product boasts a lot of additional features and they’re all very easy to setup and work as advertised. For example, it can easily setup 3 separate WIFI networks for you, your main network, a guest network, and a IoT network (for your smart home devices) to keep everything separate and stop any compromised guest/smart devices from allowing anyone access to your main devices.

There is also the ‘tether’ app you can download or free and link to the router to manage it from the mobile app. If you create an EasyMesh network (using other TP-Link wifi extenders that support EasyMesh) it can also manage the extender devices!

Its got a lot of easy to use extra features such as per-device speed limits, setting priority devices, access point mode, as well as all the usual router config stuff.

 

i bought this just because I needed rich admin panel. it’s nice to see some smart features that rely on cloud, but I’m not a fan of those. static address assignment is the most important thing I needed and it just works. can’t tell if the signal is very good but I haven’t had any issues.

for smart home owners: there is a setting to have a wifi network just for iot devices. was very happy to see it included!

 

I was using VM Hub 3, and my speed and signal were really bad after moving to another flat. I am on 500mbps, but without this, my connection is around 10-30mbps after passing through 2 doors, a refrigerator, and a TV. I used wifi/powerline extenders from TP-link but could only get up to 100mbps. After installation of this router, speed reached to 500mbps with all the doors closed.

 

easy to set up and effective in my small cottage. In uk one has to link it to the normally useless Chinese routers we are given by a LAN cable as modems on their own are not supplied.

 

Unlike the hub 3:
-This can handle 20+ devices at a time.
– Signal that reaches all corners or the house plus the bottom of the garden.
-The Tether app is really good, much more responsive that the virgin app
-The set up was really simple
-The WiFi doesn’t drop out

Can’t be more happy with this router.

 

The supplied wireless router from Shell Energy Broadband (Technicolor DGA0122) couldn’t cope with multiple devices. Lags, dropouts and loss of internet connection meant that the router had to be rebooted 7-8 times a day.
I bought this router thinking that this would replace it. It has won group tests for best budget routers (January 2023).
After a lot of time spent trying to get the AX3000 to work, I came across a couple of YouTube videos that helped enormously.
I kept the DGA as a wired router that would receive the internet connection and act as a DHCP server. (The AX3000 doesn’t have a connection for the phone cable to the wall.)
I connected the AX3000 to the DGA using the standard Ethernet connection (not the WAN connection). I disabled the DHCP server on the AX3000 and gave it a different IP address (192.168.), so it doesn’t conflict with the DGA.
I now have excellent WI-FI coverage with zero lags or dropouts on all devices. Speed is excellent. Sanity is now restored. Recommended.

 

I’m with Virgin, the router they provide is absolutely terrible. I contacted them about this a few times and the only way they can upgrade the router (which isn’t much better I’ve looked) is if I change my package. I already pay 65 per month & considering the upgrade they provide isn’t much better I thought I’d try one of these routers, and honestly from setting it up to checking internet speeds and range, it’s awesome!

I made the mistake of reading the instructions before installing the app, it seemed like such a blag on paper but luckily I installed the app and the app literally did everything for me.

The app told me what to do step by step and in about 5-10 minutes I was connected. Switched all my devices over super easy and my pc that’s upstairs (my router is downstairs) usually got like 36mbps. I have a 250mbps package with Virgin so I wasn’t getting even close to that. I did a speed check before and after installing the tp router.

As I mentioned above with the Virgin router I was getting 36mbps, with this router I’m now getting a stable 180mbps. That’s an insane jump. I’ve done the test 3 times on each and all three times the tp router was over 180mbps.
I’m obviously very happy with that.

The range has also increased significantly, I couldn’t even get wifi in my kitchen with the Virgin router, now I have it in my kitchen and even in my back garden.

The app is really easy to use and shows you who’s on your router, if you have any security threats and other little useful things that I haven’t used in the past.

Overall I’m really happy with it so far and would definitely recommend it, especially if you’re with virgi

 

Easy to setup, the app is useful and easy to navigate. I’ve not had a TP-Link product before, I’m a Netgear guy, and must say I’ve been very impressed with this router.
My netgear ac router packed up after ten years reliable use but their WiFi 6 routers are extortionately priced imho, so for a quarter the price I decided to try this TP-Link router (AX5400). From unboxing to fully setup was about an hour or so. I did buy a new CAT8 cable to bridge my ISP router over (<10), which I think helped, too. All my existing devices (many, many) hooked up immediately with no problems, with exception of a first generation Sonos play:5 - which required a factory reset to work, but no biggie, just five minutes extra fiddle to do this.
Range is excellent, far better than hoped for with making a "perceived" comprise on product, which turned out to be a false perception, because this router delivers the same strength and quality signal to every room in the house, a marked improvement over my old router. I've had 3 TVs streaming 4k content simultaneously with phones, laptops etc all on at the same time and there is no lag, buffering or anything, it's brilliant.
I think the best way to describe it is "value for money". You really won't need anything more than this in a typical 3-5 bed house, 3 kids streaming/gaming all evening and working parents trying to remote connect to the office - fits my every need.

 

So a lot to talk about here.

So I bought this router for approx. 120 on Feb 24th (Prices correct at the time of purchase).

I am with virgin media as my ISP in the UK, and had recently upgraded to their “1 gig” package, as I managed to secure it for quite a good monthly deal, considering it came with broadband and TV etc. This package expects you to receive approx. 1gbps across the line. I typically get about 950 across the line. But the hub 4 was obviously not the right hardware at all, to be able to transfer anywhere near 1gbps to my devices on Wi-Fi.

Of course, it makes sense for you to be able to achieve the same capabilities of speed you are getting over the cable on Wi-Fi. You would want your Wi-Fi speeds to be that of Ethernet or somewhat similar because you are paying for such a high bandwidth service. It almost makes it seem there is no point in paying for it since majority of the devices in your network will be over Wi-Fi. Because of this, it does make sense to be able to get a router that is capable of delivering such high speeds. Since your Internet service provider will not provide a router capable of that. I think if you pay for 1 gbps, you will get it via ethernet, but you’ll get nowhere near 1gbps with any ISP router at the time of writing.

If you are in the same boat as me, then you will want a router that is capable of transferring high amounts of data to lots of different devices around the house on Wi-fi in the same way it could over ethernet. And you will really want that, because you want to be able to use the full capabilities the service that you are paying for provided by your ISP. That was the primary objective. If that isn’t you, then this review might not be the right review for you, but nevertheless, its a good read for any sort of shopper in the market for buying a new router.

I bought this router as I thought it had the best value vs ASUS competitors, as all ASUS did, was give a good typical catchy branding line of it being a “gaming router”, and they get purchases. I also notice that a lot of other brands like Netgear are like this. In my opinion, TP link is probably one of the most value for money brands out there in this market. So if you are looking for a router, no matter what price range you are looking for, TP link is generally brand I would recommend.

So before buying this router, the hub 4, with no other devices connected, gave me 250mbps* on the 5Ghz band, and 30-50mbps* on the 2Ghz band. This new router gives me about 900Mbps* on the 5Ghz band, and around 100-200 mbps* on the 2Ghz band.

* = Peak speeds. Not average speeds.

Now the literal only reason you see that sort of improvement, is because this is a Wi-Fi 6 router. As a Wi-Fi 6 router, it should theoretically, give me 3x the amount that a Wi-Fi 5 router will give in the same setting. However as you can see, it gives considerably more than 3x 250mbps, and it gives 900* which is 50mbps less than ethernet speeds. Pretty impressive for a 5Ghz channel. I got typical expected improvements on the 2.4Ghz channel, which is also good to see.

However do not expect a new router to massively improve Wi-Fi range across multiple floors. Yes it covers a wide area, and will give full speed to the same floor, but it doesn’t cover a large floor. If you want better range for a large house floor, get a better one than this. If you want signal on multiple floors, you will need a mesh network, so in that case, buying two of these and using one of them per floor might be a good idea. But if you just want to cover around a 10m by 10m floor, this router is perfect for you as it will give high bandwidth to devices on that floor.

So for me this is a 5 star router as it did exactly what I expected it to do, as the results of speed was what I expected to get based of how it should have theoretically preformed. But beware, as it might not be right for you, if you need it for any other purpose, other than getting more mbps. Of course, the benefit to you is highly dependent on the ISP speed that is provided. So expect less benefit overall if you switch from a hub 4 or sky box, on a 200mbps connection. However, you will still benefit as long as you have a Wi-Fi 6 device.

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