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TP-Link AC1900 Smart WiFi Router (Archer A8) - High Speed MU-MIMO Wireless Router, Dual Band Router for Wireless Internet, Gigabit, Supports Guest WiFi, Beamforming, Smart Connect

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Price

(26 reviews)
Coverage

(44 reviews)
Setup

(52 reviews)
App

(40 reviews)
Strength

(22 reviews)
Range

(41 reviews)
Tech support

(41 reviews)
Customer support

(16 reviews)
Work

(25 reviews)
Product

(47 reviews)
Speed

(72 reviews)
Wifi

(51 reviews)
Thing

(28 reviews)
Time

(18 reviews)
Month

(6 reviews)
Customer service

(6 reviews)
Wire

(14 reviews)
Spot

(8 reviews)
Connection issue

(5 reviews)

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Reviews around price (4.76 of 5)

  • all working perfectly.....great router at a great price....art cPs...setup instructions were very clear and setup was quick and painless...
  • Too bad because the price on this wasn’t bad but it is operating on old tech.
  • Definitely worth the price and setting up Time Machine on an external drive was simple.
  • This equipment is definitely a major value add at at a reasonable/competitive price.
  • :The price for this was excellent as well and I was comparing it to a (can't remember) name brand router that had all the same SPECS as well
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Reviews around coverage (4.59 of 5)

  • But today, the 2G totally not working and I can not even get into its login page
  • 2.4 G marginal 20% or so improvement over 5 year old netgear unit
  • That said,over all, a great stand alone router for your house, good coverage, transmit power.
  • So it was not working as quick as
  • It seems to have good coverage, and it seems to be working well.
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Reviews around setup (4.55 of 5)

  • Then the setup - no issues with my desktop, and all my wireless devices connected just fine, and none were dropping
  • Great wifi router, the setup was really easy and the UI and app was really well designed with a good interface
  • super expensive MESH setup's or just go with the TP-Link
  • Setup is easy, and with all the customizable features you have your wi-fi and home network the way you want it.
  • The setup was braindead easy with an app you launch and set everything up
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Reviews around app (4.55 of 5)

  • so you get app that sucks
  • Tether app is also easy to use, pretty straight forward.
  • Set up was very easy using the cell phone tether app free from the Play Store
  • Router works great, love the Tether APP, makes everything much simpler
  • Within two weeks, I also discovered the Tether app was just as inconsistent as the router
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Reviews around strength (4.48 of 5)

  • 2.4 G marginal 20% or so improvement over 5 year old netgear unit
  • Excellent signal strength and greatly improved WiFi speeds
  • Works pretty good, improved my wifi signal strength and speed, but I get random connections drops a few times throughout the day.
  • Replacement process was pretty easy, signal strength is better, connections around house working fine
  • But today, the 2G totally not working and I can not even get into its login page
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Reviews around range (4.43 of 5)

  • 2.4 G marginal 20% or so improvement over 5 year old netgear unit
  • But today, the 2G totally not working and I can not even get into its login page
  • This was very easy to set up with the app on my iPhone and the range is better than the router it replaced which was a few years old.
  • So it was not working as quick as
  • Poor range
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Reviews around tech support (4.16 of 5)

  • So the nail in the coffin was the tech support, or lack of support
  • I've had nothing but issues with this router and their tech support is worthless.
  • No stars for Tech Support because I have not needed it.
  • Maybe the router with a good tech support is what they advertise
  • Their tech support was extremely unhelpful, acted like I was a moron for trying to port forward on those ports anyway
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Reviews around customer support (4.14 of 5)

  • Multiple calls to customer support and following their suggestions did not help.
  • I am very unhappy with the TP-link company especially the customer support portion of my experience
  • Has never worked well, customer support is terrible
  • Talk to customer support who was completely unhelpful because all they wanted me to do was the simple troubleshooting
  • So, rechat with customer support after already being on the chat for an hour.
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Reviews around work (4.07 of 5)

  • Has been working very well, no issues, signal stronger than my last unit
  • It seems to have good coverage, and it seems to be working well.
  • A bit pricey but works beautifully!!
  • Stopped working after two months, amazon wont refund and tp-link customer service is not helping with the issues and will not replace
  • I installed this two days ago, got it up and running, and its been working great
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Reviews around product (3.78 of 5)

  • Very good product - strong wifi signal in most areas of the house
  • This product is pretty good but it is not as fast as advertised
  • I wouldn't recommend this product due to quality issue followed by poor customer support provided from China
  • This product is not as easy to set up as the instructions make it appear to be.
  • I absolutely hate this product, but unfortunately I am now stuck using it.
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Reviews around speed (3.34 of 5)

  • Works pretty good, improved my wifi signal strength and speed, but I get random connections drops a few times throughout the day.
  • After providing all that, i received a response asking for the link speeds of the PC network card while the router is in the degraded internet speed and they also provided a beta firmware that disables the "HomeCare" features that is reported to be the cause.
  • The signal coverage is good and speed is a few times faster than the one from Optimum.
  • I knew then that the slow speeds on my wireless devices was due to the router and not the internet itself
  • This router was suppose to have a really good WiFi signal as well as the speed to do whatever I might need
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Reviews around wifi (3.12 of 5)

  • I could go into long technical breakdown, but at this point it's safe to say that this ia an excellent home wifi router.
  • The wifi is actually worse than the 10 year Belkin router that I am currently using, which I had to re-connect
  • Great wifi router, the setup was really easy and the UI and app was really well designed with a good interface
  • The router is great for the most part, the wifi is VERY strong and VERY fast
  • I previously had a router from AT&T and the wifi on my iphone was terrible
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Reviews around thing (2.32 of 5)

  • My only gripes are simple things with the web page configuration of Static addresses
  • Could the things They promised be merely an excuse to enter our reality and dominate it?
  • My only slight difficulty was finding things in the interface as the names of some were different from Netgear
  • 2.4 G marginal 20% or so improvement over 5 year old netgear unit
  • It was getting worse losing connections, not keeping connections as we kept adding "smart things"
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Reviews around time (2.01 of 5)

  • All these issues were via Ethernet, I didn't bother to verify if the WIFI had the same issues since I already wasted so much time on this router.
  • A few times the wifi would go out, but the hard wired ethernet ports worked fine
  • I purchased this AC1900 router because our old Netgear N750 router kept dropping the 2.4ghz channel multiple times daily, and when you have a house with a lot of smart features that only run on the 2.4ghz (including MULTIPLE Ring products), it makes for a frustrating time.
  • I was very concerned that I'd have a hard time getting a good signal on my smart TV in the living room, on the other side of the house
  • Love this Router. gives me the ability to set time limits and hour limits for my children
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Reviews around month (1.44 of 5)

  • After 3 months the signal declined to less than half 29/46 the original wi-fi speed 102/96
  • I had it 3 months and it broke
  • I'm not sure which is worse...the router that worked only for about 3 months before breaking, or to link's return policy wherein you have to PAY for the return yourself and all they do is "repair" the same unit and send it back
  • It was amazing the first 5 months we had it and then the local power went out
  • Last month, the 2G network got really slow
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Reviews around customer service (1.44 of 5)

  • Customer service was horrible.
  • I had issues with the first one, customer service was horrible (no help)
  • CUSTOMER SERVICE IS A JOKE!
  • THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE SUCKS!!!!If you do purchase a TP-Link product just HOPE THAT IT KEEPS
  • Decided to contact tech support in chat after seeing a firmware beta that could remedy this... 3 chats and their customer service is terrible
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Reviews around wire (1.38 of 5)

  • Never got over 100mb even hard wired directly to the router
  • Naturally, the Shield does fine when wired, as it has a Gigabit connection
  • the 5g wifi is good the wired is good
  • Hard wired using an Ethernet cable through the router does achieve the desired ~900+Mbps speeds but just buy a Switch if you are going to be using an Ethernet cable and not the WiFi signal
  • Hard wired speeds dropped by over half from the old router as well
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Reviews around spot (1.33 of 5)

  • I was looking at the Eero just to have the the option to expand if needed but this router covers the dead spot in my house so again, its worth every penny.
  • The signal was strong enough for a 2,000 SF 2 story house and the one dead spot we had before was gone.
  • : 1) First of all, all of sudden the dinning room became a poor signal spot!
  • I was looking at the Eero just to have the the option to expand if needed but this router covers the dead spot in my house so again, its worth every penny.
  • All dead spots and throughput issues have been eliminated in my 3 story home
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Reviews around connection issue (1.00 of 5)

  • Was fighting intermittent speed and connection issues with an Asus Wireless-N150
  • this was supposed to be the best one on the market at the time, it isn't, all kings of connection issues, would not stay connected to devices, kept dropping off, tech support was non existent, the unit was discontinued (apparently because of defects) and replaced with a newer model number, has a 2 year warranty however tech support wanted to replace it with the exact same model that was refurbished because it hadn't worked and they refused to upgrade it to the newer design even though I offered to pay the difference because their policy is that they replace junk devices with other junk devices even though they are aware of it discontinued the one, I highly recommend not buying this unit
  • I've been having connections issues for a while now
  • band not supported with most internet providers the 5.2 has connection issues that is the tribe and
  • I replaced my old router that was giving me connection issues and WiFi that couldn’t reach my whole house

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