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Thrilled with accessibility
When my old router died, I Purchased a TP Link product, and have really enjoyed the ability to set up the router independently. I am totally blind, and use voice over, The screen reader for Apple products. The TP link router packaging included a card with temporary access ID and password, which I was able to place on my scanner and read with Kurzweil 1000. The set up through the Tether app was both very accessible and straightforward. I cannot seem to find a way to make smart connect work. Thank you so very much for including accessibility and your products from the ground up, it was a very pleasant surprise, and while I had some technical folks answer a few questions, it was a really wonderful experience to accomplish this task on my own.Show lessBrlrjc2b
Sweet Vengence
Didn’t realize how much I’d love this app and router until i went through a breakup. My ex girlfriend claimed all my stuff in the house was hers thru “shared ownership” and decided to keep my thousands of dollars of electronics i bought us though the years while she blew her money on concerts and weed. Once i realized i could control the router remotely via this app, i can now lock out every device on the network from anywhere i please including the 3000 dollar gaming pc i built shes using, and the 500 dollar tv. God i love technology. 10/10 thank you tp link would recommend. Keep this installed and enable remote access if your relationship is on thin ice!Show lessleet haxor man
Latest version blocks Zoom
I set up parental controls for my children’s school-issued chromebooks using the previous version of this app a few weeks ago. After getting the latest app update 4 days ago, they suddenly could not connect to Zoom for their remote schooling. The school IT department could not figure out the problem. Since our other devices can connect to Zoom, I decided to check the parental controls settings. Even after changing the settings to only block “pay to surf”, “gambling”, and “adult content”, the connection to Zoom was still unsuccessful. I had to completely turn off the parental controls to make it work. This is unacceptable. Parents should not have to give up the ability to restrict internet access to enable school tools to work. What changed?Show lessAdam in MI
RE650 First TP-Link and it did not dissapoint
I have always used D-Link for extenders and Huawei for routers. I never considered TP link before my RE650, and when I did buy it, it stepped up to my challenge.
It provided dual channels (2.4 & 5Ghz) with ease. I put it under-load as I shifted more and more device to it to stress test it. In total I used 23 devices all connected at the same time and it went through them with no hiccups. I touched the device to see if it started to heat and it was normal temperature.
I like how the app made it easy to set up and connect both dual channels like it was a game of candy crash.
The app also always me to monitor all devices connected to RE650 and also my Host router through the discover function.
I can rename devices so I know which is which in the app and I can disable or block devices connection with a button press.
It shows me connections separate for 2.4 and 5Ghz which is nice. I also can configure the LED on its face to on, off or on & off as per a time of the day schedule.
All in all I loved the device and the app and now I am a fan of TP-Link. Highly recommend their devices and app.Show lessMero4ever
Love it. Future wifi gear 100% Tether TP-Link
This app makes using the internet much easier and raises the quality standard for all wifi users. Depending on the location, different bands are needed to optimize your home devices and gadgets. A lot of cams/plugs/sensors, still run better or only off 2.4 so High Speed mode in correct setting is best for the area that hits most kf these. You can also have another RE220 for about $20 plugged in next to the 2.4 set one and have it in High Speed set to 5. Now for $40 approx, you have not only gained wifi where you/I never had it before such as my garage but its fast and efficient. Im amazed by the convenience and all the tools such as LED control since my wife cant stand any light in the bedroom. These guys thought of everything. Thanks TP-Link with Tether. I will stick with you guaranteed. I have 2 isp's at my home and Tether makes connecting everything super simple.Show lessSean Dot Com
Easy and it works well.
My expensive big router failed after it was shocked by a few rapid on off power failures. The rest of the system was working after some careful analysis. Located a C-7 at my local Home Depot picked it up and went home to install it. Downloaded the app onto my phone. Went through the setup procedure and bingo I was on my new WiFi network. There were a few small glitches, but easy to understand and move forward. In the end got all my devices working really well. Used both 2.4 and 5.0 channels with out a problem. The C-7 cost one third the router it replaced. Works very well maybe better than before. It is a modern design with up to date features that are uncomplicated and straight forward. Very good product.Show lessT. Schnee
Works great, wishing for bandwidth use data
This device works great. During Quarantine, my family of 6 has put a lot of pressure on the home network, sometimes running 5 Zoom meetings at a time on Comcast 300 Mb/s cable connection. The router has performed well. Setup was a breeze. Everything just works.
I’m subtracting one star for a feature that this system really ought to have: better data on bandwidth data by device and cumulatively. I’m not a systems engineer, but in the past I’ve had to sleuth around the house trying to figure out which device is causing overall system bandwidth to lag. Why can’t this device more clearly report the instantaneous and time history of bandwidth use by each device. I note also that the readout of instantaneous bandwidth usage is not accurate; while on a Zoom call, the display often showed my use speed was 0 for my computer.Show lessJose del Pescador
Great app to remotely control a great router (Archer A7)
This app, with auto-login, makes it incredibly easy to access every setting of your router as if you were on your hard-wired PC. TP-Link got it so right on both the app and the router. The Archer A7 is the first router I’d seen with “Mesh” technology. If you’re not familiar with this, it simply means that your 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands (signals) are “meshed” together and the router leaves it up to the client to decide which band it not only the fastest, but also for which band it is compatible. Meaning no more having to manually choose 2.4GHz for a device that requires that band. And the app lets you see which clients are connected to the 2.4 or 5GHz bands, plus gives you control to set up instantly disconnect a device that should not be connected or you no longer want connected, such as the “Guest” network, which also uses Mesh technology. Obviously, highly recommend the Archer A7 and this companion app.Show lessaperfectool
Functional but very SLOW
I like this app. I wish it duplicated the web console ‘advanced’ features much more comprehensively. But it’s designed for inexperienced consumers, so I get it.
The biggest issue I have, and the reason why I don’t expect to be using it unfortunately, is that compared to often-laggy web admin console, the lag in this app is actually significantly worse. I had really hoped for the opposite: that by removing the overhead of the web server processing on the router, the app would offer a more direct path to update settings in the router. But sadly no.
In particular, every time I save a settings update, it displays a ‘waiting/loading’ popup spinner, which freezes-up and spins forever. The workaround is to close the Tether app from the app switcher, after each settings ‘save’, and then restart the app to continue changing other settings etc. But it’s a really, really, really annoying workaround!!..Show lesstb2112
Great device and app
This was a great way to help improve and control the WiFi in the house. Overall I’m very happy with the ease of accessibility and range of coverage. I would like to see the time schedule options available on the app. I’m downloading the new update and I’ll see if this helps with the IP mismatch that happens sometimes when a blocked user try’s to rejoin the network and then you unblock them the IP is not configured correctly. Overall I’m happy with this product and would definitely recommended and easy way to extend range of WiFi coverage for a great price and user support options.Show lessTeekayMode
