I use my home wifi for home office, media streaming, home automation, gaming, you name it. I couldn't be happier with this router. I get MUCH better performance, both up and down, and the range covers my entire house.

The router turned out to be defective. I sent it in to the manufacturer for a replacement. I should have gone with Netgear.

Big bad point with this unit is that it does not have a modem built in ! Didn`t notice this when I purchased it and have had no end of grief getting a separate modem to work

Worked for one day then I returned it! Rubbish but looked nice

It worked well for the first month, after the second month the 2G network disappeared, which was a problem for a few devices that only support 2G. It appears the 2GHz network had burnt out, but the 5GHz was still working great.

Priced identically to the D-Link DIR-879, TP-Link has taken this router in a very different direction. Forget the glitz and glam of D-Link's bright orange product; the archer has worn a business suit to work. It might not stand out as much, but how does it compare to D-Link's mainstream offering?

Armed with dual Wi-Fi bands that combine to deliver (theoretical) throughput speeds of up to 3,167Mbps and a full array of I/O ports, the TP-Link AC3150 Wireless MU-MIMO Gigabit Router Archer C3150 ($249.99) is designed for homes that require enough bandwidth to handle gaming, video streaming, and...

Simple to set up; Plenty of ports; Relatively good performance; Lots of management settings

Middling 2.4GHz range performance in testing; MU-MIMO not enabled

When my kids read this review in the future, they probably will be looking at this and wondering how we survived with such slow Internet. Of course by then, they will be experiencing Gigabit speeds, while their computers will be smaller than I can imagine.

It really gets confused if you have old and new devices trying to connect at the same time. Quite often doesn't let Mac connect until power is switched off and on again

Excellent router