📶 TP-Link AC1200 Wireless Gigabit Access Point: Advanced MU-MIMO & Beamforming Technology, Multi-SSID/Client/Range Extender Support, 4 Fixed Antennas, Passive PoE Powered (TL-WA1201) Review

Bought to provide an ethernet bridge to my 5Ghz WiFi for devices without their own WiFi. This was the cheapest option I found that supported 5GHz and was POE. Well I got what I paid for, easy to set up but shuts down after a few minutes. After 5 minutes it will reconnect for another 2-3 minutes before failing again. I spent 2 hours of my morning searching their forums for problems to see if I could solve them. There are countless posts about the same problem I had with client mode in multi-SSID

I have a studio in my backyard that is too far from our router to reliably get a good signal. An ethernet cable runs from the router to the studio for my desktop computer. But sometimes I wish Wi-Fi was there for both my laptop and my phone. I just checked speedtest.net. My wired laptop has a download speed of 92 Mbps, my phone, which uses a Wi-Fi signal, has 63 Mbps. It's certainly very close to the router, I'm sitting at my desk. It drops from 55 to 58 across the room and to 35 in the…

I set mine up in a hurry. I was in a hurry. The getting started guide made it super easy, I logged into the web interface, connected to my existing WiFi and in about a minute I had the internet "wired" in my bedroom for my gaming PC. Added an 8-port switch, port 1 connected to TP-Link, now my secondary PC and M1 Mac Mini are "hardwired". Using it at 5GHz gives you an excellent signal through 2 walls. The hotspot (bridge) is on top of one of my computer towers, a few inches from the wall my desk

There was no manual in the box but setup was as easy as it gets. I scanned the QR code on the back of the device and connected immediately. Back then it was just a matter of connecting to the web config to update the admin password. Maybe I make it a little easier than for others because I'm a bit tech savvy. I logged into my router to see the device's IP address before logging in. But I could possibly see how other people might not know how to do it. One thing that could potentially make this…

N300 (newer model) = TL-WA801N Nice appearance. But the setup was easy. I don't see anything close to the advertised speed. I connect an ethernet cable to my laptop, run a speed test and see a download speed of 288 Mbps. I connect an Ethernet cable from my laptop to the N300, connect my laptop to the N300 via WiFi and see less than 30 Mbps. This is less than 10% of the advertised speed. (The laptop was within 3 feet of the N300 during this test.) I may need to tweak a few things, but it's a lot

Repeat after me first: This (TL-WA801N) is a $20 hotspot. LAUGH OUT LOUD. That's it. Let's take a look at what you get: Performance: I wasn't expecting peak performance, but I was hoping it would hit its 100Mbps LAN port operating limit (more on that later, read on), which I did couldn't. At a distance of about 20 inches, just before the peak of the parabolic signal, I peaked at about 80Mbps with no obstacles. My other access points at the same test site peaked on our home Internet connection…