[SOLVED] TP Link Archer AX11000 vs AX10000

[stryker351982]

Anyone know the difference between these two models? Both look identical and both show the exact same specs on the tp link site. Price is the only difference I can find with the AX10000 currently being a lot more on amazon

 

[logainofhades]

Only thing I can figure is the AX11000 is a refresh of the AX10000. Maybe they had an internal part change, of some sort, that required a model change, to reflect this. I work in automotive, and have seen part number changes, for the same part, just because of tolerance changes.

 

[bill001g]

It is strange the ax10000 costs more.
The difference if you read the fine print is it say on 2.4 one is 918 and the other is 1148.

Now mostly this is how big a lie do the marketing guys want to tell.

For a very long time they could not get QAM1024 and 4x4 mimo to work. 918 is qam256 with 4x4.

All this is so they can put bigger numbers on the box for people that think bigger number is always better. Key is your end device is half the connection. The vast majority of end devices only support 2x2 mimo. Also the vast majority only support 80mhz channels and the the 160mhz that makes wifi6 faster.
In addition QAM1024 only really works well very close to the router, you might as well just use a ethernet cable.

Most people the have purchased wifi6 have found very little improvement over wifi5 (ie 802.11ac) because of the lack of full support by end devices.

If you really must spend huge money on a router buy wifi6e. End devices are only starting to support it but because there is lots more bandwidth and there is not the weather radar avoidance issue you see devices support 160mhz channels and that is the key thing that will make it faster. I don't think there is a fix for QAM1024, the signal is just too complex to tolerate any data damage. Most portable devices will still be 2x2 mimo to keep the size down. Still all the extra bandwidth so your neighbors don't stomp you and the ability to run 160mhz channels should be a large improvement. I am going to bet though it is still well under 1gbit.

 

[logainofhades]

The 10000 probably costs more, due to supply/demand.