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TOTAL CONTROL OF CAMS
I love the fact that I can turn off individual components to my Wi-Fi system with just a click of a button in the Tether app.
I have a ring camera system around the entire outside of the house the only way to do something private without God knows who watching you is to climb up on a ladder and take the battery out of the cameras with Tether all I have to do is block the Wi-Fi to individual cameras and I can sit out on my back patio in peace without law enforcement, ring personnel or any other perverted yahoo spying on me ALL without having to climb up a ladder twice to re-remove and replace the battery as there is no way to block cameras in the Ring security alarm system or app or anywhere else without actually removing the battery.
you didn’t think they’re just security cameras did you?Show lessSir Lowe
Owner
With the router being sort of massive and having all the antennas it has, you would think that the wifi signal would be very strong, but it seems to have an average presence.
Although there are only a couple of dead spots in our 2 bedroom apartment, there should be none considering the size of our home.
Also you can’t tell what wifi format you’re transmitting, nor you don’t have any control over assigning wifi-6 as a designated priority.
Nonetheless, the router is reliable, but it is somewhat difficult to manage without an advanced degree in router science.
Better explanation and clear terminology of the myriad functions, (breaking all them down in layman’s term) will help someone who don’t know much about setting up their home network, be more capable of at least understanding what is necessary and how those parameters will fit into their network prowess.
I feel it is more important as the responsible party in the home, to have a hands on involvement in the functionality of my network without having to bring a technician in to set it up.
After all, your product is more or less advertised as a DIY networking device that provides independence in our world of expensive outsourcing.
Nonetheless, it is much better than that piece of junk I left from a few years back, that offered more problems then it was worth!
That said, thanks for your reliability. Just work a little on functionality and you will have a product the novice homeowner can feel comfortable indulging in!Show lessMilcoltsinc
Took a chance….paid off!
I’ve had Apple routers that worked seemlessly. Before that I trusted linksys, and they worked well and were very reliable. But since Apple stopped manufacturing routers , I read many reviews, and I believe that limksys makes an inferior product in comparison to this one. It was plug and play from the get go. And it has software that allows you to monitor who is logger on to your network. I’ve had this for about 4 months, and have been very impressed. It has been totally reliable- no issues whatsoever, and it has good range. The only issue I have is with the software, when you look at devices connected to the local network you may need to look up ip addresses to to name each individual device. This is tedious and no fun. I’m not aware of other routers that can auto populate which devices are which (like iphone 15, or hp printer, etc. ) But other than that, I’m very pleased and would highly recommend this router.Show lessMachOne007
Very usable and easy interface
I don’t have a very complex setup but using this to connect to my FiOS router and 2 other ‘one mesh’ extenders has really worked out well for us. In particular what has helped me is that I can have the router automatically run security, ring doorbell, and other smart home devices on the 2.4 GHz channel and everything else on 5GHz channel. Now, to be fair, my old net gear setup up did the same thing but this software and user interface seems to make it easier for me so I have to say I’ve been impressed with TP-Link and the tether app. The VPN and port forwarding is very responsive and easy to control from tether app. I would like to see them have widgets for iOS in the future that let you check which devices are connecting and how much band width they are taking on the network.Show lessDiverDownski
Would be higher but been having too many new random problems
Originally when I purchased my RE605X too boost my current speeds, overall connection, and latency issues it was night and day difference compared to without it. But the past few weeks I’ve been having terrible and I mean absolutely terrible if not worse connection issues than why I originally had purchased said product. The app is lack luster and doesn’t really have or give you many “advanced” and or extended list of options referring to making a network change, from when I first downloaded the app and even went online and logged into the router/extender using the IP address followed by admin Id and password I’ve noticed, “UpNp” and “DMZ” settings aren’t within the interface or options anymore, no port forwarding options, just generally no significant Wi-Fi options to actually help out my connection/latency issues just a dull interface with dns, dhcp and subnet mask/ip settings. 3/5 stars on a once self opinion biased 5/5 star device and app that once was helpful especially in comparison to price compared to its other rivaling company’s that produce the same product if not 10/10 better and significantly more options to help YOU WITH YOUR INTERNET EXPERIENCE.Show lessjar headdd
The buddy system
Everything has been working fine. I still haven’t binded my system because I am connected to the main house. I have a hardline approximately 150’ that tethers this box to our main provider. I had read that I could possibly end up shutting the main system down from its ability to provide a wifi signal. All the devices in the main house run off wifi so I’ve decided to leave well enough alone. It doesn’t seem to be losing its signal because twice now I lost it once because the main errored and again today. I had to unplug this end to reboot it. Other than that Spectrum ran a promotion a few years back giving a 2G network for 15 dollars to the senior citizens. Promised never to go up. The bill went up and we mentioned it. They said they needed the flyer to prove what they said. Periodically I notice a change in the address going from 2d to 1d. And we pay more money.Show less68shanzter
App Has Its Limits Currently
I really like the features and functionality of being able to see devices, locating repeater feature, and several others. However, it doesn’t have / utilize “Face Id” and every time I login the app rejects my password, no matter what I do as far as retyyor changing, it rejects them and threatens to lock app for 10 mins. VERY FRUSTRATING! Please get these bugs fixed as soon as possible.
Lastly, the TP-Link AX-3000 repeater has worked great so far during the past initial use of 2 weeks! It offers 2.4G & 5G at the same time and it looks like the equipment that links up pics the band it needs.
As far as the installation, download this APP and follow instructions, just that EASY! I needed this product boost my WIFI signal from my home to my guest house that is approx. 40 ft. away from my garage which is the closest point to position repeater that has a 110vAC outlet. I get a full set of bars on 2.4G and 3 bars on 5G signal. No buffering on 2 TVs, 1 computer, and 2 cellphones while also allowing additional equipment in my main home to access this repeater. AGAIN, so far it is working perfectly! Just get a couple of the items I mentioned earlier and it will earn 5 stars. Current price is reasonable given the service expectations met.Show lessCaptain America - Sam
Has gotten worse with every update!!
Every update that comes through for the App and for the firmware on my router has made more and more connection issues!! Router isn’t even that old and is giving me half the speeds it gave before the last app update and firmware update!! Overpriced garbage router!! Won’t ever waste money on a TP link product with the amount of issues I have had over the less then 2 years of owning this product! Non stop connection issues, terrible wifi antennas inside especially the 2.4ghz channel which is almost useless to even use, weak signal after the last few updates on both of my 5ghz channels, even wired connection issues on my PS5 with Cat 8 cables!! Was sold a dream with this router that has more then failed to live up to its expectations of being an amazing gaming router and turned out to be the opposite producing lag issues during game play! Very inconsistent bandwidth! ISP shows full signal coming to my modem but is lost in translation after my modem!Show lesstimmis402
Was great until it failed to login to router
UPDATE: The issues described in my original review were caused by a faulty firmware update. The newer firmware release resolved the issues and the app is fully functional again.
I used the app successfully for three years until I updated the router firmware and am now blocked from logging into the router. I’ve tried 20-30 combinations of deleting and reinstalling the app, resetting the router to factory defaults, and checking the router configuration to make sure the settings weren’t blocking my access. No success. Support forums are filled with many posts from others who encountered the same problem and there’s no resolution. Fortunately I can still manage the router through the web interface but bummed I can no longer use the app. It was handy while it worked.Show lessSunnyInRoc
Developer Response
Sorry for the inconvenience, Please describe your router device model and firmware version， feel free to contact us from support center in sidebar of tether>any faq>slide to the bottom>i need more help.Better than some but missing features the web page version has
It’s really rather annoying that the router I own keeps pushing this app. If anything has changed connection wise, the web page changes to this you should use tether app and nothing else. Then the tether app can log into the device, but you can’t see information you are looking for, like what the current wan ip address is to see if it’s no longer configured properly. There are a bunch of other features that logging in through the local ip address in a web page has, that the app either doesn’t or has buried in a different location. Of course the “use tether” web page presents it like tether will have more features than logging in through a web browser, that just isn’t the case at all and is quite the opposite.Show lessJB999111
