TP-Link - Archer BE9300 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 Router

We currently use the BE9300 WiFi 7 router on charter. It handles everything flawlessly heavy or light. It was only like 250 bucks it’s like $200 on sale right now https://www.walmart.com/ip/3339006219?sid=1d5479d7-dbcf-42ab-a579-abbc523db1bf

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.

We've just upgraded to a 900mbps plan as well and the provided router (over wi-fi only, I have nothing cabled) was giving me speeds of around 500-550. After a bit of research and crossing my fingers that I was doing the right thing I upgraded to a TP-Link BE9300. Granted this is a wi-fi 7 router but the whole house now gets between 750-900+

We've just upgraded to a 900mbps plan as well and the provided router (over wi-fi only, I have nothing cabled) was giving me speeds of around 500-550. After a bit of research and crossing my fingers that I was doing the right thing I upgraded to a TP-Link BE9300. Granted this is a wi-fi 7 router but the whole house now gets between 750-900+

Copy paste from VD discord. Please check other online local stores and larger etailers like Amazon, aliexpress and eBay. The following routers have been reported to work reliably from a number of users. High End (AXE / WiFi 6E) - TP-Link AXE300/AXE16000 ($450 US) High End (AX / WiFi 6) - Asus RT-AX86U ($300 US) Dedicated (BE / Wifi 7) - TP-Link BE9300/BE550 ($200-$300 US) Dedicated (AXE / WiFi 6E) - Davolink 'Kevin' Minion 6E ($129 US) Dedicated (AXE / WiFi 6E) - TP-Link Archer AXE75/AXE5400 ($160-$200 US) Dedicated (AX) - PRISMXR Puppis S1 (80$) Dedicated (AX / WiFi 6) - GL.iNet Beryl GL-MT3000 ($90 US) Low End (AC / WiFi 5) - GL.iNet Opal GL-SFT1200 ($50 US) Low End (AC / WiFi 5) - TP-Link Archer C6 or A6 ($40 US) TP-Link AX and Huawei routers have been known to have issues we are unable to identify. Higher end TP-Link AX/AXE routers not listed here may work well but as with any router not on this list, should be considered untested. The TP-Link Archer AXE5400 is not the same thing as the Deco AXE5400. The latter is a mesh router and may not work as expected. I personally won't recommend any router in your screenshot, but some of them will work fine. Also consider if you're in an area with others living nearby, channels might be congested so a 6ghz (wifi6e or 7) might be the only way to keep the connection stable. Ubiquiti is also good, but had problems in the past that got fixed through firmware updates.

Have you run into any issues with this model not supporting WiFi 7 on the 2.4Ghz band? Right now I don't have any WiFi 7 devices, and if I did, I wouldn't use them on 2.4, anyway. I was mainly asking in terms of long term potential issues. I have the BE9300, and it's a solid router, and I mainly got it as a replacement for the Asus RT-AX86U which only has one 2.5G port, and I needed 2, but got 5 as a bonus. I'm in a small 1 bedroom apartment, 625 sq ft, so not sure how much of the different model specs I really need to apply to this environment, but asking around to get feedback. I've also considered turning off the radios in the TP-Link and using the Asus as the AP, until I have WiFi 7 devices, as I currently just need the 2.5 Ethernet ports to get the full bandwidth of my 1 gig plan. 940 is fine, but since I know I get more, worth trying to remove the cap at a reasonable cost. Thanks again.

Hey all, here is the story in short. I'm currently using an Asus RT-AX86U. There isn't anything wrong with the router, and it's meeting my current needs without issues. There are a couple things I have considered though in getting another WiFi 7 router, after having the Asus RT-BE92U develop issues after 6 months or a bit more of use. My considerations are the following: Right now, I have no WiFi 7 devices, however, my current iPhone (15 Pro Max is 6E, and my next phone will be WiFi 7) I would like multiple 2.5G Ethernet ports instead of just the one on the RT-AX86U. I only really need one more (2 in total) as my computer is the only device that can currently take advantage of more than a gigabit port currently. I am considering one of the more basic TP-Link routers from Walmart, that have one WAN, and one LAN 2.5 port, and I can either do a dual band, or tri-band router. And they aren't that expensive and have the current upgrades I'm looking for over my existing Asus. People have generally reviewed the TP-Link routers well, and I've had a couple myself and overall they've been stable. The main reason I went with Asus was for the more advanced. options which, in reality, I don't use a lot of on a daily basis. With this said, is what I'm looking for a reason couple upgrade options? The models are: the BE3600, and BE9300. Right now the 3600 is the only delivery from store option, and it's the dual band. The BE9300 is Tri-band, and both models at walmart have 2 2.5 G ports and 3 1G ports.

Just adding that Walmart got the BE9300 in so ordered one this morning (delivery from store) and will test it and compare. If it plays nice with my setup, I will keep the TRI-band model and return the dual band.

OK, I have the BE9300 set up and everything seems to work. the issue with the amazon smart plugs not wanting to connect out of the box with the default settings and the 6Ghz band enabled weren't present on the TPLink as they were with the Asus BE92U. The particular smart bulb that was also acting funny with Alexa voice control still has a slight issue, but it's not as bad, and it turns the right colors. So, here is my conclusion right now. It's possible the bulb is having issues as it's older, or it's controller doesn't like a TRI-Band router with the 6Ghz band, as both dual band routers didn't have the issue. So will be returning the BE3600 today. What I could also do is disable the IOT network on the TRI-Band router, and set up my old airport as a 2.4ghz AP, and connect the lights to that if I have issues since none of these 2.4 devices won't ever be able to use beyond 80211n.

Hey guys, just wanted to add a second question here. I've settled on the BE9300, and everything is working fine. However, Best Buy has a BE11000 pro for $250, and it's 4x4 on all three bands while the BE9300 is 2x2. The RT-AX86U that I have as backup is 3x3 on 2.4 and 4x4 on 5ghz, and I've seen absolutely no difference in my setup between the 2. The only difference is being able to keep the full gigabit connection to the devices that can support the 2.5g connection. Also a little fun fact is, like the B?E 550, the BE9300 has all 2.5 ports, even though 3 are labeled as 1G only. (the function at 2.5g). So with this said, is there any reason to really get a 4x4 WiFi 7 router yet? my iPhone 15 Pro Max is 6E, and all my other devices are either wired, or on 2.4G and are 80211n, and i think the google nest audio on 5Ghz is 80211ac, and the Roku Ultra, that is on wireless is WiFi 6., but I usually keep it wired as well. Right now I just see getting another 4x4 router a waste of money in my setup since I have one already and it doesn't seem to make a difference over the 2x2. Just wanted to get some feedback after sharing the details. Thanks.

I use the be9300 which is the sister version of the be550 with slight differences to the Ethernet port selection, pretty solid router. I have seen people talk about the range on both being an issue but I only see it with the 6ghz band I sometimes have to turn it to have it facing me when I get farther away to get the full GIG. But overall I’m happy

I've got a TP-Link BE9300 reaches around the entire house on the 6Ghz band.

I got the TP-Link BE9300 and it made a huge difference for me. Before I was using a Google WiFi (WiFi 5) mesh router and I wasn’t getting very good performance. After upgrading I was able to play most games at max settings at God Like in virtual desktop with my 4090/7800x3D.  The first game I played after upgrading my router was Half-Life Alyx and all of the stutters went away. Outside of buying Virtual Desktop, upgrading my router made the biggest impact on my VR performance.

I bought both a TP-Link BE9300 and Netgear RS500. I ended up keeping both. I agree the WiFi7 for this number of devices. I would go to the top level of each vendor for 100+

I just returned my BE550 after about a month. The Wi-Fi range was very poor compared to my C4000 that I’ve been using for a few years.

I’m late af with this response but get the archer be6500. I’ve used both and the range on the be9300 is poor. The be6500 on the other hand, has excellent range on both the 2.4 and 5 ghz bands despite not having a 6ghz band.

Negative. Only the bottom floor. I bought the TP-Link Tri-Band BE9300 as it was on sale and just want to see if it would reach everything (says 2000 sqft). Might return it though.

My current system is a mesh and it struggles. I bought the TP-Link Tri-Band BE9300 as it was on sale and just want to see if it would reach everything (says 2000 sqft). Might return it though.

Issue is my router is on the bottom floor. (near garage) It has to go pretty far. I bought the TP-Link Tri-Band BE9300 as it was on sale and just want to see if it would reach everything (says 2000 sqft). Might return it though.

"gaming" routers are just marketing. I would look up RTINGS.com if you enjoy comparing reviews. I have a TP-Link BE9300, my friend gave it to me half off but I see there's actually a sale right now for about $200. That's a pretty good deal for a tri-band, WiFi 7 router.

Tp-links newest WiFi 7 router is sick for the price.

Stay far away from routers with fans, I returned a tp-link wifi 7 router over this exact issue. Sfp port was so hot it was unreal. Try to cool your place in summer with air conditioning, you don't want some fan blowing heat. Also moving parts is a bad idea for longevity. Also when I ran latency tests I was loosing O.4 to 0.8ms over fiber with the tp-link, my old router from 10 years ago never added that much latency, just to give you an idea of how bad fans are. This is not enterprise, cisco is enterprise and they use heatsinks not fans. If you want a decent router for home, Netgear rs700 uses heatsinks and has 1500 more sq ft of range than this thing, yep not 2000sq feet, but 3500sq feet, should get good reception in your backyard this summer. If you want enterprise you'll have to go cisco.

They are incredible and simple. I’ve had a setup with the WiFi 6e ones, and now have one with WiFi 7 ones. Literally stellar performance. Do you have first hand experience?