TP-Link Archer AX1800 | 4 Stream Dual-Band Wi-Fi 6 Wireless Router | Up to 1.8 Gbps Speeds | 1.5 GHz Quad-Core CPU

This is my second acquisition of a TP-Link router. My current router is an Archer C9, which is still in use after many years. I have had no problems with this router over that time. I find that these TP-Link routers are the best of affordability and performance. Sure, you may not get the performance of a router costing twice the price, but I find that the performance is quite adequate for a typical home. I thought about using this as a second router to provide a second network for security purposes. By having a second network, I can have friends who are in my house wanting to connect to the network use the second router. That way they don't have access to my main network. Or, if I need to check out a person's computer and I do not know if there might be malware on the computer, I can connect it to the Internet without worrying about any access by the malware to my main network. But then I saw an option in the router software to use something called access mode. This allows you to add wireless capability at a remote location. You still need to hook this router to your main router via an Ethernet cable, however. Then you can use guest mode for friends or when you want to prevent access to the main network. For the price, this seems to be an impressive router. It sports a 1.5GHz quad-core CPU and four fixed Omni-directional antennas, which support beamforming technology to focus signal strength for your devices. Beamforming is a technique that focuses the wireless signal toward a specific receiving device. It also supports the latest Wi-Fi 6 technology, which uses something called OFDMA technology to communicate more data to more devices at the same time. OFDMA allows one transmission to deliver data to multiple devices at one time. Of course, your devices must support the standard. If not, hey you're future proof. This standard becomes important as you connect more devices to the network. You also can set up the router using the Tether app for smartphones. I did not try out this option as I did not need this feature. The theoretical claimed speeds are 1200 Mbps on 5GHz and 574 Mbps on the 2.4 GHz band. Your actual throughput will, of course, be less and will depend on obstacles between you and the router, and on the distance from the router.

Pros: easy to set up, fast setup, two networks, app setup, fast internet, four ports, USB option Cons: none The TP-Link AX1800 WiFi-6 Router is really great! It's very easy to set up, and it works well. This router comes with everything you need to get started. The instructions are very clear and easy to understand. The quick start guide walks you through connecting the hardware to your existing modem and powering it up. The network setup was extremely easy using the TP-Link Tether App on my phone. It was easy to find and very user friendly and helpful. It walked me though the entire setup, including naming the network and setting up passwords for both 2.4 and 5G networks. The whole process took about 10 minutes from connecting the hardware to setting up the networks via the app. I did not run into any issues along the way, everything worked seamlessly with my old router. The router itself functions great. My internet connection has been seamless and uninterrupted. There hasn't been any lag or any other weird issues with connecting or dropping the internet. It's also very easy to connect to both networks wirelessly as well as hard wiring devices directly to the router using the password I created. All in all, this is a really great router! This router is fast and easy to set up. It works really well. There isn't any lag or disconnections. I'm so happy with the quality of this router and how well it works. I would absolutely recommend it.