Difference between those two models: Tp-link tl-wdr7500 and tl-wdr4900 ?

[junga]

Anyone knows what could be the difference between those 2 models they look exactely the same but no clear difference between them could not find a documentation for the tl-wdr7500

Thanks

 

[Feldmarschall]

WDR 7500 is first TP link router that provides gigabit connection (1750-1300Mbps) on 5 GHz wireles. WDR4900 has 450mbps per second on 5 GHz wireless. Both are same on 2.4 GHz wireless @450Mbps.

Best regards

 

[junga]

Thank you imomun and Feldmarschall for the time and effort taken. I made the good choice of buying 2 WDR 7500 directly from China no tax and no shipping fees.

 

[Saga Lout]

Just a word of caution - you say "no tax" but you may find on delivery that the part comes complete with a bill for Import Duty, courtesy of your own Government.

 

[junga]

Just a word of caution - you say "no tax" but you may find on delivery that the part comes complete with a bill for Import Duty, courtesy of your own Government.

Thanks . very valid point! I guess I was lucky enough not to incur any import duty, Couple of notes as a follow up to whom this might be of interest:
The firmware of the wdr7500 is in chinese! that is a main difference, currently waiting for an English openwrt firmware that is being tested, not sure if pfsense firmware would be a suitable replacement? anyways google transalation helped me set it up.
There is no openvpn support.
noticed that ports 80,21and 23 are open by default and trying to figure out how to stealth them or just close them.
the 5Ghz connection turns off randomly, this router NEEDS an open source firmware, it will be very cost/effective then.

 

[Saga Lout]

I'm not a conspiracy theorist but I would have those checked out before I put the machine into use. It may just be a formware issue - my Android is a Chinese clone of a Samsung product but lacks a GPS chip. Some Chinese people and organisations have a poor reputation in this area and I would want all the ports closed or at least closeable. Take the Shields Up test at http:///grc.com to see what Gibson Research thinks of it.