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Aggressive_Pop8690i am using tp links ge 800.
Alexkh1991I have the tp link ge800 for $350 on sale Amazon, this guy is a beast. I came from asus btw. If you have any questions lemme know
Caprichoso1Just upgraded to a TP-Link WiFi 7 mesh G800 and B800 with great black friday prices. Get 940 Mbps 30 feet away upstairs. Controllable via their tether app.
Just got the GE800 and BE800 to install as a mesh system with the black friday sales. Getting 940 Mbps upstairs 30 feet away from the GE800 wired to BE800.
There are excellent black friday prices for the TP-Link GE800 and BE800 right now if you want to setup a mesh network. The GE800 is a gaming router. I get 940 Mbps, my network limit, from the BE800 extender 30 feet away and upstairs. Don't game so haven't tested those feature.
I'm getting \~930 Mbps with a 13 ms ping with a TP-Link GE800 meshed with a BE800 located about 30 feet away upstairs.
My Tp-Link GE800-BE800 mesh system gives me 930 Mb/s 30 feet away upstairs. Wood construction.
I get \~930 Mb/s upstairs 30 feet away with my TP-Link GE800-BE800 mesh system.
*Wired is always better.* Not necessarily so, comparing to 1 GbE. Next to my router I get \~1400 Mbps as compared to the ethernet limit of \~930 Mbps - almost 50% faster. Upstairs 30 feet away, where cabling is almost impossible, I get 930 Mbps with a TP-Link G800 and B800 mesh network which were on sale for Black Friday. This is the same speed I would get if it were wired.
With wood construction I can get 930 Mb/s 30 feet away upstairs with the 2 mesh systems I've tried: 1. TP-Link GE800-BE800 2. Firewalla Gold Pro hardware firewall with 2 AP7s I am selling the TP-Link due to the Firewallas superior support, extensive phone and web configuration and reporting options via the Gold Pro.
Just upgraded to a TP-Link WiFi 7 mesh G800 and B800 with great black friday prices. Get 940 Mbps 30 feet away upstairs. Controllable via their tether app.
*Wired is always better.* Not necessarily so, comparing to 1 GbE. Next to my router I get \~1400 Mbps as compared to the ethernet limit of \~930 Mbps - almost 50% faster. Upstairs 30 feet away, where cabling is almost impossible, I get 930 Mbps with a TP-Link G800 and B800 mesh network which were on sale for Black Friday. This is the same speed I would get if it were wired.
Flat-Sign-4373I tried a archer ge800 wifi 7 it struggled with wifi 6/6e devices even on the mlo band, its like they didn't put that much effort into the 2.4 and 5ghz band i even connected to them separately. if you had wifi 7 devices it would have been a great router. Problem was I wasn't getting the max speeds on those bands and it kept dropping to lower Mbps
JOSTNYCBE550 had all 2.5gb ports and GE800 has both 2.5gb and 10gb ports. The GE800 is geared for gaming. I have both for sale if youre interested let me know.
I had nothing but positive experiences. So much so that I bought 2 other BE550s to put them in a hardwired easymesh setup. When I got the GE800 it was easy to add it as the main router and keep the other as mesh satellites. I was even able to add a vpn to the GE800 and spice upy gaming. My only complaint was the Tether app.
M-O-O-N_SPELLSI’ve gotten better Speedtest latency results compared to both the TP-Link GE800 and the UniFi Express 7 that I had previously. YMMV, but for me it’s been great for gaming.
Not__AlphaI had the archer GE800 ( first and last TP-link) and it was an awful experience. The firmware was extremely buggy since they added the AI QOS. The fan was also annoying, it runs really hot too. I switched to UniFi cloud Gateway Fiber with one access point WiFi 7 2 weeks ago. And no problem. There is a leaning curve with UniFi OS ( so many different things) but it’s all good now. And I don’t have to pay a subscription to access simple options. The UCG Fiber is small but as powerful as the GE800.
Silver_Director2152ge800 if your a gamer. the fan is not loud at all and most normal tasks should be louder than that fan. honestly the fan gives it better cooling anyways. the ge800 is basically in my opinion the same exact router as be800, just bigger and has gaming features. don’t use qos mode. unless you HAVE TOO. it’s very sloppy and they need a update fs but with it off i have amazing speeds. rgb is also just cool to have 😂😂😂 also if you have fiber connection the ge800 allows for sfp+ port. honestly all around i think its better
i have a ge800 from tp link and i use the ax21 from tp link as a router ethernet back hall and i get better ping and latency (not overall speed) but its still better than the ge800 where speeds next to that router are above i gig but ping is 20 while next to the ax21 its 11 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
what’s your budget? depending on your budget you can get certain stuff. if you really want to get a gig wirelessly go for any wifi 6 router that has access to 160mhz channels so it can send more data. depending on your price point it might be a good idea to buy a wifi 7 router. o have. spectrum gig and i use the tp link ge800 which is amazing and does provide very low latency for gaming and calls. it does also provide my full 1,100 mbps wirelessly which is very nice. the be800 is very similar just not gamer oriented and that’s on a 50% sale on amazon rn. but its still 350$
tp link stuff is good. tp link als has gaming router that’s are very nice a well and are on sale as i type this out. every other options are good. or i is very nice but expensive. same as asus. tp link is very budget friendly and user friendly. had my ge800 for almost a year now and it works flawlessly with spectrum’s internet.
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