Lowest price ever. Usually goes down to $600ish on sale.
Two 10Gbe Ports, 2.0 GHz Quad-Core CPU+1 GB RAM, 6 GHz Band, 160MHz, USB 3.0 Port, HomeShield Security, Gaming & Streaming, Smart Home (Archer AXE300)
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One for husband one for wife
Good point.
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To send the 10gbps WAN to the 10gbps LAN?
The real question you should be asking is
"if i turn this upside down can i use it as a jail for guinea pigs?"
I have this and got for a mate both with 1000/40 NBN. Honestly no complaints in fairly large households
Lol this is overkill for just 1000/40
I just got the TUF-AX6000 and it's unopened - ah! Should I return that>
You have WiFi 6E/7 devices and/or devices support 10Gbps LAN? The range of 6GHz band is short. If you really care about speed and that 6GHz band, go WiFi 7 (because the 6GHz channel width is doubled to 320Mhz). Bear in mind, 4x4 routers always quote double speed (being 4x4). Also, you will find WiFi 7 routers have at least all 2.5Gbps LAN ports (some with 1 to 3 10Gbps ports).
However, if you intend to get 2 or more of these for WiFi mesh setup, being a quad band device is quite beneficial.
Honestly I'm tempted to return the 86u pro I just received. This tp link looks like a beast. 4x4 on 2.4ghz and two lots of 4x4 on 5ghz and one lot on 6ghz.
Vs the Asus with 3x3 on 2.4ghz and 4x4 on 5ghz.
I don't get all the tech yet but I figure if I'm going to I could put the PlayStation on one 5ghz channel and the PlayStation portal on another 5ghz channel then maybe I wouldn't need to use an Ethernet cable to the PlayStation which is commonly touted as necessary.
Hmmmmmm.
Wouldn't you want to put PlayStation and PlayStation Portal on the same 5GHz band and the rest of the devices on the other 5GHz band? Other than WiFi mesh, separating mostly internal traffic (streaming / file backup) and external traffic (needing mostly Internet) is a good way to benefit from the extra 5GHz band. PS5 only supports WiFi 6 and PS5 Pro supports WiFi 7 (and in terms of pure speed, assuming PS5 Pro supports 6GHz 320MHz channel width, WiFi 7 makes more sense - that's why Sony elected to go WiFi 7 instead 6E).
I wouldn't worry too much about the 2.4GHz 3x3 vs 4x4. Most WiFi devices are 2x2. Anyway, if you feel quad bands (dual 5GHz bands) is useful, you can change to this one.
Just to give you an example: I found a WiFi 6 (not 6E) access point in the same room delivers better latency and speed than a WiFi 7 access point (with double the channel width, technically double the max speed) 2 rooms further away. So the distance / range matters more. But, when I am in the room which the WiFi 7 access point resides, the speed is impressive.
finally someone post this.. very good price
I have 3 deco M5 on a mesh at home on NBN 100/40. I know it's old but I am almost getting full speed on all my devices anywhere inside my house. Any thoughts on if this will be an upgrade or no need with my current speeds? I know wifi 6/7 have better battery life for device but I never felt that was an issue for me with my devices at home.
BE9300 is tri-band and every one of those bands is 2x2. The main benefit is the 6GHz supports 320MHz channel width so up to 5764 Mbps. TP-Link kind of did a few "interesting" things to it:
Need to know your situation. One and only one router or you will be getting more to setup WiFi mesh (or your house is wired up so you can do access points)?
1 Router only that is the goal parts of the house are wired
CAT6 wiring I presume. Then 10Gbps LAN is in play (unless you are happy with 5Gbps) so is that 6GHz band. For a house with ethernet wiring, either go cheap WiFi 6 for now or go 10Gbps and WiFi 7. Opting for cheap WiFi 6 is so that when WiFi 7 is more mature and more cost effective, upgrade to 10Gbps and WiFi 7. This BE9300 doesn't feel quite right (unless you intend to use it as an access point and will get a more powerful WiFi 7 router later on).
The quad bands feature (dual 5Ghz bands) isn't that useful for wired since 10Gbps wired backplane blows that second 5GHz band out of water.
Would it come down to 299 if you use the 30% discount on the 1st business purchase?
Deal is dead, price back up to $667?
Amazon AU's listing on Amazon AU is out of stock.
The $667 price you were seeing is for Computer Alliance's listing on Amazon AU.
Why would you need two?