TP-Link Archer BE550 Tri-Band BE9300 WiFi 7 Router, 6-Stream 9.2Gbps Speed WiFi Router, Full 5x 2.5G WAN/LAN Ports, 6x Internal Antennas Covers Up to 2,000 Sq. Ft., VPN Support, Homeshield, Easy Setup

I bought the AX5400 (AX73) because our Virgin hub 4 was terrible for wifi and because this looked a mean piece of kit with all it's antennas! We just switched the Virgin hub into "modem mode" and connected one cat8 network cable from it into the new AX5400. (Any cat5, cat6, etc cable is fine) Turned it on, logged into it, and it basically set itself up! VERY easy to get going. I now have wifi coverage across the entire house, which is a 4bed terrace with an extension. Before, we would lose all wifi in the furthest upstairs rooms and the extension so this is a significant improvement. We have a LOT of devices on our wifi, mamy phones, tablets, games consoles and amazon echo dots and all these are working flawlessly and with minimal effort. The AX5400 is definately the model to go for, don't bother with the lower models on this listing - it's definately worth paying that little extra to get this top model. It's very well ventilated and the lower models people complain get too hot or fail. There's no concerns with this one. I would recommend periodically wiping it for dust though because there are a LOT of tiny vent holes that look like they'd be more than happy to fill up with dust. But i'm quite happy to wipe it over from time to time. My speedtest results were pleasing. I went from 240-500MB/sec to results of upto 740MB/sec checked over a lan cabled computer on our 500MB/sec Virgin Fibre line so this was definately an improvement. Virgin hubs are terrible, they drop wifi connections, have pauses and lag delays when many devices are connected, and the range is terrible. The AX5400 is an easy solution. Definately consider one!

I've had no problems with this all works well, and my s24 ultra picks up wifi7 6ghz all around my flat 300mbps via wifi I can't moan. Next iphone will have wifi7 the new playstation has wifi7 future proof your. And this runs 2.4g 5g 6g signal so I can run my washing machine on 2.4ghz tvs on 2.4ghz phone on 6g wifi7 all at once. So buy the proper job to save replacing 3 years later because it's out of date. I've had to buy this as virgin media router don't have wifi7 and 6g

I bought this to replace my aging 8-year-old ASUS AC87U Router. My new pc had WIFI 6 so I decided to push the button and upgrade before the worst happened. -Speed Can't fault it, does what it says on the box. I don't appear to get any better signal than my old ASUS (4 ariel) router, but as a positive, it doesn't get any worse either. I don't get any of the connection speeds the router boasts, but honestly, I didn't expect them in a real-world environment. For reference, I have the Virgin 1gig service and I get about 800 wired to my new PC and around 650 over 5ghz, around 360 on Samsung phones connected on 5ghz (even next to the router) and slightly less on the kids Iphone13's. Overall, I would of liked to see an upgrade in speed for my money spent, but the figures are good enough (if not comparible to my old ASUS .. sadly). Not sure I notice any speed difference from my WIFI6! -Setup Very Easy, took me a whole 5 minutes and I was up and running with primary SSID's for home connection and a Guest Network for the kids to create a bit of isolation. -Feature and Feature Setup I have teenage kids that need to concentrate on school work so parental controls are a strong part of my decision when I purchased this router. The ASUS did a good job in this department. With schedules and usage logs. Honestly, this is where I should have done more homework. It's not clear in the product information above (I cannot see a mention of subscription) but a lot of this functionality is behind a paywall ... (£55/£72 a year depending on paying monthly/yearly). For free I get a single basic schedule that is fixed to being the same times everyday. I cannot even pause the kids internet (huge motivator for them) as thats part of the paywall software! Massive let down and back step for me here. Even the DDoS protection is extra and I thought that was standard on every router! The other thing of note; management of the router is only partly done from the web interface. Most of the features are controlled by a mobile phone app that you will need to install. I would of liked to do more from the web interface to be honest, but this seems a common approach nowadays. -Conclusion Would I have bought it anyway, even if I knew about the paywall to the features I wanted and thought I was getting? Probably not! There is no arguing that the cost of the router is attractive. If I just wanted a router to replace my Superhub connectivity, I would have been ecstatic with the TPLink. But for me, those parental controls behind a paywall are just a bugbear that I just can't help but feel a little bit of disappointment with my purchase and will be memorable when I have to replace it in the future. Parting shot... I owned my ASUS Router for the better part of 8 years and it cost me around £200. If I wanted the Homeshield features and paid yearly to get the best cost-effective approach .. my total cost for the TPLink would be approx. £562 .. I would potentially pay for a subscription that gives me updates and new features for something I want.. What sort of development am I getting for a subscription of over £400 for a schedule and a button that pauses the internet!

I upgraded from a TP-Link Archer AX73 to this BE550, expecting better speeds and wider Wi-Fi coverage. The specs suggest it should be incredible: Wi-Fi 7, up to 9214 Mbps, and a 2.5Gbps port and LAN ports. But in real-world use, it’s honestly been a letdown. The key difference is the antennas: The BE550 has internal/hidden antennas, whereas the AX73 has six proper external high-gain antennas. And that matters. A lot. In my house (Victorian walls, two floors), the AX73 delivers strong, stable Wi-Fi everywhere — upstairs, downstairs, even into the garden. But the BE550 really struggled. Coverage dropped off sharply after just one or two rooms, speeds became inconsistent, and devices would occasionally disconnect. It feels like this router was designed for a small apartment or studio space, not an actual home with brick walls. (I barely got 20mbps on my phone and maybe 55mbps on macbook) After a couple of frustrating days, I’ve boxed the BE550 and instead ordered the Archer AX72 Pro, which has Wi-Fi 6 + a 2.5Gbps port — and if it performs anything like the AX73, it’ll be a far better fit for a full house. Pros: ✅ 2.5Gbps WAN/LAN for faster internet backhaul ✅ Clean, minimal design ✅ Easy setup Cons: ❌ Internal antennas = noticeably weaker range ❌ Struggles through real-world walls ❌ Worse performance than cheaper TP-Link models ❌ Not suitable for house-sized coverage Verdict: If you live in a flat or open-plan apartment, this might be fine. But for a house, especially with solid walls, stick to the Archer AX series (AX72 Pro / AX73 / AX5400 range). They simply perform better where it matters. Sometimes the newest isn’t the best — and in this case, the “upgrade” was actually a downgrade.

Needed to upgrade my current ancient router which was a TP-Link. Liked this as it had lots of new features that I currently do not need, such as 2.5Ghz ports and Wifi 7, but no doubt will do one day hopefully. Wanted good wifi range as current router did not transmit approx 10m very well through a 1910's cavity wall house, which I needed. Coupled with a wifi extender I now get virtually full speed i(i.e the max speed for my internet connection) internet at my desktop PC so I am happy. The other aspect of this router I liked as its square box fully enclosed package and not like other routers covered in multiple aerials which from previous experience got knocked and broken easily. Whilst this router has many advance features, none of them I use. Basically I have a WAN connection to the ISP's supplied modem/ router which then gets sent out via the WiFi on the BE550. Am I interested in the reporting, priority, data limits per a device - Not really Just wanted a future proof router with good WiFi which is what I got. Easy to integrate with the RE550 range extender so I could hard wire my Desktop to it. Both the router and extender can easily be monitored via the TP Link Teather app.

Reliable product but WiFi range and strength is poor. I would not recommend buying this as a solo item because it will not give you good coverage around a 3 bed house. However, if you intend on buying more than one to use them in an EasyMesh whole house WiFi setup then I would definitely recommend. I have 2 WiFi 7 routers set up in EasyMesh and the signal is strong anywhere in the house. Speeds are consistently fast and reliable. The Tether App is easy to set up and use. The web interface gives you a ton of options to tweak functionality. My only real negative apart from the signal strength is the fact that TP Link wants you to pay subscriptions for additional security features which other well known competitors include for product "lifetime" for free.

Solid and reliable router, gives a good signal for my two store house with brick walls, my house is 87 sq/m, but signal reaches everywhere. It's not cheapest or most expensive router it's golden middle.

I bought the TP-Link Archer BE550 in August 2025 and I’m writing this review in March 2026, so that’s about 7 months of daily use. I’ve had zero issues with it. At the moment I’m running it in Access Point mode behind my ISP router and it’s been completely stable. No random drops, no freezing, and the coverage has been very good. For context, I live in a Victorian terrace with thick solid brick walls and heavy plaster. WiFi in houses like this is normally difficult because signals struggle to get through the walls. My setup is the ISP router connected by Ethernet to another TP-Link router upstairs, and then that connects by Ethernet to the BE550 downstairs in the hallway where most of the activity in the house happens. Because the nodes are wired rather than repeating WiFi, the network stays very stable and devices move between them properly. Speeds depend on where you are in the house. In the same room I can get close to full gigabit speeds. Through one or two brick walls I usually see somewhere between 200 and 500 Mbps on WiFi, and sometimes even around 900 Mbps depending on where you’re sitting. One thing I noticed is that the TP-Link routers actually perform better than my ISP router. On the ISP router I normally see around 700 to 900 Mbps on my gigabit line. When connected through the BE550 or the other TP-Link node I often see results around 1.1 to 1.2 Gbps on internal tests. I think a lot of the lower ratings come from people expecting a single router to cover an entire house. In older houses with thick walls that just isn’t realistic. Using multiple access points or mesh nodes makes a big difference. The hardware itself feels powerful and the app makes everything easy to manage. Long term I plan to put my ISP router into modem mode and use the BE550 as the main router instead. That will also let me enable a VPN server so I can connect back to my home network when travelling. Overall I’m very happy with it. If you set it up properly and understand your home layout it performs exactly how you’d expect from a high end router.

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Nice choice

ce produit n'est pas équipé d'une prise électrique française il faut un adaptateur ce qui n'est pas précisé dans le descriptif

Pro: -Installation is straight forward & App control addon is a plus over traditionly using browser to control the router. -It's worth extra bucks to spent on the speed (going for Archer AX73) you can achieved (>2.4Gbps/channel), especially useful for the latest (or future) PCVR games running >4K resolutions on both eyes, refresh rates @120Hz on two players at the same time, without any wireless hiccups. -It is well catered for a family of 4, each to stream 4K movies, plus extra more Wifi appliances at the same time without any problem.

Wir haben diesen Router gekauft um ein stärkeres wlan Signal zu haben da er einer der stärksten auf dem Markt sein sollte, leider ist das Signal schwächer als das unseres sechs Jahre alten Netgear routers. Leider habe ich ihn ins Ausland mitgenommen kann daher nicht mehr umtauschen.