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A number of years ago there was a big shift in networking as users moved from wired to wireless. More recently the industry has changed a little with the introduction of Powerline networking. That had a lot of people sceptical however in our experience it...
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The TP-Link AC1750 Archer C7 wireless router performed admirably throughout our tests, with its six antennae (three internal, three external) proving ideal for gamers and people streaming video. It offered loads of range when streaming video, and it also...
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TP-Link's Archer D7 is a networking do-it-all for your home. It packs an ADSL2+ modem, Gigabit Ethernet ports, and, most importantly, fast wireless in the form of 802.11ac with a rating of 1300Mbps. As is usual with TP-Link products, it represents good va...

Solid ADSL2modem, Reasonably fast 802.11ac, Simple to set up, Price...

Media serving isn't great, Parental controls confusing, 2.4GHz performance was slow for us...

We've long been fans of TP-Link modems and routers, mainly because they are just reliable. The Archer D7 didn't let us down in this respect. It kept an Internet connection alive throughout our long test period, and its 802.11ac performance was solid witho...
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The market for routers is dynamic, and given that it has been a while since we have last published an overview covering the state of affairs surrounding 802.11ac routers on Hardware.Info, it's high time for an update. We've tested 20 different models, i...

Overall, the best routers are the ASUS RT-AC68U, Apple AirPort Extreme, D-Link DIR-868L, and the Netgear R7000 Nighthawk, with Apple's offering being the fastest in almost every test. You cannot ignore this router when strictly focusing on performance...
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TP-Link’s Archer C7 AC1750 Dual Band Wireless AC Gigabit Router is a no-frills router. The device has a street price of about $100. It probably could sell for about $40 less, except for the fact it does feature the next-generation wireless standard, 802.1...

If you're looking for an 802.11AC router but aren't terribly concerned with blazing speed, the Archer C7 is not a bad choice, thanks to a reasonable price and very good wireless range...
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In a world of hopeless model numbers, the TP-Link Archer C7 AC1750 is at least a breath of fresh air. It's a delight to have the friendly sounding Archer C7 appear on your list of network devices, while inside its ultra-gloss black chassis is some serious...

Good overall performance, Decent price, Great feature set...

Slight blip in AC speed...

Ratings in depth In a world of hopeless model numbers, the TP-Link Archer C7 AC1750 is at least a breath of fresh air. It's a delight to have the friendly sounding Archer C7 appear on your list of network devices, while inside its ultra-gloss black chassi...
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On the rear edge, as well as the Ethernet port for connection to the Internet via a DSL, cable or fibre modem there are four gigabit LAN ports, two USB2 ports and power. There are also the power, wireless on/off switches and the WPS/reset push-button.The...
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In a world of hopeless model numbers, the TP-Link Archer C7 AC1750 is at least a breath of fresh air. It's a delight to have the friendly sounding Archer C7 appear on your list of network devices, while inside its ultra-gloss black chassis is some serious...

Good overall performance, Decent price, Great feature set...

Slight blip in AC speed...

The average 802.11ac upstream performance we feel is more of a blip for the TP-Link Archer C7, as it's still more than usable and is providing good to excellent downstream speeds, which are really more important. The real win is that you get a top-class...
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TP-Link has been on a roll this year, releasing one new router after the other. The Archer C7 is their 802.11ac model. We tested it to find out how this AC1750 router fares against the more expensive routers from the competition. The TP-Link Archer C7...

The Archer C7 from TP-Link made a good impression. It comes with more than enough features and generally performs fine. It's also priced fairly affordably, at an average of £120/ € 125. It's as low compared to the competition as in the past, however. Ri...
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With that in mind, today I have one of TP-Link's premier products on my test bench today, more namely the Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Router, which packs some impressive features such as triple antenna for maximum wireless coverage, dual USB ports for the c...
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Desktop PC's still play a key component in our homes and offices, even with the inclusion of tablets, notebooks and other portable smart devices. This is where AC1750 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter (Archer T8E) comes into play which is a Wireless...

The AC1750 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter (Archer T8E) is a very versatile PCI Express card from TP-Link...
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Aftermarket routers generally perform better than anything you get when you sign up with an ISP. The TP-Link Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Cable Router.Despite trouble with a faulty router that was sent to us by the company, we had a replace...
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TP-Link's Archer C7 AC1750 Dual Band Wireless AC Gigabit Router is a no-frills router. The device has a street price of about $100. It probably could sell for about $40 less, except for the fact it does feature the next-generation wireless standard, 802.1...

Affordable for 11ac. Very good wireless coverage. Sturdy external antennas.

Limited wireless settings. Only OK throughput...

If you're looking for an 802.11AC router but aren't terribly concerned with blazing speed, the Archer C7 is not a bad choice, thanks to a reasonable price and very good wireless range...
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I bemoaned NETGEAR's use of 10/100 ports on its R6100; the first Qualcomm Atheros (QCA) based draft 11ac router to hit the SmallNetBuilder test chamber. So when I saw both TP-LINK and D-Link had fully Gigabit-equipped QCA-based routers close to launch, I...

Topranked 5 GHz range, Gigabit wirespeed routing, Up and downlink bandwidth limiting, Guest network bandwidth controls...

2.4 GHz performance a bit short on range and peak throughput, Can have low throughput with Broadcom AC clients...
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At first I would like to thank TP-LINK for offering me a sample of their Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router for testing and reviewing. About TP-LINK: "TP-LINK is a global provider of SOHO networking products and No.1 market share...

The newly released Archer C7 router from TP-LINK is a solid offering and comes with support for the latest Wi-Fi standards; the central CPU is a QCA9558 SoC from Qualcomm Atheros, which is accompanied by 128MB of DDR2 RAM and 8MB of Flash memory. For...
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Costing $89.99, price is the object with TP-Link's economical Archer C7 router. It may lack some frills, such as automatic firmware updates or the latest technology for efficiently managing network traffic, but the router is a midrange performer that incl...

Good 5-GHz performance for pric, Two USB ports for connecting peripheral, On/Off switch for wireless transmission, Parental controls for restricting Web surfing...

USB ports use slower 2.0 spe, Subpar performance on the 2.4-GHz band...

Other routers outperform the TP-Link Archer C7 and provide more features. But this router is a winner on value. At $89.99, the Archer C7 undercuts most of the competition on price. It also offers a pair of USB ports for printers and drives, even if those...
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