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TP-Link AC2600 Wireless Wi-Fi Gigabit Router with 4-Stream Technology (Archer C2600)

The Archer C2600 unleashes your home’s Wi-Fi with blazing 4-stream technology. Game online and stream in 4K HD with four streams of data at 2.53Gbps of total Wi-Fi throughput over dual 2.4GHz (800Mbps) and 5GHz (1733Mbps) bands. MU-MIMO serves more d...

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Product

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Review

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Range

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Speed

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Signal

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Performance

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Reviews around price (5.00 of 5)

  • It's a very well priced router compared to the competition especially since it comes with MU-MIMO technology
  • I got a great price on this low-cost, fast, whole-house dual-band router
  • The only positive I can find in this is the easy setup and great interface, after that it has been all downhill
  • Besides the issues with the 5G network, this is a great option with great coverage and a good price
  • (TEW-827DRU) has a similar one with a good price point and good review
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Reviews around design (4.40 of 5)

  • The design and packaging are very nice and looks good on my desk.
  • I like the conservative design that TP-LINK went with including the non-obtrusive LED indicators.
  • The design is very sleek (doesn’t look like a spider or spaceship) and fits in fairly well with my home entertainment unit
  • This is a review of a free product received from TP-LINK as part of the review program.”Greetings, I've had the opportunity to evaluate a wireless dual band router with MU-MIMO technology, the Archer C2600When I opened the box for the first time, I noticed how clean and well designed it was presenting a simplistic, attractive aesthetic appearance, but offering advanced technology, it has a black shiny finish, four sturdy antennas, two 3.0 USB ports, and four available Ethernet ports
  • I like the conservative design that TP-LINK went with including the non-obtrusive LED indicators.
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Reviews around setup (4.33 of 5)

  • Setup was a breeze and works great, speed and stability greatly improved
  • Easy setup, improved performance over the ISP provided router
  • Setup was hassle-free as I've come to expect from TP-LINK products as of late
  • Setup was a breeze and works great, speed and stability greatly improved
  • Setup is easy, connection is quick, and throughput is blazing fast
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Reviews around coverage (4.26 of 5)

  • It was a breeze to set up, and I have excellent coverage over my entire house to include most of my yard
  • Besides the issues with the 5G network, this is a great option with great coverage and a good price
  • The router works great, I can get faster Internet on my devices and the coverage is great as well
  • I the have 3 extenders around the house, so coverage is great.
  • Delivers 100% of ISP bandwith (90+ Mbps) and excellent coverage in our house including basement where previous router had spotty coverage
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Reviews around interface (4.26 of 5)

  • **(incorrect as it must have been added in new firmware) - No ability to release and ip address to an ISP
  • On a side note, you have to angle the two antennas on either side outwards (roughly 70 degrees) for optimum coverage.*Since it uses beamforming technology, it has the ability to transmit targeted Wi-Fi signal to individual devices, instead of transmitting randomly of the air.*It has a great and simple web interface
  • It provides excellent coverage for a 2,500+ sqft house, comes with a great user-friendly app and a nice interface to work with
  • The only positive I can find in this is the easy setup and great interface, after that it has been all downhill
  • The only positive I can find in this is the easy setup and great interface, after that it has been all downhill
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Reviews around wifi (4.21 of 5)

  • Aside from the hardwire connections being slow the wifi is great on this router.
  • The only positive I can find in this is the easy setup and great interface, after that it has been all downhill
  • I have had no problems & fast wifi & not disconnecting, Great product
  • The only positive I can find in this is the easy setup and great interface, after that it has been all downhill
  • Easy to setup- Very strong WiFi all over the house and outside.- Very flexible with lots of settings- Wireless and Wired connections are all very fast.
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Reviews around product (4.19 of 5)

  • This is a review of a free product received from TP-LINK as part of the review program
  • This is a review of a free product received from TP-LINK as part of the review program.
  • TP Link should own up to the issues and issue a credit of some sort.- Anger and frustration as this could be such an excellent product
  • Worst product experience I've had in years.
  • This is a review of a free product received from TP-LINK as part of the review program
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Reviews around review (4.03 of 5)

  • For now I almost don't trust these reviews and should have paid attention to these kinds of reviews before I purchased this
  • (TEW-827DRU) has a similar one with a good price point and good review
  • Has None!All in all this is by far the best wireless router I have reviewed.
  • Linksys seems to be a few bucks cheaper but overall reviews don't look as good
  • I also believe the positive reviews are bias and most likely by paid reviewers (I happen to have a friend that makes a living doing reviews for companies like this).
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Reviews around range (3.99 of 5)

  • The range is good, but regardless - even if I am right in front of the router, the speed is slow and it drops connection.
  • However, range is just a deal breaker, so I cannot recommend this router, unless you live in a small space (around 1000 sqft)
  • I got this router to replace a TP Link N 450 which lacked the range to provide solid WiFi at the far reaches of my house
  • The speed is really fast, and the range is pretty good, better than my previous router.
  • Good range (was even getting 50mbps off 5g in my road).2.4g is fine
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Reviews around speed (3.94 of 5)

  • I get the best connection speed when I am near the AC2600.
  • Wireless speed is fine at about 55 Mbps but if wired to the router I get 25-26 Mbps
  • Works fine but the power line networking slows the speed down some from the access point
  • My speed from the AT&T router is supposed to be 18Mbps, but it degrades rapidly in any room beyond the one where their router is located
  • The range is good, but regardless - even if I am right in front of the router, the speed is slow and it drops connection.
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Reviews around signal (3.82 of 5)

  • It also gave me a much better range with a strong signal to my former dead areas
  • **(incorrect as it must have been added in new firmware) - No ability to release and ip address to an ISP
  • Setup was easy enough and I had a good signal on some devices
  • The signal this router provides from the same location is stronger from all points of our house
  • I previously used a range extender with the Comcast router and this TP-Link AC2600 projects a strong signal even further without the extender
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Reviews around performance (3.48 of 5)

  • Not had any issues sinceI own a fire hd10 which has bad connections- if it connects directly to the wifi 2.4 ghz without going thru the extender it never drops the connectionif you are getting poor performance when using the extenders that means you need to check if the router needs to be upgraded since the wireless provider may have upgraded the hardware on their end- failing that you need to buy bigger bandwidth
  • Easy to set up and great performance make this the best bet for upgrading your Wi-fi network.
  • I was actually able to set-up an in-home hadoop storage cluster over wifi very simply and get decent performance
  • They are easy to set-up, has good performance, and are generally compatible with the open source OpenWRT router firmware
  • Easy setup, improved performance over the ISP provided router
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Reviews around device (3.40 of 5)

  • The only word of caution to people is that not every device is capable of a 5Ghz connection, so when your device fails connect, do NOT return this item before trying to connect that same device at 2.4GHz.
  • This means that when the router is connected to a compatible device, of which there are currently few, it uses several of the antennae to broadcast a wireless signal at the same time to that device
  • However, this router offers the promise of getting better with time as more 802.11 ac and MIMO compatible devices enter the house.
  • During the time I have used the router, I have never had to reboot it or mess with cables, and since I used the same network name and password as on my other router, all my devices connected just fine
  • -1 star since I'm still not sure how well it handles multiple bands active, might try setting up guest network for slower devices and see if that helps
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Reviews around feature (3.34 of 5)

  • An important feature for me is the ability to block the internet on my laptop at certain times.
  • Very cool feature is that old Tech sees ONLY the 2.4 and the
  • **(incorrect as it must have been added in new firmware) - No ability to release and ip address to an ISP
  • is a great feature as opposed to my verizon box that only backed up to memory, useless when doing a firware upgrade unless they kept it intact which I never found out
  • While some features like web traffic monitoring aren't available, the most useful features are all there including options like VPN (which I did not use in my testing).All of the LAN ports and the WAN port are gigabit ports for those looking to wire things and maximize their speed potentials, in case the Wi-Fi speeds of up to 2533Mbps aren't fast enough.
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Reviews around reboot (1.54 of 5)

  • I've had no issues whatsoever, no rebooting, a consistent signal, and no dropped networks
  • Junk....requires a daily reboot ....wont buy another TP-Link router ....for the price I shouldnt have to flash it with open source firmware in hopes of getting it to
  • After a few days, a reboot was required to refresh the 5G connection and get it working again
  • A reboot of the phone doesn't solve the issue, but a reboot of the router does

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Reviews around drive (1.38 of 5)

  • It has two USB ports so you could plug in two hard drives as NAS's
  • My wife and I have our external hard drives connected via USB 3.0 Interface (fast)
  • I put an external 2.5 hard drive to share in the network
  • I enjoy keeping a hard drive with all of my media connected
  • Attached a hard drive to the USB socket and using as network storage for the whole house.
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More about TP-Link AC2600 Wireless Wi-Fi Gigabit Router with 4-Stream Technology (Archer C2600)

  • The Archer C2600 unleashes your home’s Wi-Fi with blazing 4-stream technology
  • Game online and stream in 4K HD with four streams of data at 2.53Gbps of total Wi-Fi throughput over dual 2.4GHz (800Mbps) and 5GHz (1733Mbps) bands
  • MU-MIMO serves more devices at once for faster Wi-Fi and less wait time
  • Enjoy non-stop entertainment on your smartphones, smart TVs, and game consoles and experience high-speed connections during heavy network traffic thanks to a powerful 1.4GHz dual-core CPU
  • Beamforming targets and delivers stronger signal to each connected device for maximum performance
  • Manage Wi-Fi settings from your mobile device with the Tether App.