Normally otherwise must always Tomato, DD-WRT or OpenWRT on my router, I'm dissatisfied with the original firmware from the overall package usually easy (it was now on the power of the good humor, of the functions or the reliability ago) , Especially because I myself am a developer and also quite a few snippets of code have contributed to DD-WRT, me for a long time with the alternative firmwares deal - and I'm really not so easy to satisfy.
Merely for the inability to use any special characters in the password, I definitely have to deduct a star. That's actually more than antediluvian in today's age of technology. I really had to laugh when it was also a special mention at the last firmware update in the changelog that now hyphens (or were the underscores?) Can be used in the password. Oh and the black power supply is also not that great and possibly the antennas could have better thread - especially as regards the turning - that breaks certainly as easily as with Asus and Netgear (also could do it better). Otherwise, there's both price and technical seen little or almost nothing to complain about.
Definitive buy recommendation - especially if you toying with Asus routers - saves you the money and buy you prefer the Archer C8. Asus has unfortunately become very slack from AC66U - both with the firmware (ie transmit power and stability) as well as the hardware (ie overheating, inconsistency and construction). After 3x AC66U, a AC56U, a USB-N66 adapter I can unfortunately only confirm - durable and consistent is definitely something else.
The TP-Link has certainly this regard yet but it may prove worse than Asus definitely not be. And for the price you would only get a relatively half or quartered router with the same performance with Asus. The only (larger and more expensive) alternative would be because only the R7000 Netgear call would then be recommended for larger apartments / use in smaller homes. However, that's really an ugly monster compared to the Archer. So nothing what you want to leave lying around so easily.
Super work TP-Link - Keep it up!
Long-term report follows.
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First Addendum - about 2 weeks use:
No defaults on any of the client up to that point (PC with Intel on-board WLAN 2x2 external antenna in the 2.4GHz band, laptops with Intel on-board and internal antennas and not in the smartphone - Galaxy S5 and Galaxy Note 2) despite obstacles. The DECT telephone and the flowerpot, the (no comment) were asked by the friend in front of the power from Zierdezwecken do anything. Very commendable!
Has not even been suspended (ie runs for 2 weeks without a reboot), does quietly his work and the performance is also consistently good (ie the data throughput - for smaller downloads, surfing at and also when 60 GB Download GTA V which was within 2 hrs. down along with my KD 100 Mbits line).
So far, very commendable! Exactly what to do is a router (but you should not count your chickens before evening the morning;))
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Second Addendum - 1 month ago Private:
Meanwhile cavort in the house some more 2.4GHZ networks that also quite chaotic mess sparks (eg on channel 2, 4, 7, etc..) -. All right overlapping channels Theoretically, therefore, the reception be worse - the power does but so far nothing from. I'm still very satisfied. But that is probably because I now as a client on the PC a second router insets with 3x3 antennas. But on smart phones and the new tablet also works everything - although showing a line at less than before (ok here you know it well yet) but the practical performance is nevertheless go through top and stable.
TLDR: no failures or performance degradation so far.
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Third Addendum - 3 Months use:
Meanwhile, the power supply was adopted. Will probably be due to old pipes in the house (has had no power strip with surge protection before). Anyway, does the standard power supply a rather more even impression - high end replacement there of "Mean Well GS40A12-P1J PSU" (just like in Google Enter). The power supply has the correct combination of 12V / 3.3mA
Replacement ASUS N66U router was did not work nearly as reliable in the transitional period in operation - in other words a stable compound produced (both tablet, smartphone and PC had from time to time disconnections).
After the TP-Link runs again everything is as before:
Still just as reliable and stable as in the beginning ...
And although the number of wireless networks has risen dramatically in the last three months in the area (from 4-5 to 15-16 in the near range)
