TP-Link Tri-Band BE19000 Wi-Fi 7 Gaming Router Archer GE800 | 12-Stream | 2×10G + 4×2.5G Ports, USB 3.0 | Turbo Acceleration, Dedicated Gaming Port & Panel, RGB Lighting, HomeShield, Free Expert H

I had been waiting on this GE800 router for some time, but it was always too expensive. Until Amazon Prime Days. It was on sale for $329 plus 25% back, which made it $247 plus tax (a steal). I have bought TP-Link routers for ages due to their reliability and value price points. My previous router, an AX11000 TP-Link Tri-Band model, had been rock solid for 4 years. Since I seem to be getting more and more newer devices that could jump on the 6ghz band and utilize Wi-Fi 7, I decided it was time for an upgrade. Even if you don't use this for gaming, it is a great router.Pros:1) Wi-Fi 7. The new level is here, and this thing seems to have everything covered. MLO, 320 MHz Bandwidth, 4K-QAM, OFDMA, MU-MIMO, 19,000 Gbps, 1 SPF+ Port, two 10Gbps ports, and four 2.5 Gbps ethernet ports. It has 3 bands at 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz. 2.4GHz runs up to 1376Gbps, 5GHz runs up to 5764, and the 6GHz goes to 11528. If you don't plan on using the 6Ghz channel much, then this thing is overkill and kind of a waste.2) Aesthetic. I will just come out and say it. It is the imperial shuttle from Return of the Jedi. Looks rather cool and lights up (if that is your thing). You can disable the RGB though if you don't want it. The four buttons on the front control WPS, Wi-Fi On/Off, Game Booster, and RGB On/Off. The back has the SPF+ port, 6 Ethernet Ports (two 10Gbps and four 2.5Gbps), the On/Off switch, the Power Port, USB 3.0 port, and a reset button that is recessed. The device comes with a tool to push the reset button. Think a SIM card ejector tool for your smartphone. The two towers have the built-in antennas with 4 in each side. The center is where the internal fan blows out hot air whenever needed.3) Coverage for 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands. I thought my AX11000 router's range was extensive. I have a 2100sqft single story house that was well covered, and that router reached the garage beyond no problem. Anything beyond 20 ft outside though is where the signal ended. Not with this GE800 router. I can get all the way to the street and to the end of my back yard (2/3 acres) with both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands. Every device on those two bands seem to have a better signal compared to my older router. You will have no problem with dropped signals. Just make sure to place it in the center of the home and high up. I have it in my coat closet on the highest shelf.4) Size. If you have not gotten a new router since Wi-Fi 5, then yes this will be rather large to you. If you have a Wi-Fi 6 or newer, this is actually on the smaller side. It was smaller than my AX11000 router. For all the power this thing packs, it is well designed and planned out.5) Speed. I have a 1Gbps up/down fiber connection. I may upgrade to 2, but wanted to get a router that could handle it at some point. AT&T Fiber overprovisions their speeds now on all levels, so I actually get 1.3Gbps up/down. Now that I have 2.5Gbps or greater ethernet ports, I actually get the full speed to my desktop or any other device that can handle it. The latency also seems to be lower on this router compared to my last one. Also, make sure to schedule a weekly reboot in the router settings. I notice this clears up most issues with TP-Link routers, and I never have an issue with them since that feature was added years ago.Cons (well sort of):1) Fan. This is both a positive and negative. It helps keep the device cool, which is a positive. The downside is that it is an additional item that can break at some point. The device does not keep it on all the time though. It will only come on when the device reaches a specific temp. The new firmware just released (July 2025) lets you choose how this router handles the fan functions. Some people in other reviews complain about the sound of the fan. I think it sounds just like a normal desktop fan in my chassis (a rather quiet one). I have the device in my coat closet, so I never hear it anyway. But it could be bothersome if sitting right near you.2) 6GHz band. This is my first time with using this type of band, so keep that in mind. It is lightning fast, but limited in range (as expected). The firmware that was just released seem to extend the range some (my signal is better everywhere), but it is still not going to go far. I noticed the more walls the signal must travel through to your device, the worse the signal (the other bands are like that, but not effected as much as this band). Like the 6GHz band can get almost to my garage on the other side of the house (probably 50 to 60ft) since there is really only 2 walls between it. But my office is much closer (20ft) with 4 walls between it, and the signal is worse. Within 10ft though, this thing is a beast regardless.3) HomeShield. This is actually helpful, but the fact you have to pay for the more advanced features on an annual basis (or monthly) is ridiculous. Many of these features are included for free on other routers. My previous router had an older version called HomeCare, which was free. Do you need the HomeShield advanced paid features? Not really. You can find better and cheaper security program alternatives. But at $36 per year, it is not too bad. It adds extra protection built into your router that covers the entire Internet connection.4) Price. I claimed this was a steal on Amazon Prime Days, which is true for the power of this Wi-Fi 7 router. But compared to most routers, it is still too high. It ranges from $349 to $499 often and the MSRP is $599. Like I said earlier, if you don't plan on using the 6GHz band that has the most speed, this is overkill. You would be better off getting a cheaper Wi-Fi router that can be had for under $200.Overall:If you want the best bang for your buck on a Wi-Fi 7 router, this is it. It gives you insane speeds, great coverage, future-proof for the next 5 years (at least), and looks cooler than most routers. TP-Link gets a bad rap since it is a Chinese company, but they make some great consumer-friendly routers. And, they don't charge you an arm and a leg like Netgear, ASUS, and other "brand name" routers.

This thing is cool! It looks like it was built from Star wars. It's performance is great, it covers a wide area, I have had this for a few months now and have not had a single issue. Setup was easy with the app. Gaming, streaming, and the wife working from home, it does it all

Instalación facil, empezó funcionando muy bien pero después aparecieron los problemas que tenía antes de comprar el producto. Lo cambié de lugar, espero que funcione mejor.

After 3 months stopped working

My first review of this product (below) was very negative and deeply sarcastic due to the many issues I was experiencing at the time. Since then, I've gone through many, many hours of troubleshooting, replacing products, replacing all the cable in my house, you name it - only to find that the issue lay with my Motorola cable modem the entire time. (FYI: apparently Motorola no longer makes their own modems; use that information as you will, then buy an Arris.) Since discovering the true source of the problem, this router has performed excellently. And now that everything is actually stable, I've been able to go beyond basic connectivity and finally start digging into the more advanced features of the product. This router has a number of enhancement and convenience features that I never even looked at before. I would strongly urge those that read my previous review to give this device a second look, as I've been able to coax truly impressive performance out of this. I'm leaving my original review up for the lulz, but when reading it, just substitute "Motorola MB8600" whenever you see this product's name. Cheers!---Original review: I ordered the TP-Link AC4000 less than six months ago. Initially, it was decent--good speed, good stability, and the range was a noticeable improvement over my trusty old Tenda. The setup "required" you to install some absurd app, but after some digging, I was able to get to the web interface on the unit and skip taking up yet more space on my phone. After that, setup only took a few minutes, and all was well with the world for quite a while.And then, about two weeks ago, I noticed I had never installed the firmware update. I suppose I'm at least partly to blame here, as I didn't do my usual scouring-the-internet-for-bug-reports before clicking the button. Lesson relearned yet again.I code for a living, but I know very little of what goes into making a firmware build or what the process is like. That said, I understand enough to know that something went very, very wrong with the version I upgraded to ( '1.0.3 Build 20191026 rel.16299' ). The same day as installing it, I started to experience intermittent loss of connectivity, not on any of the wireless networks, but on the connection to the cable modem itself. When it happens, I can't even get to the cable modem's interface to see what's going on there--instead I get some unhelpful message about lost connectivity to the internet (so I need the internet to get to a device in my house. Got it). This is now happening at least twice per day. To top it off, when it IS working, I can no longer connect with my phone when I'm in certain spots in my yard, areas that worked before the update. (I wonder if the range change is some sort of FCC thing, but that wouldn't explain dropping the wired connection to the modem.) When this happens, the only fix is a power-off cold boot, as the 'reboot' function in the menu doesn't fix the issue.I won't go through all the troubleshooting I've done, except to note that once you upgrade the firmware, this device will not let you go back to a previous version. And considering the "current" version appears to be from two years ago, a new update is about as likely as Harvey Weinstein taking back Miramax. I tried a number of tricks to force it but none worked. At this point I should note that, no, I haven't contacted support for this, and frankly, I'm not going to. I don't have hours to spend turning things off and on again while wishing for the sweet release of death, or at least mandatory jail time for whoever it is that records and sells hold music. Plus, I came up with a sort-of-drastic solution that should solve the issue permanently (more on that in a bit).The last straw came yesterday when it dropped connection during a critical server maintenance procedure, literally at the single worst possible moment it could have happened. Fortunately, everything was fine (I was running my code in a Linux screen session, so it kept going), but the two-to-three-minute window waiting for it to come back up was absolute white-knuckle terror, not to mention the post-mortem drudgery of digging through logs to make sure all the steps had completed, as I had output piped to a different terminal, which of course went <poof>. I'm too old for this mess. Since it's outside the return window, *BECAUSE OF COURSE IT IS*, I petitioned (read: "begged") my employer to reimburse me for a Linksys, which is on its way. Meanwhile, it's back to the super-cheap nearly-no-name Tenda, which has worked flawlessly for years now and was only replaced because I upgraded my internet and wanted something faster for working from home, which is very popular lately for whatever reason. Sigh.In summary, if I had the resources to do so, I would build a tiny rocket, strap the TP-Link AC-4000 to it, and launch it directly into the sun, whilst enjoying the fresh spring air with a few close (read: "vaccinated") friends and a glass of something expensive. Alas, I do not. Instead, I'm planning to give it as a Christmas gift to a couple I don't like. I'll flip it upside down, glue a couple of googly eyes on it, and tell their kids it's a robot spider. At least then no one would make the mistake of trying to use it as--shudder--a router.

El router es una bestia de equipo cubrio sin problema mis necesidades, el equipo es bonito, robusto y con sus ocho puertos LAN tengo mas opciones para conectar mis dispositivos su configuración es muy intuitiva sin duda lo recomiendo al 100 si buscas potencia este es el ideal

Es un router a un nivel 100% gamer

Unfortunately my IPS dosen't deserve a router like this!Web/Browsing/Downloading/Streaming/ I'm getting better overall experience.For gaming: I noticed it handles the lag spikes too well and I'm getting an amazing and super stable ping in games in general which is something I always dreamed of!