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Amazon has TP-Link BE9300 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 Router (Archer BE550) on sale for $249. Shipping is free.

Walmart has TP-Link BE9300 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 Router (Archer BE550) on sale for $249. Shipping is free.

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About this product:
  • Wi-Fi 7 offers accelerated throughput, lower latency, stronger anti-jamming and higher efficiency
  • Speeds up to 5760 Mbps on 6GHz Band, 2880 Mbps on 5GHz Band and 574 Mbps on 2.4GHz with 6 streams for a lag-free 8K streaming, AR/VR gaming
  • Ports
    • 1x 2.5 Gbps WAN port
    • 1x 2.5 Gbps LAN port
    • 3x 1 Gbps LAN ports
    • 1x USB 3.0 port
  • 6x optimally positioned antennas along with Beamforming deliver more capacity, stronger and more reliable connections, and less interference
  • Multi-Link Operation (MLO) vastly increases throughput, reduces latency, and improves reliability
  • Cutting-edge network security and IoT protection such as regular network security scans, basic parental controls, QoS settings, weekly/monthly usage reports, and IoT device identification
  • Works with EasyMesh routers and range extenders to form seamless whole home Mesh Wi-Fi
  • Access remote VPN servers without the need of installing VPN software on every device
  • Voice commands through Alexa or Google Assistant

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Amazon [amazon.com] has TP-Link Tri-Band BE9300 WiFi 7 Router Archer (BE550) on sale for $249. Shipping is free

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also has TP-Link Tri-Band BE9300 WiFi 7 Router Archer (BE550) on sale for $249. Shipping is free.

Product Description from Amazon
  • Archer BE550 is designed with the latest Wi-Fi 7 technology, featuring Multi-Link Operation, Multi-RUs, 4K-QAM, and 320 MHz channels. With speeds of 5760 Mbps on the 6GHz band, 2880 Mbps on the 5GHz band, and 574 Mbps on the 2.4GHz band, the Archer BE550 delivers fluent 4K/8K streaming, immersive AR/VR gaming and blazing-fast downloads.
  • Equipped with one 2.5G WAN port and four 2.5G LAN ports, Archer BE550 drives your devices to peak performance and provides ideal solution for future-proofing home network
  • Flexibly Create Whole Home Mesh WiFi - EasyMesh-Compatible: Works with EasyMesh routers and range extenders to form seamless whole home Mesh Wi-Fi, preventing drops and lag when moving between signals.
  • TP-Link HomeShield - TP-Link's premium security service keeps your home network safe with cutting-edge network and IoT protection. Free features: 1. Basic Network Security including Security Scan and IoT Device Identification 2. Basic Parental Controls 3. Quality of Service 4. Basic Weekly/Monthly Reports. Visit TP-Link website for more information.
  • Private IoT Network for More Security - Set up a separate WiFi for IoT devices and overlay HomeShield and advanced WPA3 encryption to better protect the security of your home network and IoT devices.
  • VPN Clients and Server Supported - Allow devices in your home network to access remote VPN servers without needing to install VPN software on every device. Archer BE550 can run both the VPN and ordinary internet connections at the same time, delivering security and flexibility.
  • Easy Set Up and Management - Set up and manage your router in minutes with the free Tether App available for both Android and iOS devices.
  • Extensive Compatibility - Use an Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant-enabled device to control Archer BE550 with just your voice. Backward compatible with all WiFi generations and works with any internet service provider (a modem is required for most internet service providers).
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Model: TP-Link Tri-Band BE9300 WiFi 7 Router Archer BE550 | 6-Stream 9.2Gbps | Full 2.5G Ports USB 3.0 | 6 Smart Internal Antennas | VPN Clients & Server | Easy Mesh, HomeShield, Private IoT Network

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I have this exact model and it's not all it's cracked up to be. The wifi 7 has really short range and interference seems like a side-grade rather than an upgrade vs mature wifi 6E. Very few devices also support wifi 7 now
First generation of routers embracing a new tech are rarely good buys... Just be patient.
Have had this for a couple weeks. The software sucks. I like that it has 2.5g on all ports. The model above this is what I really wanted but it's $600 for basically two more antennas and a couple 10g ports (including one sfp+). WiFi range blows. Can't sort connected devices by IP. The IoT dedicated network isn't recognized by ANY of my iot devices as it's not a dedicated 2.4ghz radio even though it claims to be.

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GreenMask800
04-17-2024 at 08:02 AM.
04-17-2024 at 08:02 AM.
Have had this for some months. No real issues so far. Some of their choices are annoying, but it's a consumer router after all.
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04-17-2024 at 10:53 AM.
04-17-2024 at 10:53 AM.
I don't know why someone down voted my comment, I made a point that is a fact. If you are running even a WiFi 6 router with older wireless N or G devices on the 2.4ghz channel. You will have compatibility issues with those devices. You will get random disconnects and the performance will drop with other devices. The moment you disable the 2.4ghz channel WiFi 6 and make it AC only. Suddenly all those old devices will have no problem connecting to the router. This is a known issue. I'm surprised someone didn't agree with me on this lol.

All I'm saying is, if your gonna go WiFi 7, be sure all of the devices are WiFi 6 or WiFi 7 so they can take advantage of the features and try not to use ancient WiFi standards with the new ones
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04-17-2024 at 02:28 PM.
04-17-2024 at 02:28 PM.
Quote from nagsen :
Walmart has this item for the same price since January, nothing special.

There was a previous post regarding this router. At that time there was actually a hard-to-notice difference between the Walmart version and standard.

I believe the outgoing Ethernet ports on the Walmart version are different. On this version, all 4 ports are 2.5 Gbps. The Walmart version only has 1 or 2 2.5 Gbps ports, and the remaining are 1 Gbps

edit: if you compare images of the back of the router between Amazon/Walmart this still seems to be the case. So Amazon version is superior if the speed of the ports matters to you.
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MaroonMorning112
04-17-2024 at 02:35 PM.
04-17-2024 at 02:35 PM.
Anyone have any recommendations for a router you can tether a phone to?
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04-17-2024 at 02:38 PM.
04-17-2024 at 02:38 PM.
Quote from austin.alte :
First generation of routers embracing a new tech are rarely good buys... Just be patient.

Exactly. I had issues with the TP link ax6000 and the archer c9 with rev 1 hardware.
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04-17-2024 at 03:25 PM.
04-17-2024 at 03:25 PM.
Quote from RickyE3678 :
I still haven't seen a compelling reason to replace my router from 2015. Nothing runs Wifi6, let alone 7. Range is greater on 5. I don't have thousands of wireless devices. My internet is 1gig and I get full speed. What am I missing?.
most devices made in the past 2-3 years run wifi6 or 6e from phones to laptops to desktops. yes, it will take a while for wifi7 devices to ship (there are only a couple available right now), but we should start seeing them by next year.
What you're missing is that wifi is NOT only used for internet access, but accessing internal resources as well. connecting to my nas over wifi from my laptop at even 2.5gb/s would be fantastic compared to the ~900mb/s I get from my existing wifi 6e router, however, I would have GREATLY preferred if they equipped this thing with 10g so I could take advantage of the 5760mb/s on 6ghz, and preferably combine bandwidth across 5ghz and 6ghz to make an even bigger difference. I was SOOOO happy when I upgraded my internal wired network to 10g. file transfers to and from my file servers and virtualization cluster are VASTLY improved as are backup speeds (though that stuff generally runs while i'm sleeping so fast backups aren't an extremely high priority). my current wan speed is 2.4gb/s symmetrical (over-provisioned 2gb/s but I RARELY get below 2.4gb/s) and I do have the option of upgrading my fiber subscription to 5gb/s but so far I haven't needed that yet though and it's wicked expensive.
tl;dr: I don't think the be9300 is for me because of the STUPID 2.5gb/s network ports... if it had 10g, I'd probably pull the trigger right now.
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04-17-2024 at 03:56 PM.
04-17-2024 at 03:56 PM.
Quote from RickyE3678 :
I still haven't seen a compelling reason to replace my router from 2015. Nothing runs Wifi6, let alone 7. Range is greater on 5. I don't have thousands of wireless devices. My internet is 1gig and I get full speed. What am I missing?.
I am debating upgrading a Netgear Orbi wifi 5 system. Thinking 6E soon.
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Johnnyhoboy
04-17-2024 at 08:08 PM.
04-17-2024 at 08:08 PM.
Bought this last month for a new house with 2GB Fiber plan from AT&T. Works great. Love the 2.5gbps Ethernet ports on the back.
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04-17-2024 at 09:05 PM.
04-17-2024 at 09:05 PM.
Quote from cpgeek :
most devices made in the past 2-3 years run wifi6 or 6e from phones to laptops to desktops. yes, it will take a while for wifi7 devices to ship (there are only a couple available right now), but we should start seeing them by next year.
What you're missing is that wifi is NOT only used for internet access, but accessing internal resources as well. connecting to my nas over wifi from my laptop at even 2.5gb/s would be fantastic compared to the ~900mb/s I get from my existing wifi 6e router, however, I would have GREATLY preferred if they equipped this thing with 10g so I could take advantage of the 5760mb/s on 6ghz, and preferably combine bandwidth across 5ghz and 6ghz to make an even bigger difference. I was SOOOO happy when I upgraded my internal wired network to 10g. file transfers to and from my file servers and virtualization cluster are VASTLY improved as are backup speeds (though that stuff generally runs while i'm sleeping so fast backups aren't an extremely high priority). my current wan speed is 2.4gb/s symmetrical (over-provisioned 2gb/s but I RARELY get below 2.4gb/s) and I do have the option of upgrading my fiber subscription to 5gb/s but so far I haven't needed that yet though and it's wicked expensive.
tl;dr: I don't think the be9300 is for me because of the STUPID 2.5gb/s network ports... if it had 10g, I'd probably pull the trigger right now.
OOOH OK, I get it... after doing some poking around I found that tp-link makes a wireless router in the same range that has 10g in and out called the Archer BE800 that's pretty much bang-on addresses the complaints I was ranting about. (a 10g wan port, a 10g lan port, 11520 mb/s on 6ghz, 5760mb/s on 5ghz, 1376mb/s on 2.4ghz. the downside is that the msrp is $600 so i'm still going to hold off until at the very least I own a wifi 7 client personally. (probably next year). I think it's just expensive because it's brand new.
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04-17-2024 at 09:31 PM.
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Quote from RickyE3678 :
I still haven't seen a compelling reason to replace my router from 2015. Nothing runs Wifi6, let alone 7. Range is greater on 5. I don't have thousands of wireless devices. My internet is 1gig and I get full speed. What am I missing?.

Everything in my home runs on 6 at this point.

Regardless, this is a pretty great option for a router if you are looking for 2.5 Gb eth
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04-17-2024 at 10:32 PM.
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Quote from Luigis3rdcousin :
Considering most smart devices, TVs, Rokus etc are still somewhere between N and AC instead of AX you might want to wait until 2028 at the earliest for WiFi 7

I have an old hp officejet pro 8600 that uses the cheap third party ink. Its reliable and works but refuses to work on my ASUS WiFi 6 router. So I have it set as a AC router and everything works good and we have no problems not using WiFi 6 around here. I will gladly forgo WiFi 6 as long as that printer keeps working and I don't have to deal with HPs barbaric printer ink moneygrab scam business model lol

This is more reflective of you wanting to avoid firmware updates that brick third party cartridges vs one of those updates likely getting the printer to play nice on a WiFi6 router....lol
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04-18-2024 at 03:10 AM.
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I will upgrade to wifi 7 once macbooks implements them maybe in a couple of years. Already maxing out wifi 6 with my Synology NAS. https://imgur.com/a/pMqAQ1d
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04-18-2024 at 05:33 AM.
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Quote from cpgeek :
most devices made in the past 2-3 years run wifi6 or 6e from phones to laptops to desktops. yes, it will take a while for wifi7 devices to ship (there are only a couple available right now), but we should start seeing them by next year.
What you're missing is that wifi is NOT only used for internet access, but accessing internal resources as well. connecting to my nas over wifi from my laptop at even 2.5gb/s would be fantastic compared to the ~900mb/s I get from my existing wifi 6e router, however, I would have GREATLY preferred if they equipped this thing with 10g so I could take advantage of the 5760mb/s on 6ghz, and preferably combine bandwidth across 5ghz and 6ghz to make an even bigger difference. I was SOOOO happy when I upgraded my internal wired network to 10g. file transfers to and from my file servers and virtualization cluster are VASTLY improved as are backup speeds (though that stuff generally runs while i'm sleeping so fast backups aren't an extremely high priority). my current wan speed is 2.4gb/s symmetrical (over-provisioned 2gb/s but I RARELY get below 2.4gb/s) and I do have the option of upgrading my fiber subscription to 5gb/s but so far I haven't needed that yet though and it's wicked expensive.
tl;dr: I don't think the be9300 is for me because of the STUPID 2.5gb/s network ports... if it had 10g, I'd probably pull the trigger right now.

Fair enough but I don't have anything directly connected to my router other than the modem. I don't even know what a virtualization cluster is.

Do most people have a lot of directly wired ethernet in their homes? Seems like a lot of infrastructure to run all that Cat6, especially if you're renting or have an older home.
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04-18-2024 at 05:59 AM.
04-18-2024 at 05:59 AM.
Before you decide to buy this…why don't you call TP link customer service and let me know if you can understand what they are saying.
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04-18-2024 at 09:04 AM.
04-18-2024 at 09:04 AM.
this is one of the very few routers with multiple multigig ports, I can't believe that modern age router MFR still want you to aggregate! Just give us the 2.5gps+ ports already!
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