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Raja –
Great and amazing product
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★★★★★
K G –
Power adapter stopped working after 3 months, device is restarting frequently, packaged power adapter is of rating 12v 1.5amps, but the device seems to draw more than 2amps. Tried to contact customer care, but didn’t knew Tp-link has such a worst after sales service. Claiming warranty seems to be a joke. 1star is for Tp-link after sales service.
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Sadath –
Pour les fans d’OpenWrt, il s’installe très facilement (en tout cas pour la version 1.0) directement par l’interface pré-installée. Tout y est parfaitement pris en charge.
En terme de température, la puce WiFi quand elle envoie à fond pendant plusieurs minutes de speedtest “iperf” atteint assez rapidement 105°C d’après lm-sensors, malgré qu’il soit dans un endroit assez frais. La valeur critique étant annoncée à 110 °C d’après lm-sensors. Ces puces WiFi chauffent donc vraiment très fort, attention si vous comptez forcer dessus avec de gros transferts sur la durée !
Ayant encore la chance d’avoir une fibre avec boitier ONT séparé de la box, j’ai pu remplacer la box de mon fournisseur par ce routeur sur l’une de mes lignes fibre : pour router 1000 Mbps ça marche sans aucun souci, car le “hardware offloading” est pris en charge sous OpenWrt pour les connaisseurs (routage de 1000 Mbps ne consomme alors que 2% de CPU). Heureusement car sans cette fonctionnalité il saturerait avant d’atteindre les 1000 Mbps (le CPU étant tout petit, j’ai essayé).
Du fait de sa capacité mémoire réduite de 16 MB il n’est pas possible d’installer tous les outils de geeks à la fois, mais il reste possible d’installer openssh-sftp-server bwm-ng iperf iperf3 procps-ng-watch nano iwinfo lm-sensors openvpn et wireguard par exemple.
En terme de portée, c’est vraiment excellent, identique à un Asus TUF-AX4200 : même avec ce routeur enfermé dans un placard, on peut faire le tour de la maison et ça fonctionne sur un rayon d’une 30 aine de mètres avec un téléphone Android. Mis à part quand on commence à être en limite de réception, le débit reste assez constant et très bon. Le 2.4GHz capte un tout petit peu plus loin que le 5 GHz, tandis qu’à moins d’être en limite, le 5GHz donne assez systématiquement de meilleurs débits.
Le WiFi en mode 5GHz peut émettre à 200 mW (23 dBm) en fonction du canal choisi quand il est correctement configuré en zone / reg domain FR.
Attention il ne va pas au delà de 80 MHz de largeur de bande, soit 1200 Mbps maxi théoriques pour 2 antennes (et 600 Mbps pour un récepteur n’en utilisant que d’une seule). Le mode 2.4 GHz émet quand à lui à 100 mW (20 dBm).
Bon à savoir, le 2.4 GHz est compatible 802.11 ax / WiFi 6 sur ce modèle (là où beaucoup de modèles 802.11ac / WiFi 5 n’étaient que WiFi4 pour la puce 2.4 GHz).
2 antennes sont exclusivement dédiées au 5 GHz (plage 5 GHz mais pas de 6 GHz, il n’est malheureusement pas 6E). Et 2 antennes sont exclusivement dédiées au 2.4 GHz.
En terme de performance CPU, celui-ci est vraiment minimaliste, et mise tout sur le “hardware offloading”. On peut tout de même y intégrer un serveur WireGuard, et router à 170 Mbps maxi avant que le CPU ne sature. Pour comparaison un Pi 4 parvient à router 1000 Mbps de WireGuard, c’est donc plus approprié pour faire un serveur VPN sur une fibre par exemple.
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★★★★★
Raja –
Working great and setting it up was quite fast as well. One pet peeve is that data usage is only shown if QOS is enabled, otherwise forget knowing how much data clients connected to it are using. But since QOS is a good feature and should be enabled its alright though a bit more detailed like graphs showing data usage over time would have been awesome. In that sense you can say its user interface is kinda bare-bones while retaining all of the needed features as to make it user friendly.
(I would have preferred a toggle button to go into more advanced settings because even the current advanced settings are bare-bones)
Another thing if someone’s wondering why they are not getting their maximum internet speed after enabling QOS is because it reserves some of it (which i believe to be 10-15%) if you have set it to your exact speed (mine is 100Mbps and i had set it to 100Mbps in QOS setting so was getting about 86Mbps because of that until i changed it to 1000Mbps)
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K G –
Esse produto é muito competente, fácil instalação e configuração. Sobre os recursos o WIFI 6 e a rede 5GHZ fazem muita diferença na qualidade da internet sem contar na boa capacidade de gerenciar dispositivos. Aqui em casa testei um computador e uma tv os dois rodando um vídeo em 4k, mais um smartphone rodando um vídeo em 1080p todos ao mesmo tempo no WIFI com uma internet de 120 mbps e ele deu conta de passar todos ao mesmo tempo e nenhum travou no processo. Antes eu só conseguia fazer isso via cabo de rede. O único adento é sobre o WPA, tem dispositivos que se você usar a opção de segurança WPA2/WPA3 o dispositivo fica desconectando. Na minha tv Samsung de 2021 tive esse problema. Quando usei o WPA/WPA2 voltou ao normal.
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★★★★★
Archana –
I have Airtel Fiber plan of 200mbps but their routers are very pathetic in terms of coverage. I used my old Dlink DIR-841 but not getting any improvement. Then after a lot of research I ordered this and I am very happy with the coverage and speed I am getting. It is providing full speed in all corners of my home (1000sqft). UI and setup is very easy. We can track all activities and settings from tether app. Wi-Fi 6 is really effective. It’s a smart router no need to select 2.4g or 5g network manually it uses a single network id and determine by itself for devices that what is best for coverage and automatically switching devices on 2G or 5ghz. I am completely satisfied with coverage and speed.
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NH –
I’ve originally fixed my mind on AXE95 featuring Wi-Fi 6E but didn’t have any 6E devices and the ambiguity surrounding 6GHz band licensing in India, I switched to AX95. The only difference between AX95 and AXE95 is the lack 6Ghz band (Wi-Fi 6E), and other than that you will also get additional 5Ghz band for AX95. The total Wi-Fi capability is 5Ghz /w 160Mhz, 5Ghz /w 80Mhz & 2.4Ghz /w 40Mhz. The range of each Wi-Fi is superior to my old Archer C1200 router. My home is two storied and in 2500 Sqm and 5Ghz range is acceptable in all areas, but nothing can beat the signal strength of 2.4Ghz band. Router also features 2.5Gbps configurable WAN/LAN port, Gigabit WAN and 3 Gigabit LAN port. There’s a USB 2.0 Port on rear and on right side a USB 3.0 port. Tried connecting a USB 3.0 portable HDD on the same port and it worked flawlessly. Once you plug in a network share will pop-up under your windows network locations. Router current firmware version is 1.0.4 (September 2023). The user interface is simple and clean. (perhaps because I’m accustomed with my old Archer router). If you’re in the market for WIFI 6 router, this could be a solid choice, be its range, performance, feature etc. Cons Some security related and fancy features are paid subscription model type. A normal user would be fine without it. There’s a single LED to show the router status and its slightly bright. (You can turn it off though using dedicated button or schedule wise). There’s no status LED’s to show individual port status. (Hmm iám bit of old school type). Others I didn’t try the TP-Link tether app, did the configuration old fashioned (Web GUI). Alexa can be enabled and connected, didn’t tried that too.
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Devam Bansal –
No tengo nada negativo que decir. Una vez que lo configuras correctamente va como un cohete. Lo compré porque tengo amigos que me lo han recomendado. Ellos lo utilizan para PCVR sin cables, dicen que tiene potencia suficiente para eso. Yo para el uso que le doy también he notado una gran diferencia. Me ha gustado tanto que he comprado el archer AX50 para mis padres
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Archana –
the one we received has 8 external antennas model, we ordered the one shown here to purchase with internal antennas. Anyways, Its working and providing very stable Wi-Fi connectivity, I initially tried meshing it with a 700x Wi-Fi extender but didn’t get much speeds through mesh. Now I used the 700x as normal Wi-Fi extender its giving me good speeds with this Wifi-6 acting as router. we have a large 1700 sq ft single 3bhk with 2 balconies and the signal is very strong across all locations. Router is placed in the living room right next to the LG tv, the airtel fiber router is connected to the wan port, earlier we used the wifi from the airtel router but it was not having that good reach. Switched to this and now we are quite happy. Even after closing the doors to office/guest room we get about 150 megs, airtel has 200 megs connection. So overall it looks good, setup for the product was a breeze for this product. its currently providing internet to the fridge, 1OLEDTV, 2 laptops, 4 phones.
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★★★★★
Ramkumar P S –
Bra snabb och billig router. Rekommenderar
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Lokesh Singh Pawar –
I bought this TP Link AX23 a month ago it has very nice bandwidth and an easy to use interface, The product can be controlled from anywhere from the world using tether app and the quality is top notch. The product is worth buying and the one mesh Technology works very well, I recommend this router for all purpose because it’s 4 beam forming antennas has a very long range so it can be used in office and home very well, worth every penny.
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Lokesh Singh Pawar –
Setup is very easy. The app is also quite easy to use. WIFI 6 on this one has great performance. And the coverage is also very good. I get almost full bars on 5GHz band throughout my house (1090sq feet with the router placed in the centre)both range and performance are way better than my earlier Netgear Nighthawk AC1750.
A word of caution though. Tplink has a very confusing array of routers that look alike and have similar names.I ended up purchasing this one ax5400/ax72 thinking that i am purchasing ax5400/ax73.
Despite this mistake i think its a great router and its also marginally cheaper than the ax73.
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★★★★★
Devam Bansal –
Working as expected. Easy to connect and has a software to keep track of everything
Raja –
Great and amazing product
K G –
Power adapter stopped working after 3 months, device is restarting frequently, packaged power adapter is of rating 12v 1.5amps, but the device seems to draw more than 2amps. Tried to contact customer care, but didn’t knew Tp-link has such a worst after sales service. Claiming warranty seems to be a joke. 1star is for Tp-link after sales service.
Sadath –
Pour les fans d’OpenWrt, il s’installe très facilement (en tout cas pour la version 1.0) directement par l’interface pré-installée.
Tout y est parfaitement pris en charge.
En terme de température, la puce WiFi quand elle envoie à fond pendant plusieurs minutes de speedtest “iperf” atteint assez rapidement 105°C d’après lm-sensors, malgré qu’il soit dans un endroit assez frais. La valeur critique étant annoncée à 110 °C d’après lm-sensors. Ces puces WiFi chauffent donc vraiment très fort, attention si vous comptez forcer dessus avec de gros transferts sur la durée !
Ayant encore la chance d’avoir une fibre avec boitier ONT séparé de la box, j’ai pu remplacer la box de mon fournisseur par ce routeur sur l’une de mes lignes fibre : pour router 1000 Mbps ça marche sans aucun souci, car le “hardware offloading” est pris en charge sous OpenWrt pour les connaisseurs (routage de 1000 Mbps ne consomme alors que 2% de CPU). Heureusement car sans cette fonctionnalité il saturerait avant d’atteindre les 1000 Mbps (le CPU étant tout petit, j’ai essayé).
Du fait de sa capacité mémoire réduite de 16 MB il n’est pas possible d’installer tous les outils de geeks à la fois, mais il reste possible d’installer openssh-sftp-server bwm-ng iperf iperf3 procps-ng-watch nano iwinfo lm-sensors openvpn et wireguard par exemple.
En terme de portée, c’est vraiment excellent, identique à un Asus TUF-AX4200 : même avec ce routeur enfermé dans un placard, on peut faire le tour de la maison et ça fonctionne sur un rayon d’une 30 aine de mètres avec un téléphone Android. Mis à part quand on commence à être en limite de réception, le débit reste assez constant et très bon. Le 2.4GHz capte un tout petit peu plus loin que le 5 GHz, tandis qu’à moins d’être en limite, le 5GHz donne assez systématiquement de meilleurs débits.
Le WiFi en mode 5GHz peut émettre à 200 mW (23 dBm) en fonction du canal choisi quand il est correctement configuré en zone / reg domain FR.
Attention il ne va pas au delà de 80 MHz de largeur de bande, soit 1200 Mbps maxi théoriques pour 2 antennes (et 600 Mbps pour un récepteur n’en utilisant que d’une seule).
Le mode 2.4 GHz émet quand à lui à 100 mW (20 dBm).
Bon à savoir, le 2.4 GHz est compatible 802.11 ax / WiFi 6 sur ce modèle (là où beaucoup de modèles 802.11ac / WiFi 5 n’étaient que WiFi4 pour la puce 2.4 GHz).
2 antennes sont exclusivement dédiées au 5 GHz (plage 5 GHz mais pas de 6 GHz, il n’est malheureusement pas 6E).
Et 2 antennes sont exclusivement dédiées au 2.4 GHz.
En terme de performance CPU, celui-ci est vraiment minimaliste, et mise tout sur le “hardware offloading”. On peut tout de même y intégrer un serveur WireGuard, et router à 170 Mbps maxi avant que le CPU ne sature. Pour comparaison un Pi 4 parvient à router 1000 Mbps de WireGuard, c’est donc plus approprié pour faire un serveur VPN sur une fibre par exemple.
Raja –
Working great and setting it up was quite fast as well. One pet peeve is that data usage is only shown if QOS is enabled, otherwise forget knowing how much data clients connected to it are using. But since QOS is a good feature and should be enabled its alright though a bit more detailed like graphs showing data usage over time would have been awesome. In that sense you can say its user interface is kinda bare-bones while retaining all of the needed features as to make it user friendly.
(I would have preferred a toggle button to go into more advanced settings because even the current advanced settings are bare-bones)
Another thing if someone’s wondering why they are not getting their maximum internet speed after enabling QOS is because it reserves some of it (which i believe to be 10-15%) if you have set it to your exact speed (mine is 100Mbps and i had set it to 100Mbps in QOS setting so was getting about 86Mbps because of that until i changed it to 1000Mbps)
K G –
Esse produto é muito competente, fácil instalação e configuração. Sobre os recursos o WIFI 6 e a rede 5GHZ fazem muita diferença na qualidade da internet sem contar na boa capacidade de gerenciar dispositivos. Aqui em casa testei um computador e uma tv os dois rodando um vídeo em 4k, mais um smartphone rodando um vídeo em 1080p todos ao mesmo tempo no WIFI com uma internet de 120 mbps e ele deu conta de passar todos ao mesmo tempo e nenhum travou no processo. Antes eu só conseguia fazer isso via cabo de rede. O único adento é sobre o WPA, tem dispositivos que se você usar a opção de segurança WPA2/WPA3 o dispositivo fica desconectando. Na minha tv Samsung de 2021 tive esse problema. Quando usei o WPA/WPA2 voltou ao normal.
Archana –
I have Airtel Fiber plan of 200mbps but their routers are very pathetic in terms of coverage. I used my old Dlink DIR-841 but not getting any improvement. Then after a lot of research I ordered this and I am very happy with the coverage and speed I am getting. It is providing full speed in all corners of my home (1000sqft).
UI and setup is very easy. We can track all activities and settings from tether app. Wi-Fi 6 is really effective. It’s a smart router no need to select 2.4g or 5g network manually it uses a single network id and determine by itself for devices that what is best for coverage and automatically switching devices on 2G or 5ghz.
I am completely satisfied with coverage and speed.
NH –
I’ve originally fixed my mind on AXE95 featuring Wi-Fi 6E but didn’t have any 6E devices and the ambiguity surrounding 6GHz band licensing in India, I switched to AX95. The only difference between AX95 and AXE95 is the lack 6Ghz band (Wi-Fi 6E), and other than that you will also get additional 5Ghz band for AX95.
The total Wi-Fi capability is 5Ghz /w 160Mhz, 5Ghz /w 80Mhz & 2.4Ghz /w 40Mhz. The range of each Wi-Fi is superior to my old Archer C1200 router. My home is two storied and in 2500 Sqm and 5Ghz range is acceptable in all areas, but nothing can beat the signal strength of 2.4Ghz band.
Router also features 2.5Gbps configurable WAN/LAN port, Gigabit WAN and 3 Gigabit LAN port. There’s a USB 2.0 Port on rear and on right side a USB 3.0 port. Tried connecting a USB 3.0 portable HDD on the same port and it worked flawlessly. Once you plug in a network share will pop-up under your windows network locations.
Router current firmware version is 1.0.4 (September 2023). The user interface is simple and clean. (perhaps because I’m accustomed with my old Archer router).
If you’re in the market for WIFI 6 router, this could be a solid choice, be its range, performance, feature etc.
Cons
Some security related and fancy features are paid subscription model type. A normal user would be fine without it.
There’s a single LED to show the router status and its slightly bright. (You can turn it off though using dedicated button or schedule wise). There’s no status LED’s to show individual port status. (Hmm iám bit of old school type).
Others
I didn’t try the TP-Link tether app, did the configuration old fashioned (Web GUI).
Alexa can be enabled and connected, didn’t tried that too.
Devam Bansal –
No tengo nada negativo que decir. Una vez que lo configuras correctamente va como un cohete. Lo compré porque tengo amigos que me lo han recomendado. Ellos lo utilizan para PCVR sin cables, dicen que tiene potencia suficiente para eso. Yo para el uso que le doy también he notado una gran diferencia. Me ha gustado tanto que he comprado el archer AX50 para mis padres
Archana –
the one we received has 8 external antennas model, we ordered the one shown here to purchase with internal antennas. Anyways, Its working and providing very stable Wi-Fi connectivity, I initially tried meshing it with a 700x Wi-Fi extender but didn’t get much speeds through mesh. Now I used the 700x as normal Wi-Fi extender its giving me good speeds with this Wifi-6 acting as router. we have a large 1700 sq ft single 3bhk with 2 balconies and the signal is very strong across all locations. Router is placed in the living room right next to the LG tv, the airtel fiber router is connected to the wan port, earlier we used the wifi from the airtel router but it was not having that good reach. Switched to this and now we are quite happy. Even after closing the doors to office/guest room we get about 150 megs, airtel has 200 megs connection. So overall it looks good, setup for the product was a breeze for this product. its currently providing internet to the fridge, 1OLEDTV, 2 laptops, 4 phones.
Ramkumar P S –
Bra snabb och billig router. Rekommenderar
Lokesh Singh Pawar –
I bought this TP Link AX23 a month ago it has very nice bandwidth and an easy to use interface, The product can be controlled from anywhere from the world using tether app and the quality is top notch.
The product is worth buying and the one mesh Technology works very well, I recommend this router for all purpose because it’s 4 beam forming antennas has a very long range so it can be used in office and home very well, worth every penny.
Lokesh Singh Pawar –
Setup is very easy. The app is also quite easy to use. WIFI 6 on this one has great performance. And the coverage is also very good. I get almost full bars on 5GHz band throughout my house (1090sq feet with the router placed in the centre)both range and performance are way better than my earlier Netgear Nighthawk AC1750.
A word of caution though. Tplink has a very confusing array of routers that look alike and have similar names.I ended up purchasing this one ax5400/ax72 thinking that i am purchasing ax5400/ax73.
Despite this mistake i think its a great router and its also marginally cheaper than the ax73.
Devam Bansal –
Working as expected. Easy to connect and has a software to keep track of everything