TP-Link - Archer AX73

Hi. I’m pretty happy with my TP Link, I’m just struggling to decide if this Netgear AX12 will perform better. I’m not looking to upgrade, just wondering about these two routers specifically.

yoo same ISP and internet package and i got a Mesh WiFi as well. bought it off from India as the sellers here just rip you off on any networking devices. i got TP-Link Deco M4(INR 2599 = NPR 4155) via third party and paying the added customs + vat + delivery fees costed me around NPR 5200-5300 which is way cheaper than buying it here for NPR 8750-10000 each. if you are only planning on buying a single mesh router, i would advice to just get a normal router like TP-Link Archer WiFi6 instead and use it as AP mode. but if you plan on having multiple routers, get a mesh one with WiFi6.

My experience with the AX73 after using it for 3 years is that IPv6 doesn’t work. The first year was fine, but once I turned on the IPv6 feature, the internet would disconnect, even though my ISP supports IPv6. Also, TP-Link hasn’t released any official firmware updates for the last 2 years. The customization options are really limited too. As for the range, it’s actually very good. My house is made of brick, but the Wi-Fi signal still covers well without much loss.

TPLink AX5400 or AXE5400, done. Those are around $100/$150 on Amaz right now, I did a quick check I am using AXE in 1800ish. The big thing on routers, be sure it has multiple CPUs in it, different class ARM stuff, but you want more than 1. /cheers

TP-Link Ax73 v.1 best router I’ve ever had. It has been working non stop the past 3 years - 3 year warranty too. What are you talking about ?

**All TP-Link i have stopped receiving updates in the first 2 years since I bought them.** And I have quite new ones like Archer AX73. I suspect they do everything in their power to let your router opened to Chinese state hackers simply by not providing updates anymore as soon as possible and hiding this behind revision bs. Most of the people use routers for much more than 2 years, your typical to-link updates window. Of course they never officially say they dropped support for a specific model - they simply don’t provide updates anymore. If you have like review 1 bought 2 years ago and now they sell exactly the same product but with review 2, review 1 usually don’t get updates anymore so the update window is far more worst than it look at a superficial search. Because of all this i decided only to buy unmanaged switches from tp-link from now on and stay away from anything that requires constant updates from them. I must be true and say they make some very good cheap home unmanaged switches. **ASUS? I still get updates for my 4-5 years old models.** They may not be the perfect one but at least they try to make it better & they respect their buyer more. Another thing i like about ASUS is the fact that many models support AsusMerlin & OpenWRT. So you have 2 alternative firmware to choose from. But of course, If your data doesn’t value s\*\*\* and you want your network to be an open book buy tp-link.

👆🏽This. Also use an app like WiFiAnalyzer and check for less congested channels. TP-LINK AX73 supports 'Zero Wait DFS' so you can pick a higher value channel that most routers don't support or avoid because of the wait time for radar scan. Zero wait DFS fixes this. For example, at my office block, there are many APs and most lower channels (48 and below) are heavily congested. I use channel 112. It comes with the risk of getting interrupted if radar is detected but it rarely happens. But when it does, it is only momentarily because of Zero wait. Sorry for the rumbling but just sharing an idea.

I think your Archer X73 would do just fine as a stand-alone access point. You might as well use it since you already have it. Just configure it as a dumb AP and take advantage of its Wi-Fi 6 radio. Why spend more on something you already have? If you want, run a wire to it somewhere further away from the pfSense box and locate it somewhere strategic or central in the area where you expect wireless devices will connect to it. Cheers! ☺

I'm currently using an Tp-Link AX73, wifi 6. I was poking around Verizon's site and as a long time customer, they have a deal where they'll knock $5 a month off the bill and throw the CR1000A wifi 6e router for free for 2 years. Is it worth swapping out the AX73 for the CR1000A? Like, is 6e any kind of improvement over 6?

Return the decos and get another AX5400 and use easy mesh capabilities. What model do you actually have the AXE75 which has the 6ghz channel or do you have the AX75 or AX73 which both do speeds of 5400gbps but are just wifi 6 capable? Either way, all three of those models are easy mesh capable, which would probably be a lot better than having the Deco’s with the same Wi-Fi name and password even though it’s the same network topology it’s still different hardware and it’s probably gonna cause issues. That’s why I suggest the easy mesh route because that keeps the routers pretty much the same and eliminates the Deco hardware.

Return the decos and get another AX5400 and use easy mesh capabilities. What model do you actually have the AXE75 which has the 6ghz channel or do you have the AX75 or AX73 which both do speeds of 5400gbps but are just wifi 6 capable? Either way, all three of those models are easy mesh capable, which would probably be a lot better than having the Deco’s with the same Wi-Fi name and password even though it’s the same network topology it’s still different hardware and it’s probably gonna cause issues. That’s why I suggest the easy mesh route because that keeps the routers pretty much the same and eliminates the Deco hardware.

I would just leave them for now but when able to grab another AX73 and run easy mesh with those 2 routers. It would give you better range and coverage with just those 2 routers than the 3 decos and the AX73

Return the decos and get another AX5400 and use easy mesh capabilities. What model do you actually have the AXE75 which has the 6ghz channel or do you have the AX75 or AX73 which both do speeds of 5400gbps but are just wifi 6 capable? Either way, all three of those models are easy mesh capable, which would probably be a lot better than having the Deco’s with the same Wi-Fi name and password even though it’s the same network topology it’s still different hardware and it’s probably gonna cause issues. That’s why I suggest the easy mesh route because that keeps the routers pretty much the same and eliminates the Deco hardware.

Return the decos and get another AX5400 and use easy mesh capabilities. What model do you actually have the AXE75 which has the 6ghz channel or do you have the AX75 or AX73 which both do speeds of 5400gbps but are just wifi 6 capable? Either way, all three of those models are easy mesh capable, which would probably be a lot better than having the Deco’s with the same Wi-Fi name and password even though it’s the same network topology it’s still different hardware and it’s probably gonna cause issues. That’s why I suggest the easy mesh route because that keeps the routers pretty much the same and eliminates the Deco hardware.

I would just leave them for now but when able to grab another AX73 and run easy mesh with those 2 routers. It would give you better range and coverage with just those 2 routers than the 3 decos and the AX73