However, there is one standout feature which surprised us.
It still has QoS and parental controls, but they’re limited to their most basic functions. We’ve judged it to be around 80-90 ft which will still be enough speed for a medium-size home.Īs is the case with most budget routers, the features of the A8 are quite limited. We still managed to record a speed of 492.69 Mbps, a speed that beats a lot of the competition in terms of its price bracket. As a result, it’s not as quick as some routers but it is a lot more affordable.Īnd for a Wi-Fi 5 router, it’s actually really quick. You can save a lot of money on the Xfinity Connect (75 Mbps), Connect More (200 Mbps) and Fast (400 MBps) plans by opting for the TP-Link Archer A8. It’ll be a perfect choice for anyone with plans up to Xfinity Ultrafast. The price? A little high, as you might expect for something of this quality. It has strong parental controls, good QoS (allowing you to set priority devices on the network for extra speed) and a great app to control everything on. The Archer AX73 is also packed with some of the best features on the router market in other ways. If you want to go further, you can add Mesh satellites to the network thanks to OneMesh, TP-Link’s Mesh compatibility function. It’s enough for a medium or even large home. In terms of organic range, that’s about as good as it gets. Our testing revealed that it would hold onto a connection as far as 100-110 ft away. But this is just about the only real downside of what is overall an excellent router. The AX73 won’t be the most appropriate router for the likes of the Gigabit Extra (1200 Mbps) plan onwards due to the fact that it doesn’t have a multigig port. It would also be a reasonable option for Ultrafast (1000 Mbps) customers as well. This speed also makes it a suitable option for those on any of the Xfinity plans up to Superfast (800 Mbps). That’s going to be enough speed for a large household or even a medium-sized business.
The result was a very impressive 827.85 Mbps. We ran a speed test on this router from 5 ft away with a Wi-Fi 6 device. Xfinity customers looking for great speeds, wide range and tons of great features (the whole package!) without having to spend a fortune are going to like the sound of the TP-Link Archer AX73.
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