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- 1.75Gbps total available bandwith, which includes 450Mbps at 2.4GHz and 1300Mbps at 5GHz
- Supports 802.11ac - The next generation of Wi-Fi, and be connected to extra devices
- Dual USB Ports to share files & media, and printer locally with networked devices or remotely via FTP server
- Privacy with Guest Network Access provides secure Wi-Fi access for guests sharing your home or office network
- IP-based Bandwidth Control makes it easier for you to manage the bandwidth of individual devices connected to the router
- Easy one-touch WPA wireless security encryption with the WPS button
- Easy Setup Assistant with multi-language support provides a quick & hassle free installation process
- TP-LINK Live 24/7 Technical Support
The TP-Link Archer C7 is an AC1750 class router with gigabit ports and
dual band Wi-Fi that supports up to 450mbps on wireless-N and 1300mbps
on wireless-AC. Here's my take on it:
The box and connectors:
As
far as consumer routers go, this is a pretty standard router that
offers a couple of nice extras that generally are not found on most
routers. On the back panel, the Archer C7 has four gigabit Ethernet
ports, and the accompanying WAN port is also gigabit making it suitable
for use with the newer class of modems. It also houses a pair of USB
2.0 ports for attaching NAS devices and/or setting up a print server
directly off the router without a host computer. The router also
supports IPv4 and IPv6 protocols making it a bit future proof (I use
this term loosely - as we all know, standards have a way of changing
overnight). The unit also uses a standard AC adapter/wall wart
combination for power. The connectors for the 5gHz connectors are also
located on the rear of the box, as is the WPS reset button.
Last
but not least, this router has a dedicated wireless on/off switch in the
back AND a power on/off button - seeing as most routers do not have
these - this is very cool. These two switches allow the user to disable
wireless, and/or perform a cold reboot of the router independently -
without having to unplug it from the AC jack (to say nothing of this
reducing greatly the risk of the box getting fried by constantly
plugging and unplugging this jack). Kudos to TP-Link for this.
On
the front panel it's a pretty typical modern display for a router (with
the cutesy icon shaped LED indicators of course). From left to right,
you get: a power on indicator, a sun shaped icon displaying the overall
status of the router, two separate on/off/active indicators for each
wireless band, four indicators for the Ethernet ports, internet
activity/active light, and a WPS indicator light. It would have been
cool had the Ethernet lights had different colors to indicate
10/100/1000Base-T connections, but this is probably just me wishing to
see more information at-a-glance.
The router has a very shiny
black finish - which looks fantastic, but you better keep a microfiber
cloth handy if you expect it to always look that way - the surface is a
big-time fingerprint and dust magnet. You could almost say that one of
the Archer C7's sub functions is to tell you how polluted the air in
your house is.
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