TP-Link Smart WiFi 6 Router (Archer AX10) – 802.11ax Router, 4 Gigabit LAN Ports, Dual Band AX Router,Beamforming,OFDMA, MU-MIMO, Parental Controls, Works with Alexa

This TP-Link travel router is super small and incredibly portable—perfect for frequent travelers. I plug it into the TV Ethernet port at most hotels, and it instantly creates a fast, secure local network. It’s been a game-changer for keeping all my devices connected without re-entering hotel Wi-Fi credentials.What really impressed me was the range—a coworker one floor above me was able to connect and use the Wi-Fi with no issues. For such a compact device, the performance is outstanding.If you travel often and want a reliable, fast, and easy-to-use router, this one’s a no-brainer.

This thing is great, especially for a sub-$50 price. I've used it on several trips, to include hotels and cruise ships. This router allowed me to pay for internet access for one device, but share the connection with all my devices. On a cruise ship, I used a 20,000 mAh 20W USB-C battery bank and it lasted pretty much all day without being plugged up.I have also connected the router to my iPad via USB and shared the iPad's connection to connect devices like a Roku TV stick while in a hotel. (Sometimes a 5G cellular connection is better than the hotel WiFi!)The app that comes with the router is pretty good at letting you know the status of your connection and devices.

This is a capable "travel" router, with TP-Link's typically-strong router management software. I collect data from in the field, so I often power several portable MiniPCs with a large Power Station battery out in the middle of nowhere, controlled by a laptop in the car. Despite the lack of extendable antennas, I've never had connectivity issues (though the bit rate can drop substantially when going through the steel car, particularly in 5/6gHz bands).The one downside is the cable provided with the router is confusing. It's a USB A-to-USB C cable, but you can't use it to power the router from a laptop, miniPC or battery power bank via their USB A ports. USB-A ports deliver 5V, not the 12V needed by the router. Their power adapter has a USB-A port, of course, but it delivers 12V. So... you either need to power it with the power adapter and cable included, or with a separate USB-C-to-USB-C power cable plugged into a Power Delivery (PD)-compatible port on your power bank. Unfortunately most USB-C ports on laptops/PCs are not PD-compatible, so you can't power the router by the PC that's connecting to it.

Easy to set up and recognized immediately by my devices. For my intended use (secure internet access and device sharing), it looks like it is going to be a perfect solution. It also has internal VPN capability, which to some might be a huge plus. I purchased TP-Link because it will easily interface with my other portable devices (like Kasa/TP-Link wifi cameras) without a lot of headache. So far, it's met that mark.

Great product! We had no problems, issues, or concerns with the router. Internet company throttled our service for not using their router so we had to return this one. Only issue we have is that we had to pay for return shipping, but we blame Amazon for that! Bad form Amazon!

EDIT - Stopped working on my third ever field shoot. Less than 8 hours of total lifetime use. Takes 2-3 plug/unplug cycles on average to boot up ,then will sometimes boot up, run for five minutes, and crash. Multiple bricks and cables did not help.It's possibly just a fluke, but if this is indicative of its reliability, I can't recommend it.-------This works great for my use case - I got this to add to my photography kit for setting up mobile photobooths - I can pre-pair my cameras, laptop, printers etc. to a known private network ahead of time, and not need to deal with the often unreliable wifi provided by the venue.Unlike some devices I've tried, it will happily allow you to set up a network that's not connected to the Internet in any way, even during initial setup (Netgear devices, in particular, have a really hard time with this).The web UI is basic but functional, and gets the job done without any distracting "easy setup" wizards that invariably always make things harder. The default SSID and unique-per-device password are written on the bottom, and also encoded on a scannable QR code there. The default admin password is the same randomized string as the WPA password, and it clearly says so, so it's easy to connect to without needing to google anything. My biggest annoyance is that there's no "remember me" for the admin website login, so you'll have to log in to the web UI every time you access the page...even if you're simply refreshing it.I had some trouble getting through the FTUE with the iPhone app, and found it easier to set up the first time with the web UI, but after that hiccup the app seemed to work fine.There are some nags for some typical "cloud account" nonsense, but it mercifully provides a "don't show again" button which it seems to actually honor.Powered by USB-C! This is incredibly useful for a travel device, but do be aware it requires a power brick (such as the included one) that can provide at least 9V via the USB-PD standard. Simple "dumb" 5V USB-C ports, including most laptop ports or USB-A adapters, won't work.The three-position physical mode switch on the side is a neat touch, and might be useful if you want to use this as a home router that you carry with you when you travel. Broadly speaking, "Router mode" is for creating a wireless network and optionally connecting it to a wired WAN (including a USB modem or USB phone tether), "Hotspot mode" is for creating a wireless network and routing it to an existing wireless network (like hotel wifi or a wireless phone tether), and "AP mode" is for connecting to a wireless network and routing it to a wired one (the LAN port). Changing the switch position reboots the device.Boot time, by the way, is glacially slow - almost two entire minutes (1:51 in my tests). This is particularly unfortunate for what's supposed to be a travel device, but once it's running, the performance seems fine.Pros:* Can be completely administrated using only a web browser, only an app, or both.* No mandatory cloud administration stuff (though it does have that it you want it).* WPS can be completely turned off.* 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz networks can use the same SSID (separate by default)* USB-C PowerCons:* Slow startup time* Requires full-blown USB-PD to power