TP-Link AC1900 Touch Screen Wi-Fi Gigabit Router

I recently bought a home which is much larger than the previous 2 BR 2 BA dwellings I had lived in previously. Because of this, my old wireless router just wasn't cutting it anymore. Besides, it was 4 years old and I was due for an upgrade.I was a little apprehensive about buying this product because it's a brand I'm not familiar with and I wasn't sure if it was one of those brands that worked great for a month and then developed a small annoying problem you learn to live with because it was working great all the time and now it's just working great most of the time. Fast forward a year and you're back to using up your cell phone data because your home internet cuts in and out more than an aggressive driver during L.A. rush hour.It has now been six months since I first booted this thing up and it's still working just as great as it did on day one.Pros:It looks fantastic. Usually, I try hiding my router, modem and cables. Now, I just have to hide my modem and cables. I actually want to mount this to the wall in the hallway because it looks that good.I was a little leery of the touch screen as I know sometimes they can be awkward/frustrating to use. This is neither. It actually has a nice, simple, easy to use GUI. And it's intuitive to boot! Things actually are where you think they should be, there's no hunting around to find a particular setting or googling "how to's". It just is, and it's great!Being able to have a dedicated guest access point is one word: "genius." Whenever someone comes over, they inevitably ask "what's your WiFi password?" and you there sit and think through all the passwords you were using around the time you set up your router and maybe you get it right on the first try, maybe the fifth. Either way, you're broadcasting your own personal passwords to everyone else also in the room. With this router, you just direct them over to the router and touch the screen and boom! A randomly generated guest password is there waiting on the locked screen. And this password can be regenerated at a set interval as well.Of course, the signal strength has to be on point as well if you're reviewing a WiFi router and simply put: it is. There are 2 different bands this operates on. For simplicity, one fast band (operating on 5GHz) and two slow(er) bands (operating on 2.4 GHz). The fast one is great for gaming, streaming Planet Earth in HD and downloading games and movies in seconds (well it could be seconds if your home bandwidth and the servers bandwidth could support it). The slow bands are good for everything else: internet browsing, streaming TV in which you're fine watching in standard def, updating the multitude of devices and apps that not only drain your devices battery but also your bandwidth. I gave a couple devices access to my "fast band" like my smart TV and console and everything else (including the guest password) has access to the slower band and I've never had any issue or complaint for that matter.Cons:I can't think of any. If I were pressed for one shortfall it would be that some comparable models have dual fast bands leaving this slightly under-powered. It's not really an issue for me and my uses but if you lived in say a house with where everyone is streaming their own TV or a house with a few teenager boys who simultaneously play COD online on their own consoles, dual 5GHz bands might be what you want to look in to.

I purchased this router because my old one was just terrible (it was a MediaLink that the company took down the support page for because it's so bad and outdated). To go from one that sucked to one that is totally awesome is miraculous. I used to work in I.T. So I do have more knowledge than the average person when it comes to networking. That being said, emphasis on "I USED to work in I.T.". I don't anymore. And I don't want to. So the touch screen on this is not only cool looking, it makes setting it up so quick and easy it's a cakewalk. Navigating the features and configuration is quite simple. It does have a web interface, so you don't have to actually use the touch screen; but I like it and it's easy so I do.Literally everything about my home network (mostly hard wired) is running far better and more efficiently, especially online gaming. My old sucky router rebelled when I played XBox online. The AC1900 simply says "bring it on".This is a wonderful home router that will be easier for a novice user to set up than some of the other ones, especially with the touch screen. The quick setup is intuitive and easy. Buy without hesitation.

One thing prevented me from giving it a 5 star review. If you disconnect the power or lose power, you have to go through the setup again. Not a big issue, since the setup is really quick for the REPEATER MODE.I had some old LinkSys/Cisco bridge modules and since I upgraded my connection, I wanted something that would bring the speed to my devices. It sure did, my connections went from good to excellent per my tv and devices. When I measure speed on phone in my bedroom, I went from 150Mbps to a consistent average of about 300mpbs.Simple setup, excellent signal as a repeater and my family is happy about the new streaming speed.Update 8.24.19I had bougjt two these, one works very well and have not rebooted at all. The other i have to reboot it at least once a day. So i had to return it with a replacement. At first when i opened the box and tried to configutr i had a feeling it was going tk have issues. I had a hard time trying tonuse the screen amd typing. Still dont like the gact that rebooting reset and i have to configure again.

Wow. I've installed many a wireless router in my day, but this is by far the easiest. The touchscreen makes all the difference, as sometimes you just can't connect to a wireless router when you're trying to set it up encounter problems.While it's easy to set up, there are enough options for configuring your unit for the best possible performance. For example, I set up the 5-GHz band for "mixed n/ac only", and the 2.4-GHz band for "wireless-n only." (No devices in my home use anything lower than 802.11-n, and most can use 802.11-ac.) I was then able to use the same SSID for both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz.The guest network offers fewer options but seems to piggyback its main setting off of those set for the primary SSID. As with the primary network, I used the same SSID for both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands.Unfortunately, until the Ethernet connection on the second-floor den is repaired, I need to keep the AC1900 in the basement utility room next to the furnace, dehumidifier, and water heater. Still, on the second-floor den on the other side of a 3400-sq.-ft. home, my download speeds typically top 200 Mbps. Not too shabby.I'm going to order another one of these just to keep around for a spare.