TP-Link Archer AX55 Pro AX3000 Multi-Gigabit Wi-Fi 6 Router with 2.5g Port

This router provides affordable access to WiFi 6, and is a pretty good option for anyone living in an apartment or small- to mid-sized home. Coverage and signal strength are very good and performance is great for the price (more on that in a bit).Setup is extremely easy, even for the non-tech proficient. The router comes with a slate of options during setup for QoS settings that can prioritize how the router is being used an excellent assortment of parental controls. Signal strength is great; I live in a town home and my router hookup is in the basement, but had no trouble with consistent signal strength on the second floor. Speed, in general, is also pretty impressive. During normal operation, I get about 650-700 Mbps at close range, with only modest decay to 620 ... MoreThis router provides affordable access to WiFi 6, and is a pretty good option for anyone living in an apartment or small- to mid-sized home. Coverage and signal strength are very good and performance is great for the price (more on that in a bit).Setup is extremely easy, even for the non-tech proficient. The router comes with a slate of options during setup for QoS settings that can prioritize how the router is being used an excellent assortment of parental controls. Signal strength is great; I live in a town home and my router hookup is in the basement, but had no trouble with consistent signal strength on the second floor. Speed, in general, is also pretty impressive. During normal operation, I get about 650-700 Mbps at close range, with only modest decay to 620 or so when further away. This is more than enough for most users' broadband needs.I put this router through a daily battery of phone, streaming, and Smart TV use, and I wasn't disappointed. I didn't have any issues with losing a signal or a device not successfully connecting, and the only problems I encountered during streaming related to streaming applications misbehaving (not the router). I also had no issue with signal strength, speed, or connectivity when dealing with multiple connected devices at once. I could check my security cameras, argue on Twitter, overhear my wife using TikTok, and stream a favorite movie through Netflix with no issue. If your use-case is standard issue stuff like what was just described, you will have no problems with this router.The router is also light and leaves a small footprint, which is a huge compliment for a WiFi 6 router. You can easily install this in your current setup without worrying about making extra room for some beastly "Witch King of Angmar" looking thing. This is a huge benefit for pet owners like me who have to keep devices in places where they can broadcast adequately, but won't be accessible to curious cats.The only downside I experienced with this router occurred occasionally when transferring large files. I had no problems with streaming or Internet access, but when I tried to move some files via FTP router performance noticeably slowed for reasons I can't quite explain. This obviously isn't going to affect most users, and were I not trying to move files from a Windows platform to a Linux platform I could have simply used removable storage to achieve the same goal. The only other problem I encountered was a similar slowdown with especially large file downloads. These take a while in the first place, and the router got the job done, but it honestly seemed to take a little more time than the older one I was replacing. These are minor gripes and definitely not deal breakers.Overall, this router is a pretty decent upgrade for people who live in apartments or smaller homes. I had no issues with coverage, and under optima conditions had excellent network speeds, but those of you who have larger homes might need something more like a mesh solution. Definitely recommended for general users looking for a decent WiFi 6 router as an upgrade.

I got the TP-Link AX3000-PRO Wi-Fi 6 Router as an attempt to fix a NAT-ing problem for one of my media remote streaming setups and it worked beautifully. I paired it with my Gigabit fiber Internet and set it up with the same SSID and passphrase so my 30+ Wi-Fi devices don’t have to be reconfigured. The setup went smoothly, I like it that TP-Link still allows you to set up the router via a web browser instead of just a smartphone App, though the Tether app is easy to use as well. Once the basic setup steps were done, upgrading the firmware was one of the very first steps that happens and takes less than a minute to complete. You can enable automatic updates as well.My main interest remains in the WiFi 6 vs. 5 performance and range coverage compared to my ISP ... MoreI got the TP-Link AX3000-PRO Wi-Fi 6 Router as an attempt to fix a NAT-ing problem for one of my media remote streaming setups and it worked beautifully. I paired it with my Gigabit fiber Internet and set it up with the same SSID and passphrase so my 30+ Wi-Fi devices don’t have to be reconfigured. The setup went smoothly, I like it that TP-Link still allows you to set up the router via a web browser instead of just a smartphone App, though the Tether app is easy to use as well. Once the basic setup steps were done, upgrading the firmware was one of the very first steps that happens and takes less than a minute to complete. You can enable automatic updates as well.My main interest remains in the WiFi 6 vs. 5 performance and range coverage compared to my ISP provided router. For my main tests I used a Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra running the latest patch level of Android 12. Here are my test results:In the same room as the router:5 GHz 447 Mbps down / 735 Mbps upOne floor above and about 20 feet over from the router.5 GHz 385 Mbps down / 670 Mbps upI also ran multiple speed tests from Ethernet wired win10 and win11 PCs and got ~ 950 Mbps down / 980 Mbps up! Those were the best results I’ve seen compared to all other routers I’ve tested over the last couple of years.This TP-Link AX3000 Wi-Fi 6 router covers all 3 floors of the house quite well thanks to Beamforming technology and 4 antennas. The speed went down to just under 200 Mpbs in the sunroom which is sticking out of the house in the furthest corner away from the router. This router is compatible with the OneMesh technology of TP-Link range extenders, so that’s what I’ll try next to get faster WiFI speed farther away from the router and into the back yard.From a security perspective, it supports WPA 3, and comes with HomeShield Advanced Security that includes Home Network real-time scanner and parental controls on top of the built-in firewall. Another great feature is the USB 3.0 port that allows you to share files from an external USB hard drive or thumb drive to other devices on your home network and even over the Internet with the correct network security settings.In conclusion, this TP-Link AX3000 Pro Wi-Fi 6 router is a well performing and affordable model with a very easy setup, smartphone App, and just the right features as well as range expansion via OneMesh extenders.

The Archer AX3000 is a small, stylish router with an easy setup process, excellent performance, and a few neat extras to help it stand apart from the competition.There aren't any real surprises in the setup for anyone who's installed a router before, and if you haven't I don't think you should run into many issues. You have the option of either using a web interface or going through a proprietary app (tether, in this case) which will help walk you through the directions and add in some capacity for remote management to boot. By default the internet is connected to a single 2.5gbps ethernet port, though if you don't have a fiber line and would rather reserve that for high speed intranet you can switch it over to a more conventional gigabit port. All in all it ... MoreThe Archer AX3000 is a small, stylish router with an easy setup process, excellent performance, and a few neat extras to help it stand apart from the competition.There aren't any real surprises in the setup for anyone who's installed a router before, and if you haven't I don't think you should run into many issues. You have the option of either using a web interface or going through a proprietary app (tether, in this case) which will help walk you through the directions and add in some capacity for remote management to boot. By default the internet is connected to a single 2.5gbps ethernet port, though if you don't have a fiber line and would rather reserve that for high speed intranet you can switch it over to a more conventional gigabit port. All in all it should only take about twenty minutes for you to get up and running, and once you do you have full access to WiFi 6 speeds that can easily match (and occasionally rival) a wired connection.The configuration options for both the web interface and the app are decent, though not exceptional. TP-Link seems very much aware that they're building for general consumers more than power users, so you're not going to find much in the way of bells and whistles. Still it has everything I'd consider essential in a modern router (single SSID support, guest networks, WPA3, etc.) as well as a few nice to have features such as support for mesh networking for particularly large homes. Range is as good as you'd expect from a WiFi 6 device too - placing this thing next to a window let me get all the way across the street from my home before the signal cut out.There is some room for improvement though. The presence of a single 2.5gbps networking port and the fact that it defaults to the WAN hookup seems a little odd to me, as it's pretty hard to find a residential internet connection that can actually make full use of it. And if you could, you'd probably want to be able to take full advantage of it with whatever workstation or gaming PC you're feeding with it. It seems to me that if you're going to include the high speed ethernet port you should allow for two at a minimum or preferably just bite the bullet and upgrade the entire switch so you don't have to choose. I'm also a little concerned by the fact that the WiFi antennas seem to be permanently attached rather than removable as you get with most routers these days, as I'm always concerned about the cat deciding to play with one and doing something I come to regret later. But, to be fair, I'm also a bit of a power user.I'd recommend this to anyone looking for a high powered WiFi 6 system without any of the fuss that often comes from more complicated units aimed at gamers and other prosumers.