Review on Wi-Fi router TP-LINK Archer AX20, black by Mateusz Praga ᠌

Name: Wi-Fi router TP-LINK Archer AX20, black
Item: Wi-Fi router TP-LINK Archer AX20, black
Rating: 2

July 04, 2023

Upset and disappointed, product is very bad!

Very conflicting impression of this router.
Actually, to be honest, I liked it! The service area, the speeds that it provides are simply gorgeous! My last Keenetic Giga cannot even be put next to it in this regard, even close!
BUT! Everything is spoiled by the extremely unstable work of Wi-Fi, which "freezes" several times a day!
In conditions of remote work and study, this is unacceptable in principle!
Therefore, I had to return this device to the store. Alas, at the moment I can not recommend it for purchase.

Pros

Large coverage area, high speed in both bands - up to 460-480 Mbps in AC, I think in AX I gave out even more. The 5 GHz network worked with more than decent speeds (180-220 Mbps) where Keenetic Giga only allowed operation at 2.4 GHz with speeds of no more than 15-20 Mbps . On LAN, it quietly issues 880-900 Mbps to the operator. Ease of setup, overall build quality, looks.

Cons

1) I implemented the 5 GHz band in a truncated form, only channels of the main sub-band are available - 36, 40, 44, 48 and that's it ! The times when no one was on 5 GHz, now all operator routers work in this band (Beeline, Rostelecom, Dom. Ru, etc. ), so the air in this band is already well packed, in an apartment building. Accordingly, this router cannot work on channels from 50 to 64, and even more so from 100 to 140! With all the consequences. 2) Wi-Fi 5 GHz freezes periodically, there are connection stash on devices, but in fact there is no data transfer. Restarting the router helps. During the day I saw such a disgrace 3-4 times. Also, there are problems when at least one device (smartphone) refused to connect to the WiFi network in both bands. Restarting the router helped. 3) The general capabilities of the mobile application are very modest and do not allow you to fully manage the router. There are no statistics at all, traffic filtering to a specific device, parental control is also implemented for show, in fact it is useless. In the mobile application, in the information about connected clients there is no information about the connection speed (I have not seen such a defect on any other router, other manufacturers) Naturally, all of the above was observed on the latest firmware, after ating the device.