[SOLVED] Help me to buy a wifi router - TP-Link Archer MR200 VS TL-MR6400

[vidyarathna]

Hello

I need to buy a wi-fi router.I have two options


TP-Link Archer MR200
TP-Link TL-MR6400

I'm not bothering about wifi speed because ISP's general internet speed is nearly 20mbps.I'm worrying about performance .stable internet connection with good upload and download speed.

So which one is better ?
please help
thanks

 

[kanewolf]

Hello

I need to buy a wi-fi router.I have two options


TP-Link Archer MR200
TP-Link TL-MR6400

I'm not bothering about wifi speed because ISP's general internet speed is nearly 20mbps.I'm worrying about performance .stable internet connection with good upload and download speed.

So which one is better ?
please help
thanks

What does your cellular provider recommend, since those are both 4G cellular routers ?

 

[vidyarathna]

What does your cellular provider recommend, since those are both 4G cellular routers ?

What do you mean ? Any router with 4g FDD frequency support.

All the features are same except the chipsets.

 

[bill001g]

Mostly because ISP can be jerks. Routers may technically work fine but they may refuse to activate them for whatever stupid reasons they have.

Other than that I would assume the one that supports 802.11ac is a newer device and in theory should have a faster cpu. You would have to look all the details up. WIth 2 radio bands you have more options if you get get interference from neighbors.

The bottleneck is likely the LTE connection. You want to place the device in a window for best results. It is still very unpredictable since if you are using a tower say near a large highway the load and your performance will change greatly for example during rush hour when lots of people are near the tower. The ISP only have limited bandwidth on the towers and may force you to a different tower to help balance there network. This is one of those LTE can work very well if you have a strong signal and not a lot of other users. If you live in a densely populated area or you have low signal levels it will perform rather poorly.

 

[vidyarathna]

Mostly because ISP can be jerks. Routers may technically work fine but they may refuse to activate them for whatever stupid reasons they have.

Other than that I would assume the one that supports 802.11ac is a newer device and in theory should have a faster cpu. You would have to look all the details up. WIth 2 radio bands you have more options if you get get interference from neighbors.

The bottleneck is likely the LTE connection. You want to place the device in a window for best results. It is still very unpredictable since if you are using a tower say near a large highway the load and your performance will change greatly for example during rush hour when lots of people are near the tower. The ISP only have limited bandwidth on the towers and may force you to a different tower to help balance there network. This is one of those LTE can work very well if you have a strong signal and not a lot of other users. If you live in a densely populated area or you have low signal levels it will perform rather poorly.

So what is better ? MediaTek chip set or Qualcomm Chip set ?

 

[bill001g]

Good luck figuring that out. Like any chip maker both likely have better or worse chips in their lines. You would need the exact part number and even then it is hard because they make different versions of the same chip. If you look at cell phones they use exactly the same chip but there can be slight difference between the version they for sell for brand locked phones. The will sometime tune the chip to run better on certain radio frequencies. Cell stuff is extremely complex because the carrier controls the radios in your end device. They set radio power maybe not at the maximum to minimize interference with other devices. They are looking at average throughput of all users which means they may intentionally reduce what you get so someone else gets more usable signal.

My theory would still be since the 802.11ac model uses newer technology it would be better.

If you are using models designed to run in the USA market you can attempt to dig though the FCC reports they must file. This will show you the radio output levels. The reports for stuff like LTE are not as simple to read as the ones for wifi. Wifi has a maximum legal level and they transmit at the level all the time. LTE level is based on the carrier license on different radio frequiecies. So you would have to somehow find out if the device could put out the maximum allowed power on the particular radio. What makes this even worse is the levels allowed vary between cell towers. There is no simple to read table that shows maximum power in all conditions.

 

[vidyarathna]

Good luck figuring that out. Like any chip maker both likely have better or worse chips in their lines. You would need the exact part number and even then it is hard because they make different versions of the same chip. If you look at cell phones they use exactly the same chip but there can be slight difference between the version they for sell for brand locked phones. The will sometime tune the chip to run better on certain radio frequencies. Cell stuff is extremely complex because the carrier controls the radios in your end device. They set radio power maybe not at the maximum to minimize interference with other devices. They are looking at average throughput of all users which means they may intentionally reduce what you get so someone else gets more usable signal.

My theory would still be since the 802.11ac model uses newer technology it would be better.

If you are using models designed to run in the USA market you can attempt to dig though the FCC reports they must file. This will show you the radio output levels. The reports for stuff like LTE are not as simple to read as the ones for wifi. Wifi has a maximum legal level and they transmit at the level all the time. LTE level is based on the carrier license on different radio frequiecies. So you would have to somehow find out if the device could put out the maximum allowed power on the particular radio. What makes this even worse is the levels allowed vary between cell towers. There is no simple to read table that shows maximum power in all conditions.

These are the chips they use

mediatek mt7620a - mr200

qualcomm atheros qca9531 -mr6400

 

[kanewolf]

These are the chips they use

mediatek mt7620a - mr200

qualcomm atheros qca9531 -mr6400

I agree with what @bill001g said. The chip suppliers and hardware manufacturers keep those details as "proprietary" . Unless you can find reviews of the specific units, it is unlikely that any detailed info is available.