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TP-Link Archer AX-11000 Tri-Band WiFi 6 Router on sale for
$219.99 valid for
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About the Product- Wi-Fi 6 Technology (3x faster speeds, 4x capacity and lower latency w/ 1.8GHz quad core processor)
- Speeds up to 10.8Gbps w/ 1024-QAM and 160MHz channels
- 12-Stream Router Delivering Speeds
- 8 Gigabit Lan Ports Provide Faster/More Reliable Speeds; wired or wireless
- Compatible to Support all Previous 802.11 Standards and all Wi-Fi Devices (backward compatible)
- TP-Link HomeCare; Robust Parental Controls/QoS
- Easy setup and management
Warranty- Includes a 2-year warranty/24/7 unlimited technical support w/ purchase + Costco Concierge Services w/ purchase
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Well, right from the start it's not the price here that it was when they reviewed it on April 21, 2021. At the high price, ​it "left us wanting more consistent performance". But, what about at half price?
Also, their test was using a 300 Mbps network, and the only other issues they had was the physical size and the 2.4 GHz network bandwidth and how it performed when they stress tested (playing a game while simultaneously streaming ten 8k videos) it on a 300 Mbps network. Didn't exactly extensively test it at the router's higher end specs, such as using a Gigabit or 2 Gigabit network. How about 8 people gaming simultaneously? How about listing what potential obstacles they had when testing the "far" distance? How many other 2.4 GHz devices are pounding away in their airspace during the test? Hardly scientific, thorough, or conclusive.
If you don't care about the size (which is hard to avoid when there are EIGHT ethernet ports and it's TRI-BAND), or 2.4 GHz, what exactly is the reason to avoid this?
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Holy shieeet... Maybe why this is going on sale.
The ISP gave us a new WiFi 6 router, so I'm trying that without the Orbi right now, and the ping issue is still there.
The ISP gave us a new WiFi 6 router, so I'm trying that without the Orbi right now, and the ping issue is still there.
That way, all you need to do is plug in the Ethernet cable from the outside box right into the back of this.
I did the same thing with my FIOS WiFi router.
I was also wondering if two people can download at like 300 Mbps each at the same time. Right now I have gigabit and can hit 700 Mbps on wifi with a wifi 6 router.
What I can't do is use 300 Mbps and the rest on another device. If I'm doing 300 Mbps, other devices get max 20-30 Mbps. My routers all have smart QOS that doesn't seem to work.
I was also wondering if two people can download at like 300 Mbps each at the same time. Right now I have gigabit and can hit 700 Mbps on wifi with a wifi 6 router.
What I can't do is use 300 Mbps and the rest on another device. If I'm doing 300 Mbps, other devices get max 20-30 Mbps. My routers all have smart QOS that doesn't seem to work.
all I did was turn game setting on, theres a tab with multiple settings, I can take a pic if you want. but yeah, I left actual device priorities off, but game on, and theres been zero lag, no matter what I do. during gaming, ive done testing w pc and iPhone, doing Speedtest.net's and it doesnt cause any lag while im playing games.
now the above are real concerns with child support stuff. I dont have children, but if true, parental controls/blocking does not work.
but........ I tell you what does. ive never had a anti malware/firewall before on router, (its free) and I like it already. ive been using it a week or two, and not had a single issue with regular browsing/downloading nothing. Lol I was bad one day and watching inappropriate videos, and ya know them sites are sketch.
one said "detected malware, blocked website"
wasn't even mad. so that works
I've a Deco X68 and having issues with wifi in my 3 level house. the Modem & router are in the basement. if i shift to this, is it going to help having good wifi across the house?
Please advise
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These multi-band units have multiple radios which can be tuned to a different frequency (channel). So he's saying you could set up your main router so one radio (on one SSID) does your primary AP, a second radio (on a second SSID) does the extension backhaul. You then set up the second router so one radio connects to the second SSID to form a backhaul link, and the second radio mirrors the SSID on the main router's first radio to act as a repeated AP. Because the backhaul is on a different frequency, the router can receive data from the main router on one radio, and simultaneously repeat it to your device on the other radio. And you'll still get 40 MB/s.
You just need to be able to independently configure one of the radios to connect to an SSID as a client or as a repeater.
Nearly any router can do ethernet backhaul. You just have to not use the WAN port (I cover it with a piece of tape because clients kept plugging devices into it, then calling me saying their router was broken). And disable the DHCP server. That essentially turns it into a switch connected to a wireless radio - i.e. an AP (access point). Plug an ethernet cable from a LAN port on the main router to a LAN port (any one) on your repeater router and you're done.
I'd also recommend, before disabling the DHCP server, giving the router a unique IP address in the range of your main router's LAN (like 192.168.1.10, and limit the DHCP lease addresses to 192.168.1.100-254). That will allow you to access the router's setup interface from your main router's LAN in case you messed something up.
I've only encountered two routers which couldn't do this. One would not let you disable the DHCP server. A work-around for that is to disable the DHCP server on the main router, and use the stubborn router's DHCP server for your network. Although it leaves the network more vulnerable to an outage since both routers have to be on and connected for your network to work. The second did some sort of isolation between the LAN and wireless network (treated them like two separate networks). It was probably intended for business public WiFi hotspots, where you want devices connected to the wireless network to only have access to the Internet, not your LAN.
(Note that if your main router is running the DD-WRT firmware, you can re-purpose the unused WAN port, to turn it into another LAN port. Under the hood the network ports are just configured as different VLANs, it's just hidden from most stock firmware to avoid confusing users. DD-WRT lets you reconfigure the VLANs however you like. I've even used it to convert one of the LAN ports into a new WAN port when the hardware on the original WAN port died.)
This will save you some money not buying multiple tri-band routers. Although sadly, most people tend to use the more powerful router (tri-band) for the main unit and a lesser router (dual band) for the repeater when in fact, they should be doing the opposite.
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