TP-Link Tri-Band BE9300 WiFi 7 Router (Archer BE550)

If you are looking for a cost-effective router that will put you ahead of the technology time-line, this is it. I was a LinkSys/Cisco fan and I bought this router to replace a pretty decent LinkSys WRT 3200 ACM. The LinkSys acquired some deficiency in the past year of "half-connecting" to just one device, while perfectly connecting to every other device on its 2.4gz and 5.0gz bands. (Half-connecting allowed some, but not all URLs to load). I recently had replaced a LinkSys extender with a TPLink extender because it could not maintain a persistent connection with the LinkSys (another hint the r

UPDATE: 23 May, 2024Now it's been awhile. I have to write: If something is messed up, it's NEVER the EAP225 WiFi units or this thing! It's been months since it's been rebooted! We have enough off-grid solar so the internet stuff and the comp room can stay off-grid all the time. It never gets rebooted nowadays and it's always there and it doesn't mess up! It has a gigabit (24 port) switch and two (8 port) 2.5 gigabit switches plugged into it. A total of 4 NAS's; three of them 2.5 gigabit dual LAN's; one with dual gigabit LAN's. And three computers, all 2.5 gigabit. And the Yeacomm 5G gateway is

(Note ... this review applies to both the BE550 and the BE900. I started with the BE550, and when it didn't work for me, I tried to upgrade to the BE900, but it had the same issues).My eero6 pro router died on me, so I decided if I was going to replace it, I might as well upgrade at the same time. I read good reviews about this router on WireCutter and the price was reasonable, so it seemed like a perfect fit. Setting up the router was easy, and the app to control the router is decent (I prefer it to Eero). I have gigabit fiber, and my iPhone 16 and M4 iPad Pro were both getting blazing speed.

I wanted its bigger brother with the 10gbe ports but ultimately my ISP is only 2.5gbps (not paying for the 5gbps, it's not worth the cost). If the competing ISP ever rolls out 10gbps then I'd upgrade, but that could be years. 10gbps could be a long while for a lot of people. So unless you have some NAS on your LAN where you can benefit from the faster wired speeds it's just overkill. 2.5gbps worked for me and that meant I could spend half as much on the router.For $269 (on 10% sale) it's honestly hard to find a better router than the BE550.I was a big Asus fan with Merlin firmware flashed on t

This review is for a TP-Link BE9300 WiFi 7 router.I purchased this because my existing router, a TP-Link Archer GX90, was not giving me maximum throughput from my cable modem to my devices, both wired and wireless. My internet connection was a 1.2Gbps connection, but my Archer was only capable of Gigabit speeds in the wired connection. My wireless speeds were even slower, despite the claim of 2+ Gbps on the WiFi 6 channel. Even right next to the router, my WiFi speeds rarely exceeded 900Mbps.The BE9300 didn't disappoint with wired speeds. I saw my 1.2Gbps connection maxed on my PC using Ethern

Review Update August 31, 2025:In recent months Apple has updated the iPhone 16 to use MLO [Multi-Link Operation] efficiently. This way, all three bands will be used as needed. When the iPhone 16 first came out in September 2024, there was only the 2.4GHz or 5GHz or 6GHz bands in use on the iPhone. Now, i couldn't be happier that I'm getting full functionality from the BE9300!Original Review August 29, 2024:I wanted to believe the hype for WiFi 7, because I was already in the TP-Link family with WiFi 6 TP-Link AX1800 Router.Installation was simple for me, like the majority of guys on here. Howe

TLDR:I bought this router about a month ago when my older one started to stutter. After some initial issues with firmware and a round or 2 with TPLink tech support I got everything ironed out and now I am very pleased with the performance. For more details, please read on.I'm a Network Engineer who works from home. Internet access is critical to my ability to do my job. So, when my older Netgear wireless router started to show signs of failure (random WIFI network loss of signal and reboots) that I could not fix with firmware updates, I started searching for a new router.The BE550 is a slightl

I bought this to put in AP mode and replace one of my Asus AX86U units (that was also in AP mode for the last many years of its life). I had tested Wifi 6E in my home with a cheap Arris unit (the one that has the worst review of perhaps any networking device of all time) and concluded I could benefit from having 6E on both floors of my house. I only have one Wifi7 capable device that would be fine on a dialup connection, just a work phone, so the priority was 6E for my macbooks, mac mini, and iphones. I run this unit at 160mhz, same as the Arris.To fill the shoes of the AX86U this unit needed