HWDan
Regular Contributor
Just released in Canada this week and available internationally but I don't see it listed in the US yet.
https://www.tp-link.com/en/home-networking/wifi-router/archer-ax73/v1/
AX5400, pretty much all the same chipsets as the ASUS RT-AX82U and the Netgear RAX50. It does have 6 antennas, 4 for 5ghz and 2 for the 2.4ghz bands
I'm using it as an AP, replacing a TPLINK C3150v2. Nice and stable, great 5ghz coverage, maybe a bit better than the RAX50 I also have. No problem pushing 100GB Acronis PC backups across to a backup PC while handling other web traffic at the same time.
Best of all it's now only $229 CDN at most retailers here, including Amazon.ca. That's $183 USD, super good price for this class, about $120 cheaper than the others.
Having that other TP-LINK, I already know firmware updates will be few if any but I'm good with this one. This one sits behind an R7800 main router, and the RAX50 sits behind an RT-AC86U on a different internet link so I'm well diversified. (even a bunch of DLINK switches in both these networks too).
(Just noticed the link expands with an additional caption about tri-band, it's not, it's a dual band like the link title says.)
https://www.tp-link.com/en/home-networking/wifi-router/archer-ax73/v1/
AX5400, pretty much all the same chipsets as the ASUS RT-AX82U and the Netgear RAX50. It does have 6 antennas, 4 for 5ghz and 2 for the 2.4ghz bands
I'm using it as an AP, replacing a TPLINK C3150v2. Nice and stable, great 5ghz coverage, maybe a bit better than the RAX50 I also have. No problem pushing 100GB Acronis PC backups across to a backup PC while handling other web traffic at the same time.
Best of all it's now only $229 CDN at most retailers here, including Amazon.ca. That's $183 USD, super good price for this class, about $120 cheaper than the others.
Having that other TP-LINK, I already know firmware updates will be few if any but I'm good with this one. This one sits behind an R7800 main router, and the RAX50 sits behind an RT-AC86U on a different internet link so I'm well diversified. (even a bunch of DLINK switches in both these networks too).
(Just noticed the link expands with an additional caption about tri-band, it's not, it's a dual band like the link title says.)
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