Is there a reason why tp link is not mentioned much on these forums? Do they make bad products or are people just not familiar with the brand.?
For example typing in a search for TP link in this forum yields only three pages, but a search for "Asus" or "Netgear" deals 13 pages and 10 pages respectively.
I have a TP link and one of the features I enjoy that other routers don't have is that on the stock TP link firmware there is an option to limit the bandwidth for individual clients via their IP address. I've looked at other brands of routers, but their stock firmware only allows relative bandwidth control for various applications such as video streaming or gaming and it automatically adjusts the ratios according to your settings. They all lack the IP specific manual bandwidth control that TP link hands. For example, I could give my laptop and upper limit of 10 Mbps and my PC limit of 20 Mbps.
At least this is the case for routers in the $60 range or under. Even though TP link sell some really cheap routers such as for only $20, the cheap ones still feature this IP-based manual bandwidth control. Other brands you may have to go over 100 bucks
However, my TP link router is dropping connections about once a day and I have to unplug and replg to regain Wi-Fi. Maybe it's just an old router (it's probably about two or three years old) but other than that and taking into account the ability to specify IP-based bandwidth control on stock firmware, it seems like a nice router and a nice brand. But I haven't really used other brands especially the popular ones like Netgear, Linksys, and Asus so I don't really have much to compare.
But now I'm trying to buy a new router since I have the Wi-Fi dropping issue, and I'm wondering whether I should continue to go with TP link (I have my eye on their three antenna model WDR 4300) or would I be better off going with another brand?
Then there's the issue of installing custom firmware like DD WRT or open WRT, and although the TP link model is in supported device list, I'm thinking perhaps other brands are better supported than the TP link? With the custom firmware fix issues such as Wi-Fi dropping? Would it improve the range of the router? In regard to the Wi-Fi dropping, I feel like it's due to a hardware issue because the router did not have this problem when it was brand-new only after few years. Despite being a hardware failure, when installing custom firmware have a chance of remedying the issue despite being a result of hardware decay?
For example typing in a search for TP link in this forum yields only three pages, but a search for "Asus" or "Netgear" deals 13 pages and 10 pages respectively.
I have a TP link and one of the features I enjoy that other routers don't have is that on the stock TP link firmware there is an option to limit the bandwidth for individual clients via their IP address. I've looked at other brands of routers, but their stock firmware only allows relative bandwidth control for various applications such as video streaming or gaming and it automatically adjusts the ratios according to your settings. They all lack the IP specific manual bandwidth control that TP link hands. For example, I could give my laptop and upper limit of 10 Mbps and my PC limit of 20 Mbps.
At least this is the case for routers in the $60 range or under. Even though TP link sell some really cheap routers such as for only $20, the cheap ones still feature this IP-based manual bandwidth control. Other brands you may have to go over 100 bucks
However, my TP link router is dropping connections about once a day and I have to unplug and replg to regain Wi-Fi. Maybe it's just an old router (it's probably about two or three years old) but other than that and taking into account the ability to specify IP-based bandwidth control on stock firmware, it seems like a nice router and a nice brand. But I haven't really used other brands especially the popular ones like Netgear, Linksys, and Asus so I don't really have much to compare.
But now I'm trying to buy a new router since I have the Wi-Fi dropping issue, and I'm wondering whether I should continue to go with TP link (I have my eye on their three antenna model WDR 4300) or would I be better off going with another brand?
Then there's the issue of installing custom firmware like DD WRT or open WRT, and although the TP link model is in supported device list, I'm thinking perhaps other brands are better supported than the TP link? With the custom firmware fix issues such as Wi-Fi dropping? Would it improve the range of the router? In regard to the Wi-Fi dropping, I feel like it's due to a hardware issue because the router did not have this problem when it was brand-new only after few years. Despite being a hardware failure, when installing custom firmware have a chance of remedying the issue despite being a result of hardware decay?
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