US TP-Link Router Ban Gains Steam: What You Should Do with Your Hardware and the Alternatives
The reasons on the surface behind why the US government consider banning TP-Link routers.
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The reasons on the surface behind why the US government consider banning TP-Link routers.
The Archer BE700 is another confusing option among TP-Link’s existing soup of Wi-Fi 7 routers. It’s a BE15000 router, which means, according to the way TP-Link has released its hardware, there’s a chance you’ll find an Archer BE15000, which would be the same hardware with a different model name. In …
If I put “TP-Link” and “mesh” in a sentence, you’d likely think of the popular Deco family. And you’re not wrong. That’s the networking vendor’s most recognizable brand name in the realm of home Wi-Fi systems. However, unbeknownst to most, the company had another lesser-known do-it-yourself alternative, called “TP-Link OneMesh,” …
The Archer GE650, first announced at CES 2025, is in many ways the lesser version of TP-Link’s first Wi-Fi 7 gaming router, the Archer GE800. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing. The new router is much more compact while delivering a similar experience as far as Wi-Fi is concerned …
Today, TP-Link announced the availability of an extensive collection of Wi-Fi 7 broadcasters, including routers, mesh systems, and extenders. A few of them are new, and others were announced earlier this year during CES. Still, most, if not all, of them are simply slight variants of one another or of …
If you’re looking to extend your Wi-Fi network outdoors and want to enjoy the 6GHz band, TP-Link has some good news. Today, the networking vendor announced the availability of the EAP772-Outdoor. This is its latest in a relatively extensive portfolio of business-oriented Omada Wi-Fi 7 access points, but the first …
The TL-WR3002X is TP-Link’s worthy upgrade to the TL-WR1502X, which came out less than half a year ago. The new travel router shares the same design but has practically double the hardware specs. Here’s the bottom line: While not perfect, the TP-Link Roam 6 is an excellent router for connecting multiple …
The reasons on the surface behind why the US government consider banning TP-Link routers.