Review TP-Link Archer BE3600 Wi-Fi 7 router review: Dual-band Wi-Fi 7 for less than $100

[Admin]

TP-Link’s Archer BE3600 is priced at less than $100, but it lacks full compliance with the Wi-Fi 7 spec

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[BadBoyGreek]

IMO, wireless is only ever good for mobile devices these days, i.e. tablets, mobile phones and the like. And while performance over wifi might be “good enough” for the majority of people, it will never compare to wired connections, no matter how many improvements there are in the wireless spec.

It’s not so bad inside of houses, but in apartments and condos, wireless tends to be flaky at best, especially when signals have to pass through concrete walls. To be fair, I haven’t tested Wifi 7 to say for sure, but I imagine it has many of the same challenges. Does the 6 GHz band offer an improved ability to pass signal through concrete walls?

In any event, when it comes to my main PC, work laptop and servers at home, I will continue to stick with wired connections.

 

[Kondamin]

IMO, wireless is only ever good for mobile devices these days, i.e. tablets, mobile phones and the like. And while performance over wifi might be “good enough” for the majority of people, it will never compare to wired connections, no matter how many improvements there are in the wireless spec.

It’s not so bad inside of houses, but in apartments and condos, wireless tends to be flaky at best, especially when signals have to pass through concrete walls. To be fair, I haven’t tested Wifi 7 to say for sure, but I imagine it has many of the same challenges. Does the 6 GHz band offer an improved ability to pass signal through concrete walls?

In any event, when it comes to my main PC, work laptop and servers at home, I will continue to stick with wired connections.

Nope short distance low power high bandwidth.
AP in every room kind of thing

 

[BadBoyGreek]

Nope short distance low power high bandwidth.
AP in every room kind of thing

Figured as much. My network has been hybrid 2.5/10G for a while now with an 8 GB FTTH internet connection and all my computers, TVs, gaming consoles and servers are all hard-wired. I only use the wifi for streaming on phones, tablets and for my security system. Wifi 7 APs / routers are still too expensive to consider upgrading to at this point.