TP-Link Archer NX210 5G Router with SIM Slot, AX1800 WiFi 6 Routers

For prospective buyers I would just like to confirm that this 5G router is definitely a Plug and Play unit. I removed the router from the box and connected the power adapter, I turned the unit upside down and inserted a 5G sim card, I plugged my tower PC into the router and switched on. There was around a 60 second run up time and all panel indicators were illuminated, I was immediately surfing the web. Speeds were excellent but I should point out that I am NOT playing games on line. I would further like to note that I live in a solid 5G area so maintaining speeds was no problem. Personally I have not really noticed any difference in speeds compared to my old Fiber Broadband connection. I have no hesitation in recommending this router, However I would suggest that prospective buyers research 5G network speeds and coverage infrastructure in your location before making a final decision, I'm more than happy with this item.

Very surprised how easy it was to set up. Getting fantastic speeds on 5g. Worth ever penny. Fantastic build quality. 5 out of 5 from me.

Bought the TP-Link Archer NX210 5G Router. When it arrived I inserted a 5G SIM card, turned it on, went through the very quick and easy set up guide, and that was it. On the internet within minutes and getting 400mb+ download and 50mb+ upload. Extremely happy.

I have had this for a couple of weeks to replace a Zytel MC888 Ultra that failed after just over a year so I decided to try a different make. It performs well inside in the very strong signal area I live in giving a download speed of around 400Mb/s and up to 650Mb/s at quiet periods during the night. It is very sensitive to small movements in its position and you can add or lose 50-100Mb/s by moving the router less than a couple of millimetres. Feature wise it has the full range of settings you would expect of a router at this price level and more than the Zytel although things like port forwarding (or virtual servers as TP-Link call it) is of little use behind the CG-NAT used by most 5G providers. I changed the IP Address range to match that of the ZYtel (from the default 192.168.1.xx to 192.168.0,xx to enable it to be just connected to my existing devices without having to change the static IPs I had set in the devices. I have had a couple of issues with the DHCP server allocating dynamic IP addresses that have already been fixed in some devices and causing a conflict and having to switch one device off whilst manually changing the other device’s IP address. There is a setting to program an automatic reboot at regular intervals and I would recommend that this is done once a day, perhaps in the middle of the night when no one is likely to be using the internet as after a few days without a reboot the router it no longer delivers internet although devices can still talk to each other on the local network e.g. I can still access the drives on my Asustor NAS devices that are mapped on my PC and my Alexas still work and I can still give instructions to turn lights on and off etc which means there must be some connection to the internet or the echo devices wouldn’t work at all. But internet speed measured on my PC drops to zero. Rebooting restores it to normal speed and doing this as a precaution once a day appears to prevent loss of internet access. I tried attaching a dual cabled external antenna to the connectors on the router but it actually reduced the speed I was getting and the unit performs best without it. This could be just because I live in a very strong 5G signal area and it may make more of a difference if the signal levels indoors are lower. I switched the wi-fi off as I use four Mercusys mesh devices string my home, all connected via Ethernet. I only use one of the three RJ45 sockets on the rear of the router to connect the main mesh device and then take two cables from the mesh device to two switches and from there to all my devices to three more mesh units set as access points or connect devices by Ethernet. The router appears to handle the 64+ devices connected to the network without any difficult except for the occasional allocation of an IP address I have already allocated as a static address. However, I learned that the router allocates IP addresses in order starting at 2 so if I set the static IP addresses at 100 or more, there is no risk of the DHCP issuing one of the static addresses and this seems to have solved the problem. There are lots of things in the NAT forwarding settings that you can switch off and if you use VOIP you will want to disable the SIP ALG at least as it caused my VOIP phones to cease to work at all. You may also want to disable the RSTP ALG as well although this didn’t make much difference for me. Most of the other settings you are not likely to need to change although it depends exactly how you are going to use it. Overall, I am quite happy with the router. It doesn’t quite get the speed the Zytel did and having to reboot it regularly is a bit of a pain but I would recommend this device if you live in a good 5G signal area and can’t get fibre.

Failed after just under two months use. It started well though: Setup was a breeze and worked within 10mins out of the box. I have about 20 TP link devices and they all work well so I thought I’d got another good one! BUT Suddenly after the 7th week of use the device failed to recognise sim, kept restarting at random and clearly had a serious fault. Did the usual things; checked SIM card in another device it wa ls fine, checked this device with different SIM; still the same fault. Clicked through the device support line and got through to TP link support who did the very basics until they ran out of ideas. Said theyd send me an email with detailed troubleshooting advice. This arrived and again it was very basic, very generic concerned about wired routers mainly. In the end it said once I’d gone through this they wanted a copy of the setup page of the setup software and they’d consider looking at repair once they’d examined it. For goodness sake. Anyway spoke to Amazon’s support who said they’d either take it back and look at it which would take 15-21 working days or offer me £10 refund. FOR A £220 DEVICE!!!! When I complained they offered £20. I asked to speak to a manager and they were (surprisingly) not available but will call me back ‘tomorrow’ Very very disappointed in this device, disappointed in TP-link and disappointed in Amazon. My last ever TP-link device and the start of me buying elsewhere. My advice: Go elsewhere.

I had a 4g router and upgraded to this 5g router, we have external arial which required twisting around to catch the 5g signal, with the help of chat gtp setting up we have gone from Ethernet 10mbps to between 400-600 with uploads of 30mbps. Even better the WiFi is reaching places our 4g router didn’t and iPhone getting WiFi speeds of 600mbps. Very please with this and well worth the £

very happy with this item. easy to setup with sim card and covers a reasonable space with out issues 2 bed London flat 👍🏼 best kept near window

Easy to set up,had good WiFi every day, very happy with purchase, would recommend

Attention, livré avec une prise UK, ne fonctionne pas en France

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Sehr guter und schneller Router. Es gibt nichts Negatives zu berichten. Mit Repeater von Fritz kombiniert ist jetzt top Internet in der ganzen Wohnung. Kein Vergleich mehr zum ollen DSL