TP-Link - Archer BE600 (BE9700)

Check tplink be600 or asus RT-BE92U There are many, check amazon

Yeah it works great, i have tested both. Only issue woth asus is they dont have a tri band extender like RE653BE from tplink.

Bro i tried placing it center of the home, i am still not getting full gig speeds, so i ordered express 7 as recommended, now set it up as wireless mesh and the speeds are not improving. Tested all different settings and placements per youtube tutorials and other forums. With tplink be600 and be10000 extender i am able to get full gig speeds on every nook and corner of the house on both floors consistently. what am i doing wrong here? Now last thing would be to open support with unifi and see if they help, else it leaves me in a pinch as i have limited time to return my test routers that i ordered for comparison and make a decision which one to keep and what not. :( P.S I have tested with both iperf and different speed test websites.

Yes i tested with MLO no MLO, every band every channel, wireless meshing makes speeds more worse than standalone UDR7. Support was really bad and I have limited time to return the tp link router and extender and asus router that i purchased. Now if they respond to me soon with a support ticket which has been escalated and give me some solution or if there is any newer OS upgrade coming up, I might keep them, else they are going back. Right now with tplink be600 and RE653BE I am able to get full gig speeds across every corner of the home. Only thing I am going to miss the unifi features and the ui that they have. But for now i think i would settle for range and performance over features! Thank you again for you help!

Update \[10-03-2025\]: Got my UDR7 and have been testing for couple of days now. For such a high price, this device has been a very poor experience. In my two-story, \~1500 sq ft home, the Dream Router 7 cannot even cover a single floor with full Wi-Fi speeds—no matter what radio band, transmit power, or channel width I configure. Performance is inconsistent, with speeds fluctuating heavily and rarely reaching what should be expected for modern Wi-Fi 7 hardware. Even when I am very close to the device, the wifi is unable to stay on consistent speeds. Moving even a little further away and down it goes in speed. After doing tons of tweaks and lots of reboot, my wired connection speeds are stable so far for last 24 hours. When I reached out to support, their AI only support's suggestion was to move my device to central location and buy an extender, which feels unacceptable for a flagship router that’s marketed as a premium all-in-one solution. At this price point, it should provide strong, reliable coverage out of the box. I have tried moving it to center, but than again not much gain or difference so far. Wifi still remains in consistent. For comparison, I’ve tested TP-Link BE600 and Asus RT-BE92U in the same exact positions at one edge of the home. While those consumer routers have weaker UIs and fewer customization options, both actually provide stronger coverage and more consistent range than this device without an extender, and tplink with extender i get full gig speeds through out every edge of the home but loose all the customization that UDR7 offers. Asus RT-BE92U provides more speed on farther range than tp-link BE600. But it does not have any tri band wifi 7 mesh extender like RE653BE. The **only redeeming factor** is the console UI and the amount of customization it offers. The interface is modern, clean, and allows advanced options that consumer models often lack. Unfortunately, none of that matters if the core job—delivering fast, stable Wi-Fi—is this unreliable. **Bottom line:** Very expensive for what it offers. The UI is good, but the wireless performance is far below expectations and even cheaper routers beat it in range and stability. Now I would need to buy an express 7 and use it for mesh and still not sure if I will be able to get full gig speeds through out the home. Then another expense would be to buy the 2.5G Ethernet switch to get all my devices connected and utilize full speeds. \[ASK\] Any tweaks or optimization suggestions which can improve the wifi concerns?

If you can run wires, then you have a lot of options. If you are only considering wireless meshing, then do not use unifi, omada or anything similar. For wireless meshing TP-Link Archer BE600 + RE653BE extender is the best performance so far, will get you the highest wifi speeds and farthest range. You can keep adding more extenders in easy mesh. Both are wifi7 with tri band. For Asus, they do not currently have standalone extenders like RE653BE. You would need to buy their full mesh setup devices. Now for features, TP-link is limited, Asus is little bit better but still very limited. If you need complete control and features like dedicated custom vlans, ssids, firwalls etc , you would have to go the hardwired route and use unifi or omada products. By default TP-Link Archer and Asus consumer devices provide only limited SSID's and now allow to create any custom ones.

My complex people are already flooding the air with the 6Ghz band. My town only has like 3 ISPs. 2 use the 5Ghz and the fastest uses the 6Ghz. I have a WiFi 7 router with the 320mhz. I use the TP-Link BE9700 Archer BE600 which is overkill for my needs.

Oops! I looked on Amazon again and it appears that TP-Link has 2 different varieties of Model BE9700 routers. The one that you are probably looking at has visible antennas? The one that I was referencing has internal antennas. Either one would be good. The only difference that I could tell between the BE9300 and BE9700 is the speed of the wired ports. The BE9700 has screaming fast wired ports which would probably be overkill for most people. The prices: * BE9300 internal antennas - $229.99 * BE9700 internal antennas - $269.99 * BE9700 visible antennas - $219.99 I wish that I could post pics. EDIT: WiFi 7 is usually 4 times faster than WiFi 6. Inside your house, sending data from the phone to router or router to phone it can be as much as 10 times faster. That's why you want to have WiFi 7.

I’m running a custom hardware 1U pfsense firewall router hardwired outside to the dmark directly with Fios 1G up/down. Their crap router never did more than 920ish. Tossed that and built the pfsense system and have hit 1130 down 1049 up doing speed tests. I was gifted two TP-Link routers.. the BE9300 and a BE9700 with its 10GbE connection. I have 3 Netgear XS708E V2 8Port 10GbE managed switches at home. Honestly, all the negative chat is moot, they work and function perfectly fine and I run them as APs at each end of the house with pfSense providing dhcp, etc. I do find their menu system to be rather annoying however once setup you rarely need to bother with them again so don’t mind. Large 5000sq/ft 2-story with basement home, 2 out buildings and 1.5 acre lot. Good signal throughout the house and decent throughout the rest of the property. Not sure if I’d have bought them myself but was more than happy to receive them and they have performed without issues.

If you're willing to spend $250 you should probably be looking at a wifi7 router like the TPlink be9700. Tri-band wifi7 router. Once you get devices that support it, MLO network is where it's at. My phone is connected to sometimes all 3 bands at once. Might as well futureproof if you've got $250 to burn.

I would look at the TP Link BE9700. Tri-band Wifi 7 router, it has a 10 Gbps wan and 4x 2.5 Gbps ports, so you are future proof. I bought the cheaper version a few months ago and sort of wish I spent more for this one. It’s on sale in Prime for $180. I spent $130 on the TP Link that does 1 Gbps max but back then the better one was about $199. So far I have been happy with the Tether app that runs it and my wifi speed has been great. Edit. The one I just bought is $106 or about $25 cheaper now. I really should stop looking at prices it just drives you crazy.

I have mine in passthru with a TP-Link Archer WiFi-7 router. No issues.

Netgear nighthawk for 6. Using tplink easy mesh for 7 and been happy so far

What speed is your fiber plan? I have a wifi 7 tp link that I’ve been using for over a year now. Solid router with no issues. The software to control isn’t amazing but if you don’t have a complicated setup- it would serve you just fine. Although I do suspect you can get a better price if you hunt around. Netgear is also a solid brand.

Fuck tp link. I bought a wifi 7 one and shit sucks. Went back to my Asus. Glad to know it wasn't just my router