TP-Link AC1900 Touch Screen Wi-Fi Gigabit Router

Excelente dispositivo

I bought this router to replace my current dying and out of warranty by a week router.... lol My decision to purchase this particular router was based on 4 things: 1- Type - had to be AC1900 - This fit the bill 2- Price - This had a great price for the features it includes 3- Touchscreen - Yes 4- had to be pleasing to look at - yes, this fits the bill. The first thing I noticed was the packaging, it was appealing. After I took the product out I was very pleased by the was it looked. The design was going to fit right in with the room. The basic set up of wiring is the same as any other routers so I won't comment there but what I will comment on is the ease of setup. The setup wizard that comes up on the touch screen is so easy to follow. I literally had the router configured in 5 min and ready to connect my devices. The range I'm finding better than my last router by about an extra 10' outside the house. Overall this router is a steal for the price. It's visually stunning has great features and sets up unbelievably fast! Highly recommended!

I recently bought a home which is much larger than the previous 2 BR 2 BA dwellings I had lived in previously. Because of this, my old wireless router just wasn't cutting it anymore. Besides, it was 4 years old and I was due for an upgrade. I was a little apprehensive about buying this product because it's a brand I'm not familiar with and I wasn't sure if it was one of those brands that worked great for a month and then developed a small annoying problem you learn to live with because it was working great all the time and now it's just working great most of the time. Fast forward a year and you're back to using up your cell phone data because your home internet cuts in and out more than an aggressive driver during L.A. rush hour. It has now been six months since I first booted this thing up and it's still working just as great as it did on day one. Pros: It looks fantastic. Usually, I try hiding my router, modem and cables. Now, I just have to hide my modem and cables. I actually want to mount this to the wall in the hallway because it looks that good. I was a little leery of the touch screen as I know sometimes they can be awkward/frustrating to use. This is neither. It actually has a nice, simple, easy to use GUI. And it's intuitive to boot! Things actually are where you think they should be, there's no hunting around to find a particular setting or googling "how to's". It just is, and it's great! Being able to have a dedicated guest access point is one word: "genius." Whenever someone comes over, they inevitably ask "what's your WiFi password?" and you there sit and think through all the passwords you were using around the time you set up your router and maybe you get it right on the first try, maybe the fifth. Either way, you're broadcasting your own personal passwords to everyone else also in the room. With this router, you just direct them over to the router and touch the screen and boom! A randomly generated guest password is there waiting on the locked screen. And this password can be regenerated at a set interval as well. Of course, the signal strength has to be on point as well if you're reviewing a WiFi router and simply put: it is. There are 2 different bands this operates on. For simplicity, one fast band (operating on 5GHz) and two slow(er) bands (operating on 2.4 GHz). The fast one is great for gaming, streaming Planet Earth in HD and downloading games and movies in seconds (well it could be seconds if your home bandwidth and the servers bandwidth could support it). The slow bands are good for everything else: internet browsing, streaming TV in which you're fine watching in standard def, updating the multitude of devices and apps that not only drain your devices battery but also your bandwidth. I gave a couple devices access to my "fast band" like my smart TV and console and everything else (including the guest password) has access to the slower band and I've never had any issue or complaint for that matter. Cons: I can't think of any. If I were pressed for one shortfall it would be that some comparable models have dual fast bands leaving this slightly under-powered. It's not really an issue for me and my uses but if you lived in say a house with where everyone is streaming their own TV or a house with a few teenager boys who simultaneously play COD online on their own consoles, dual 5GHz bands might be what you want to look in to.

Wow. I've installed many a wireless router in my day, but this is by far the easiest. The touchscreen makes all the difference, as sometimes you just can't connect to a wireless router when you're trying to set it up encounter problems. While it's easy to set up, there are enough options for configuring your unit for the best possible performance. For example, I set up the 5-GHz band for "mixed n/ac only", and the 2.4-GHz band for "wireless-n only." (No devices in my home use anything lower than 802.11-n, and most can use 802.11-ac.) I was then able to use the same SSID for both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz. The guest network offers fewer options but seems to piggyback its main setting off of those set for the primary SSID. As with the primary network, I used the same SSID for both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands. Unfortunately, until the Ethernet connection on the second-floor den is repaired, I need to keep the AC1900 in the basement utility room next to the furnace, dehumidifier, and water heater. Still, on the second-floor den on the other side of a 3400-sq.-ft. home, my download speeds typically top 200 Mbps. Not too shabby. I'm going to order another one of these just to keep around for a spare.

The product looks good and is really easy to set up. The only issue was setting up a password for the deice was a bit confusing but not too bad. What I like is the ease to change passwords. This is incredibly important for security so changing them should be easy. The only issue is it's not compatible with their tether app, so remotely viewing activity, cannot be done. However, activity can be viewed directly on the device itself, which is really nice. The touchscreen is so nice, I don't think I could ever use one without it.