TP-Link Archer BE550 Tri-Band BE9300 WiFi 7 Router, 6-Stream 9.2Gbps Speed WiFi Router, Full 5x 2.5G WAN/LAN Ports, 6x Internal Antennas Covers Up to 2,000 Sq. Ft., VPN Support, Homeshield, Easy Setup

I have a 500 Mbps Sky broadband plan, and the difference between the Sky router and the TP-Link Archer AX73 is huge, especially upstairs. With the original Sky router, the internet speed drops significantly upstairs, as you can clearly see from my speed tests — around 60 Mbps compared with over 500 Mbps downstairs. With the TP-Link Archer AX73, there is honestly no comparison. The upstairs Wi-Fi speed is dramatically better, and the connection is much more stable. I also have 8K cameras around my house, with 6 cameras covering the outside of the property. With the Sky router, I had a lot of problems viewing the camera recordings. Sometimes the video simply wouldn't load at all, and I could end up waiting an hour or even longer before I was able to view the footage again. This was extremely frustrating, especially when I needed to check something that had happened outside. Since switching to the TP-Link Archer AX73, all of my cameras work smoothly without any interruptions. I can access the recordings when I need them, without having to wait or constantly reconnect. Very impressed with this router and definitely worth the upgrade. The improvement in Wi-Fi speed, stability and camera reliability is huge!

After dealing with TP-link and having their engineers sort out the issues i was having with this routers USB everything has been sorted and it is working fine now the latest firmware was installed.

So a lot to talk about here. So I bought this router for approx. £120 on Feb 24th (Prices correct at the time of purchase). I am with virgin media as my ISP in the UK, and had recently upgraded to their "1 gig" package, as I managed to secure it for quite a good monthly deal, considering it came with broadband and TV etc. This package expects you to receive approx. 1gbps across the line. I typically get about 950 across the line. But the hub 4 was obviously not the right hardware at all, to be able to transfer anywhere near 1gbps to my devices on Wi-Fi. Of course, it makes sense for you to be able to achieve the same capabilities of speed you are getting over the cable on Wi-Fi. You would want your Wi-Fi speeds to be that of Ethernet or somewhat similar because you are paying for such a high bandwidth service. It almost makes it seem there is no point in paying for it since majority of the devices in your network will be over Wi-Fi. Because of this, it does make sense to be able to get a router that is capable of delivering such high speeds. Since your Internet service provider will not provide a router capable of that. I think if you pay for 1 gbps, you will get it via ethernet, but you'll get nowhere near 1gbps with any ISP router at the time of writing. If you are in the same boat as me, then you will want a router that is capable of transferring high amounts of data to lots of different devices around the house on Wi-fi in the same way it could over ethernet. And you will really want that, because you want to be able to use the full capabilities the service that you are paying for provided by your ISP. That was the primary objective. If that isn't you, then this review might not be the right review for you, but nevertheless, its a good read for any sort of shopper in the market for buying a new router. I bought this router as I thought it had the best value vs ASUS competitors, as all ASUS did, was give a good typical catchy branding line of it being a "gaming router", and they get purchases. I also notice that a lot of other brands like Netgear are like this. In my opinion, TP link is probably one of the most value for money brands out there in this market. So if you are looking for a router, no matter what price range you are looking for, TP link is generally brand I would recommend. So before buying this router, the hub 4, with no other devices connected, gave me 250mbps* on the 5Ghz band, and 30-50mbps* on the 2Ghz band. This new router gives me about 900Mbps* on the 5Ghz band, and around 100-200 mbps* on the 2Ghz band. * = Peak speeds. Not average speeds. Now the literal only reason you see that sort of improvement, is because this is a Wi-Fi 6 router. As a Wi-Fi 6 router, it should theoretically, give me 3x the amount that a Wi-Fi 5 router will give in the same setting. However as you can see, it gives considerably more than 3x 250mbps, and it gives 900* which is 50mbps less than ethernet speeds. Pretty impressive for a 5Ghz channel. I got typical expected improvements on the 2.4Ghz channel, which is also good to see. However do not expect a new router to massively improve Wi-Fi range across multiple floors. Yes it covers a wide area, and will give full speed to the same floor, but it doesn't cover a large floor. If you want better range for a large house floor, get a better one than this. If you want signal on multiple floors, you will need a mesh network, so in that case, buying two of these and using one of them per floor might be a good idea. But if you just want to cover around a 10m by 10m floor, this router is perfect for you as it will give high bandwidth to devices on that floor. So for me this is a 5 star router as it did exactly what I expected it to do, as the results of speed was what I expected to get based of how it should have theoretically preformed. But beware, as it might not be right for you, if you need it for any other purpose, other than getting more mbps. Of course, the benefit to you is highly dependent on the ISP speed that is provided. So expect less benefit overall if you switch from a hub 4 or sky box, on a 200mbps connection. However, you will still benefit as long as you have a Wi-Fi 6 device. If this was a helpful review, I would appreciate you to click the "helpful" button below so more shoppers can see it. Have a good day.

I upgraded from a TP-Link Archer AX73 to this BE550, expecting better speeds and wider Wi-Fi coverage. The specs suggest it should be incredible: Wi-Fi 7, up to 9214 Mbps, and a 2.5Gbps port and LAN ports. But in real-world use, it’s honestly been a letdown. The key difference is the antennas: The BE550 has internal/hidden antennas, whereas the AX73 has six proper external high-gain antennas. And that matters. A lot. In my house (Victorian walls, two floors), the AX73 delivers strong, stable Wi-Fi everywhere — upstairs, downstairs, even into the garden. But the BE550 really struggled. Coverage dropped off sharply after just one or two rooms, speeds became inconsistent, and devices would occasionally disconnect. It feels like this router was designed for a small apartment or studio space, not an actual home with brick walls. (I barely got 20mbps on my phone and maybe 55mbps on macbook) After a couple of frustrating days, I’ve boxed the BE550 and instead ordered the Archer AX72 Pro, which has Wi-Fi 6 + a 2.5Gbps port — and if it performs anything like the AX73, it’ll be a far better fit for a full house. Pros: ✅ 2.5Gbps WAN/LAN for faster internet backhaul ✅ Clean, minimal design ✅ Easy setup Cons: ❌ Internal antennas = noticeably weaker range ❌ Struggles through real-world walls ❌ Worse performance than cheaper TP-Link models ❌ Not suitable for house-sized coverage Verdict: If you live in a flat or open-plan apartment, this might be fine. But for a house, especially with solid walls, stick to the Archer AX series (AX72 Pro / AX73 / AX5400 range). They simply perform better where it matters. Sometimes the newest isn’t the best — and in this case, the “upgrade” was actually a downgrade.

I bought the AX5400 (AX73) because our Virgin hub 4 was terrible for wifi and because this looked a mean piece of kit with all it's antennas! We just switched the Virgin hub into "modem mode" and connected one cat8 network cable from it into the new AX5400. (Any cat5, cat6, etc cable is fine) Turned it on, logged into it, and it basically set itself up! VERY easy to get going. I now have wifi coverage across the entire house, which is a 4bed terrace with an extension. Before, we would lose all wifi in the furthest upstairs rooms and the extension so this is a significant improvement. We have a LOT of devices on our wifi, mamy phones, tablets, games consoles and amazon echo dots and all these are working flawlessly and with minimal effort. The AX5400 is definately the model to go for, don't bother with the lower models on this listing - it's definately worth paying that little extra to get this top model. It's very well ventilated and the lower models people complain get too hot or fail. There's no concerns with this one. I would recommend periodically wiping it for dust though because there are a LOT of tiny vent holes that look like they'd be more than happy to fill up with dust. But i'm quite happy to wipe it over from time to time. My speedtest results were pleasing. I went from 240-500MB/sec to results of upto 740MB/sec checked over a lan cabled computer on our 500MB/sec Virgin Fibre line so this was definately an improvement. Virgin hubs are terrible, they drop wifi connections, have pauses and lag delays when many devices are connected, and the range is terrible. The AX5400 is an easy solution. Definately consider one!

Reliable product but WiFi range and strength is poor. I would not recommend buying this as a solo item because it will not give you good coverage around a 3 bed house. However, if you intend on buying more than one to use them in an EasyMesh whole house WiFi setup then I would definitely recommend. I have 2 WiFi 7 routers set up in EasyMesh and the signal is strong anywhere in the house. Speeds are consistently fast and reliable. The Tether App is easy to set up and use. The web interface gives you a ton of options to tweak functionality. My only real negative apart from the signal strength is the fact that TP Link wants you to pay subscriptions for additional security features which other well known competitors include for product "lifetime" for free.

Needed to upgrade my current ancient router which was a TP-Link. Liked this as it had lots of new features that I currently do not need, such as 2.5Ghz ports and Wifi 7, but no doubt will do one day hopefully. Wanted good wifi range as current router did not transmit approx 10m very well through a 1910's cavity wall house, which I needed. Coupled with a wifi extender I now get virtually full speed i(i.e the max speed for my internet connection) internet at my desktop PC so I am happy. The other aspect of this router I liked as its square box fully enclosed package and not like other routers covered in multiple aerials which from previous experience got knocked and broken easily. Whilst this router has many advance features, none of them I use. Basically I have a WAN connection to the ISP's supplied modem/ router which then gets sent out via the WiFi on the BE550. Am I interested in the reporting, priority, data limits per a device - Not really Just wanted a future proof router with good WiFi which is what I got. Easy to integrate with the RE550 range extender so I could hard wire my Desktop to it. Both the router and extender can easily be monitored via the TP Link Teather app.

I've had no problems with this all works well, and my s24 ultra picks up wifi7 6ghz all around my flat 300mbps via wifi I can't moan. Next iphone will have wifi7 the new playstation has wifi7 future proof your. And this runs 2.4g 5g 6g signal so I can run my washing machine on 2.4ghz tvs on 2.4ghz phone on 6g wifi7 all at once. So buy the proper job to save replacing 3 years later because it's out of date. I've had to buy this as virgin media router don't have wifi7 and 6g

Great coverage and easy installation

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ce produit n'est pas équipé d'une prise électrique française il faut un adaptateur ce qui n'est pas précisé dans le descriptif

Pro: -Installation is straight forward & App control addon is a plus over traditionly using browser to control the router. -It's worth extra bucks to spent on the speed (going for Archer AX73) you can achieved (>2.4Gbps/channel), especially useful for the latest (or future) PCVR games running >4K resolutions on both eyes, refresh rates @120Hz on two players at the same time, without any wireless hiccups. -It is well catered for a family of 4, each to stream 4K movies, plus extra more Wifi appliances at the same time without any problem.