TP-Link Archer AX1500 WiFi 6 Dual-Band Wireless Router | up to 1.5 Gbps Speeds | 1.5 GHz Tri-Core CPU

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12-03-2021 at 01:12 PM #2

How many wireless clients will it handle? Can't find the answer going through the TP-Link Website, spec sheets and FAQs.

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12-03-2021 at 02:39 PM #3

Wow, just spent my $90 of bing rewards on this, ah well it was expiring and there wasn't anything else I needed

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12-03-2021 at 02:46 PM #4

It's tempting, but I have to remind myself that paying a low amount of money on a router is not worth it if that router company doesn't update security holes constantly and worst of all, have products that constantly drop connections, restart, etc. Unfortunately I've had terrible luck with TP link routers. I'd love to pay this much for an ASUS AX router.

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12-03-2021 at 02:48 PM #5

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It's tempting, but I have to remind myself that paying a low amount of money on a router is not worth it if that router company doesn't update security holes constantly and worst of all, have products that constantly drop connections, restart, etc. Unfortunately I've had terrible luck with TP link routers. I'd love to pay this much for an ASUS AX router.

It's good if you're cheap. 😂

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12-03-2021 at 02:54 PM #6

I can't find the option to input the coupon code

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12-03-2021 at 02:58 PM #7

no openwrt support?

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12-03-2021 at 03:05 PM #8

Quote from PocketsThick

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It's tempting, but I have to remind myself that paying a low amount of money on a router is not worth it if that router company doesn't update security holes constantly and worst of all, have products that constantly drop connections, restart, etc. Unfortunately I've had terrible luck with TP link routers. I'd love to pay this much for an ASUS AX router.

My friend has been using a TP Link router for a little over a year now with no complaints. I haven't researched this model yet though. There might be a good reason why it's on sale.

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12-03-2021 at 03:07 PM #9

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no openwrt support?

Edit: Wrong link https://openwrt.org/supported_dev...32_warning

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12-03-2021 at 03:27 PM #10

The AX1500 is a cheaper Wal-Mart exclusive version of the AX10, with the main difference being that the Wal-Mart version is missing support for TP-Link's OneMesh.

The AX10/AX1500 are at the bottom of TP-Link's WiFi 6 product stack. The notable sacrifice here is that WiFi 6 is supported only on the 5GHz band--the 2.4GHz band is still operating as WiFi 4. One of the features touted for WiFi 6 is that it finally updated the legacy 2.4GHz band (WiFi 5 was exclusive to 5GHz and the legacy 2.4GHz band operated as WiFi 4 during the WiFi 5 era), and this router cuts that out. It's a 2x2 router.

Next up in their product stack is the AX20/AX1800, which supports WiFi 6 on both bands and is also 2x2.

And after that, it's AX50/AX3000, which enables 160MHz-wide channels (the AX10/AX20 only support 80MHz-wide channels) and is also 2x2.

As for whether or not this is a good deal...

Earlier this year...

TP-Link sold refurbished AX3000 units for $60 from their official eBay storefront.
Belkin had a new 3x3 80MHz router with WiFi 6 on both bands for $60 from Wal-Mart.
Netgear had a new 2x2 160MHz router (similar specs to the TP-Link AX3000) for $50 from Wal-Mart.

So in the context of earlier deals, I'm not sure $45 for something as cut-down as the AX1500 is worth it.

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12-03-2021 at 03:28 PM #11

Good deal to replace my Wi-Fi 5 router for quest 2 air link?

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12-03-2021 at 03:30 PM #12

No OpenWRT support, no dice.

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12-03-2021 at 03:36 PM #13

Edit: Nevermind. Turns out you cant use coupon codes as a guest. Had to make a walmart account.
Anyone know where to apply the coupon code? I don;t see an option

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