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TP-Link WiFi 6 Router AX1800 Smart WiFi Router (Archer AX21) – 802.11ax Router, Gigabit Router, Dual Band, OFDMA, Parental Controls, Long Range Coverage, Works with Alexa

Reviews by Features

Price

(33 reviews)
Feature

(43 reviews)
App

(65 reviews)
Setup

(84 reviews)
Interface

(41 reviews)
Speed

(119 reviews)
Coverage

(60 reviews)
Range

(85 reviews)
Product

(66 reviews)
Tech support

(63 reviews)
Signal

(124 reviews)
Strength

(37 reviews)
Device

(64 reviews)
Design flaw

(23 reviews)
Time limit

(11 reviews)
Firmware

(19 reviews)
Address

(15 reviews)
Log

(13 reviews)
Connectivity issue

(17 reviews)
Ip

(9 reviews)
Qos

(16 reviews)
Connection issue

(14 reviews)
Drive

(11 reviews)
Connection problem

(11 reviews)
Spot

(20 reviews)

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Reviews around price (4.63 of 5)

  • Cannot find the same performance router with that unbeatable price
  • This router has everything I wanted in a router at a reasonable price
  • woe be to you if your tv refuses to connect...there u r, paying for netfliks or watever...but password u enter, the router insists is wrong
  • So I was excited to see a WiFi 6 at an affordable price
  • I needed a new router and this one was a good price and hit the features I wanted; AX, >1G WAN, and LACP
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Reviews around feature (4.45 of 5)

  • Has great features and the mobile app is very easy to use
  • was to disable the feature
  • n’t had a complain yet
  • Great AX router that’s easy to use and setup with great features like Smart connect
  • The router has great security features but just wasn't up for the task of multiple devices being connected.
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Reviews around app (4.38 of 5)

  • Great Signal, Great Speed, And a great easy App to set it all up easily.... great purchase
  • If a user is savy enough to be fiddling with QoS, they're going to be using a computer, and shouldn't be forced into an awful phone app interface to manage their home network.
  • the app is pointless i guess its good for for a user that knows nothing about routers is the only reason the app should be used just to set it up and running , , it was annoying to me and did nothing for me .
  • They did contact me and had to fight a dumb app so the could remotely control router
  • Easy to set up and the app is great to have on your phone or computer.
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Reviews around setup (4.28 of 5)

  • Very easy setup, not had any technical issues, signal strength is great in my house!
  • I had issues this router, internet speed dropped at 300 MBit/s
  • Setup and configuration were easy with both the iPhone app and the web app.
  • Now the Bad News - initial setup was good but the router failed to connect to the internet
  • Easy setup and great, consistent speeds through our home
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Reviews around interface (4.15 of 5)

  • Easy interface great range throughout the house and even outside.
  • I did not like the user interface nor did I want to use an email address to log on to the router for configurations.
  • Extremely easy setup, great app interface and can handle loads of devices effortlessly
  • I didn't like the user interface, and it kept losing signal
  • Rock solid connections, no lag, easy management interface.
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Reviews around speed (4.07 of 5)

  • I had issues this router, internet speed dropped at 300 MBit/s
  • Both my Xbox and laptop experienced slower internet speeds over wifi
  • Also it's technically a slower max speed but is able to pull 117Mbs out of my 100Mbs service where the TP-Link would occasionally get to mid-90s.
  • Great connection range with excellent speed (iphone 11 user)
  • Speed is great and configurability for my needs works very well
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Reviews around coverage (4.02 of 5)

  • Wifi band 5G AC and AX was constantly dropping, even after fw upgrade, while 2.4G band works fine as it should
  • Easy setup, great coverage, and WiFi speeds close to wired speeds
  • First good thingsThis router has very good WiFi coverage.
  • Coverage and range is better than the four-year old ASUS RT-87A router it replaced
  • It works well upstairs where we used to have very spotty coverage
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Reviews around range (3.99 of 5)

  • and it ran faster and more consistently, but range was an issue for my outdoor Ring cameras
  • Range is no problem with this router throughout my 2000 square-foot house, and beyond
  • The wireless range is very good and works very nicely with Roku device and other wireless devices.
  • This router will soon be compatible with TP Links Mesh systems so the range will no longer be an issue when the new firmware updates.
  • Router was very easy to setup and provides great range for in and outside my apartment
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Reviews around product (3.99 of 5)

  • This product solved our issue of not getting wifi coverage in our garage where our homeschool is.
  • I sat with this router for as long as I did given how inferior the product was.
  • Great product and GREAT company with EXCELLENT tech support.
  • I'm not saying it's a bad product, but I am returning this for the pricier Orbi
  • Very good product and well balance between price/performance/features
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Reviews around tech support (3.94 of 5)

  • Tech support was laughable at what they were suggesting.
  • Tech support was definitely a chore, and while they're replacing the unit for free, they're charging me for shipping
  • Tech support told me they don't work with Voice over IP and never have,
  • woe be to you if your tv refuses to connect...there u r, paying for netfliks or watever...but password u enter, the router insists is wrong
  • Great product and GREAT company with EXCELLENT tech support.
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Reviews around signal (3.81 of 5)

  • When 5Ghz is disabled, 2.4Ghz signal is very weak even next to router
  • Provides a strong signal throughout the house and out to the deck.
  • On my second unit now loses wifi signal and requires restart constantly
  • I had a super weak signal 1 wall and 1 floor away from the router
  • It had a strong signal and the clients worked well with it.
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Reviews around strength (3.40 of 5)

  • The 5G disappears from the list of available signals for some reason, So I turned it off and 5G showed back up in the wi-fi list, very peculiar
  • Very easy setup, not had any technical issues, signal strength is great in my house!
  • Great while it worked, Had the router for 3 months, no issues worked great, streamed well, awesome signal strength, then the WAN port issue
  • woe be to you if your tv refuses to connect...there u r, paying for netfliks or watever...but password u enter, the router insists is wrong
  • Great while it worked, Had the router for 3 months, no issues worked great, streamed well, awesome signal strength, then the WAN port issue
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Reviews around device (3.34 of 5)

  • But as I added more smart devices to my home I now have to reboot the router several times a week
  • I have about 50+ smart home devices and I still get no lag when I'm gaming
  • I bought this router hoping to take my smart home devices to the next level, but it was a waste of time
  • Very important as some of the smart home devices only work on 2.4
  • I mean HOT!Some devices were slow to connect or dropped connectivity if inactive for short periods of time
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Reviews around design flaw (2.83 of 5)

  • This design flaw causes the router to overheat, which in turn causes it to thermal throttle, which makes it unusable
  • Also, because of the design flaw I will not be purchasing TP-Link products for the foreseeable future
  • I had issues this router, internet speed dropped at 300 MBit/s
  • 5g is so strong that it reaches farther and faster than the 2.4g band on my old router
  • I like the product and would recommend as long as it is a new unit
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Reviews around time limit (2.71 of 5)

  • A useful parental control option would be the ability to place time limits on certain applications, games, and websites.
  • One of the best perks is being able to store my kids devices and set time limits to their devices and limit their internet.
  • You can set up to label and have time limits by device or you can set up a bedtime in which internet access is shut off at a certain time by device, and you can restrict websites
  • The interface was very user-friendly I like that tp-link offer cloud remote
  • The interface was very user-friendly I like that tp-link offer cloud remote
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Reviews around firmware (2.63 of 5)

  • After a few rounds going back and forth between my ISP support and TP Link someone on the TP Link side finally took the time to dig deeper, discovering there was a firmware issue disallowing PPPoe to work
  • The router's firmware is buggy, DHCP server has problems
  • The netgear and the asus were suffering from horrible firmware problems.
  • I really wanted this router to work as I wanted the new WIFI 6 (AX) technology
  • The interface was very user-friendly I like that tp-link offer cloud remote
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Reviews around address (2.24 of 5)

  • I had issues this router, internet speed dropped at 300 MBit/s
  • I went with the ASUS RT-AX88U AX6000 and now everything works as it should.
  • I also lost about 100mb/s on my wired internet connection to my PC.
  • I also lost about 100mb/s on my wired internet connection to my PC.
  • I had issues this router, internet speed dropped at 300 MBit/s
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Reviews around log (2.12 of 5)

  • Instead of two routers with two log ins and associated management headaches, I have one network of connected devices I can manage in my phone and every device has the same password
  • Wifi band 5G AC and AX was constantly dropping, even after fw upgrade, while 2.4G band works fine as it should
  • its 5g is amazing
  • The 2.4G and 5G performance is very good and better than a comparably configured Netgear product, a bit cheaper than that and relatively easy to setup.
  • In addition, insufficient logging on the router made troubleshooting very difficult.
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Reviews around connectivity issue (2.02 of 5)

  • I had issues this router, internet speed dropped at 300 MBit/s
  • The interface was very user-friendly I like that tp-link offer cloud remote
  • I had issues this router, internet speed dropped at 300 MBit/s
  • I also lost about 100mb/s on my wired internet connection to my PC.
  • The interface was very user-friendly I like that tp-link offer cloud remote
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Reviews around ip (1.95 of 5)

  • Had major issues setting it up even to a basic static IP setup
  • After two minutes of use it will just refuse to maintain a valid IP configuration, dhcp will de-assign the address even before the default reservation is up, and if you try a static IP to work around this, it'll claim the default gateway (which is supposed to be the router's LAN IP) is unavailable
  • I told him don’t bother I already packed it back up for return
  • The interface was very user-friendly I like that tp-link offer cloud remote
  • devices connect pretty easily and do not disconnect once connected so the IP's stay the same until they expire
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Reviews around qos (1.95 of 5)

  • Third pic, after router factory default, uninstalling the 'tether' app, doing setup AGAIN, and reinstalling the tether app, AND reseting the QoS-> speeds it finally worked
  • Do not use the app with it, it won't let you use your internet's full speeds due to how broken the QoS seems to be
  • QoS. Even $25 routers have basic QoS features freely available for use
  • I asked the tech why in the world would this setting be set at a mid to lower value and why did the make this particular QOS setting invisible to the naked eye
  • … What good is the range if the QoS is making it unusable?
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Reviews around connection issue (1.77 of 5)

  • I also lost about 100mb/s on my wired internet connection to my PC.
  • Located on the far end of 1800sqft home with no connection issues anywhere in the house
  • I had issues this router, internet speed dropped at 300 MBit/s
  • The interface was very user-friendly I like that tp-link offer cloud remote
  • I had issues this router, internet speed dropped at 300 MBit/s
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Reviews around drive (1.76 of 5)

  • When there is a USB 3 xternal hard drive, it can only have the speed of 300 to 400Mbps on file transfer.
  • The USB that suppose to provides storage through the network using a hard drive/flash drive increase the temperature of the port and block it
  • The interface was very user-friendly I like that tp-link offer cloud remote
  • Second, for some reason this unit was really squirrelly when I tried to attach USB hard drives - they would show up in the router interface just fine, would mount on my MacBook Pro, but then would hang when I tried to actually read or write data
  • I have erased my hard drive and to it up to Mac Journal format
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Reviews around connection problem (1.76 of 5)

  • Steamlinks throughout my home run into connection problems
  • The interface was very user-friendly I like that tp-link offer cloud remote
  • The resolution for this was to go into Router config and switch Mode to b/g/n mixed (no AX) and disabling Smart Connect.
  • The result was successful in eliminating the connection problems but resulted in a SIGNIFICANT drop in wifi speeds
  • I told him don’t bother I already packed it back up for return
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Reviews around spot (1.40 of 5)

  • 2700 sq ft 2-story house and not a dead spot anywhere, even when using 5G. The best router I've ever owned
  • My place has some dead spots not quite sure what will be the best solution.
  • Finally covering all the dead spots in my house(1,200 sqrt/ft)
  • We've only had this a couple of days so far, but setup was a snap, and the range is amazing - there are no dead spots now in our 3600sf house, and I even get great signal out on the patio.
  • The AX3000 is priced in that sweet spot, approximately $150, before the crazy-expensive routers factor in
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