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Review on πŸ“‘ WAVLINK Gigabit WiFi Router, High Power Wireless Router 1200Mbps, Dual Band 5Ghz+2.4Ghz with 2 x 2 MIMO 5dBi Antennas - Home Internet Router by Kevin Parker

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Probably normal for a computer illiterate, but not for a knowledgeable user. Withdraw: Missed

REJECT: All the information below was an error. I didn't notice the router running as I expected the WAN source to be a wireless service. This required the upstream router (WAN) to perform IP address control. Jason from wavlink tech support found a bug and was VERY kind to point it out to him. Many Thanks. The first impression was very good. Sharp looks but then I pocketed it. The configuration interface is obviously for Plug and Pray/Play only. In my environment I had network printers with static IP addresses like 192.168.1.1, it's not too difficult but I didn't want to change all those IP addresses in the printers nor the set IP addresses in my smart devices. I found that 1: I couldn't change the subnet (I needed 192.168.1.* but the router could only do 192.168.10.*) and I couldn't find a configuration page to control this. 2: I had to specify a DHCP pool range, but there was no configuration for that either. I don't know how they expect it to work. I went to the step by step support page for help, there was no phone number just an email address with a promise to call back within 24 hours. So I emailed. I explained what I needed and waited my 24 hours. Almost every minute they would send me a friendly thank you email for purchasing their product and then give me the exact same instructions that were on the support page where I received their email. They did NOT validate my request, just told me again how to set it up (again without specifying alternate subnets). do. it could be that. but if you understand at all the need I am portraying here, you will be disappointed in that too. By the way, I sent a second email with my additional complaints but didn't get any further reply.

Pros
  • Lots of positive vibes
Cons
  • No power