Archer BE9300 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 Router

I have 2 of them connected as easymesh, to my main router GE800. 10/10 for performance and range. Speed is great for wireless backhaul. They can handle up to 30 devices in real life with no problem. One of my be400 has 20 clients and never dropped a beat. Cons: They lack 6ghz band but i am totally fine with it 2.4ghz is kinda low speed 688Mbps where the GE800 is 1376Mbps.

I got a TP Link Archer Be9300 and I wasn't expecting it to be so good. I'm at another level.

I got that one, it's great and also pretty future proof for sone time.

Tplink BE9300 worked wonders for me.

**MLO works fine, there was a dif'c between V1 & V2 of these, V1 only supported 5 & 6GHz** **Advanced** \> **Wireless** \> **Wireless Settings** Scroll down to find the **MLO Network** section and toggle it to **Enabled** Set a **distinctive Network Name (SSID)** Select the bands you want to use (on the **BE550 V1**, this is typically **5GHz + 6GHz**)

In V1 or V2? I haven't had any issues :) I crank the bandwidth up in ALVR without issue as well & 2 floors up, speedtests give me full speed.

Love mine. The have a couple friends with it as well.

The BE9300 is Virtual Desktop's #1 reccomendation. I got one on sale before Christmas for $150.  https://a.co/d/5kjbbus

Get the BE9300. I just got it for 150 on sale, and its virtual desktop top reccomend

I have 3 TP-Link Archer BE9300/BE550 routers (just got the 3rd) for a 3k sq ft house. Only reason I got the 3rd was for wired ports in a bedroom that I'll move some stuff to eventually. I have 2Gbps fiber and only have 1Gbps wireless devices. Plugging Ethernet into my laptop to the farthest router I get 600Mbps down/400Mbps up. They work very well and have good ping with no packet loss. I will eventually run Ethernet in the attic but that's a project for another month. This works amazingly for now. I moonlight from my computer in an unused room to my Legion Go anywhere in the house. I also have my Xbox plugged into the second router 30-40 feet from the main router and stream from the Xbox app all over the house flawlessly. Take this info for what it's worth. Edit: My Legion Go connects to wifi 6G just fine everywhere. The mentioned routers go on sale for $180 each regularly. "Refurbished" go lower.

Used/Renew Archer BE550 BE9300

I've owned the RT-AX86U (Gundam Edition) since 2022, and it's been a solid router. I have about 25 to 27 devices on my network, my iPhone 15 Pro Max is my only high data WiFi device that uses wireless. Everything else is wired, or, the other wireless devices are 2.4Ghz smart devices such as bulbs, and smart speakers, and a wireless printer. I recently upgraded to the TP-Link Archer BE9300 also known as the Archer BE550, because I found out that i can get a little extra bandwidth from a 2.5G connection on my gigabit connection. I had been using 1Gig internet for several years, and finally learning within the last year or so that provides over provision to at least 1.2Gbps for Gigabit plans vs the 940 Mbps cap on 1Gig rated ports. The RT-AX86U is still a solid router though, but only has the one 2.5 port that's either a LAN, or WAN port, and it only gives supported wireless devices the extra bandwidth versus both wired and wireless. The TP-Link has been a solid router on the latest firmware, and I haven't noticed any difference between the 86U's 4x4 5Ghz and 3x3 2.4Ghz over 2x2 radios in the TpLink. Before that, I was using an Airport extreme 6th Gen, and other than 5GHz and 6Ghz being able to deliver full Gigabit speeds over the older AC wave 1 Airport, overall performance of the network is about the same. So, I've had experience with several generations of WiFi on the basic same setup for years, and the only difference I've noticed is improvements for the newer devices. Legacy devices are about the same. However, I'm one who always wires when possible to avoid wireless when possible just because wired is always better in most cases, if not all.

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, I have two main routers that I own with current standards, and they both work about the same, in terms of stability in my current setup. An Asus RT-AX86U, and a TP-Link BE9300. The reason for the TP-Link, was to have more 2.5 ports available, over the single one in the RT-AX86U. Long story short, even though my research was correct on paper, in real world, upgrading to Cox's 2 G service wasn't stable for me, and I ended up just getting the speeds in the lower tier plans. So I saved money in the end, and went back to the 500 / 50, which right now is stable, and gives me what I need. With that said, the BE9300 will still future proof me going forward in terms of having WiFi 7, and multiple 2.5 ports, but both routers work about the same in the setup now. The reason I'm asking about which would be a better long term use out of the two, is mainly firmware related. The Asus, latest firmware is from October 20th, of this year, and the TP Link's is from April 10th of this year. I know TP-Link routers typically don't get as frequent updates, and I've never had any real issues with them. The main issue I got rid of the ones I had before was because of all the talk on the ban. Since nothing happened, they're still being sold, I decided to try a current router from them. So, the bottom line is, out of these two routers, which one be the overall better pick to stick with going forward. The TP-Link is WiFi 7, so it will add benefit as I get more devices, but the Asus has more current firmware, but is an older router. The one current benefit the TP-Link offers, is the 6Ghz band, and my iPhone 15 Pro Max is 6e compatible. Beyond that, they're about the same in day to day use.

I had already made my choice to stick with the TP-Link, I was mainly asking about the security / firmware, because of all the mixed info online.

Well, that's why I got the RT-AX86U after hearing about the potential TP-Link ban. After the airport went out of support, my first router was a Nighthawk R7000, and Netgear's firmware was so buggy I put DD-WRT on it, and then eventually got a Tp-Link to try. That's when I found out about the lack of firmware updates, and quit using it the first one which was a tri-band WiFi 5 model, I got a WiFi 6 one, and that was better with updates, but then I heard about the potential ban, so I got rid all TP-Link routers and got the Asus as AsusWRT is a lot like DD-WRT, which I really like. Anyway, I found out after I got things set that I didn't need all the extras Asus offers, and that was close to around the time I thought the RT-AX86U was done with support, and nothing official came the TP-Link ban talk. First, I got the Asus BE92U, and used it for about almost a year and it developed issues I couldn't resolved with it well known issues, and that's when I decided to just go simple again, and got the BE9300 from TP-Link. That brings you up to date.e. So this process is throughout many years, not all at once. So like I said, the only reason I brought the topic up again is because posts on Reddit are starting again, about a Tp-Link ban. As already mentioned, my plan now is to stick with the TP-link until I have problems, or they are banned, and go back to the Asus as my backup, unless I really need a WiFi 7 router sometime in the future.