TP-Link AC1750 OneMesh Wi-Fi Repeater/Router, Dual Band, Gigabit Ports (Archer A7)

I am a very senior citizen with limited computer experience. I had a 10 year old Archer C7 router that I wanted to replace with a new C7. I had a problem understanding the installation video so I contacted customer service to try to understand if there was a problem. I did a chat with customer service and then they sent me an e mail. I had further questions and my e mails were answered within hours. I did not exactly get an answer to my question, but that may be because I didn't know enough terminology to frame it correctly. I was trying to find out what they meant in the instructions that said do not connect router to modem if there is another network on modem. My internet provider refers to the setting where I connect to the internet as a part of their network. So I was trying to find out if that connection to the modem was something I should worry about.I finally got an e mail saying that I should make sure that no other devices were connected to the modem. It took a while, but they kept trying. I was able to set up the router and used the quick setup guide at theTPLink web site. One problem I had was that the instructions and the web site did not really stress enough the need to go to the network setting of your internet provider, and connect to the internet there. ;On windows eleven the network settings are hidden, and when you click on the internet connection icon on the lower right hand part of the screen you don't see the various settings. By settings I mean the place where you enter your router password and connect to your internet service provider. In earlier windows the setting appeared when you clicked on the internet icon. Now you have to hit a > icon on the menu to find the internet connections. The internet connection for the C7 is TP-Link_90C2. Once you connect there you have a seciure internet connection. My problem was that after I ran the quick install I got a message you can now use the internet, and I was connected to the internet. However it was not a stable connection, and I lost it twice before I figured out that I needed to go to the windows 11 icon and then to my internet providers connection to get a stable connection.I rate customer service very high for quickness of response and patience with new user in trying to help me understand the product. I rate the instructions as not so great. I rate my ability to read the instructions as poor. Maybe they pointed out the need for the internet connection on windows 11, but it wasn't in big enough print or underlined enough for me to get it.The product is also very good once I got it set up. I am getting more speed than my internet provider says it is providing me. Maybe some of my neighbors mgh is coming into my apartment. I am still getting a slight bit of buffering in loading some web sites, but I don't think this is a router problem. I don't know because I cant use wifi analyzer with my c7. There is no way to pick your channels, you have to hope that the C7 does it correctly. Customer service patiently explained to me that I should relax, big brother router was going to solve it. Maybe so, but I still get some buffering. HOwever it is just on a few sites, and for a few seconds so i can live with it. Overall, i give the whole experience five stars, but the interface was a little confusing or maybe it was the instructions I should give four stars.

Performed as it should. Used it for almost 2 years finally the cats broke it my knocking to the floor

This router has the best parental control capabilities out of any of the modern day routers that I have tried. It will block any site I throw into it and immediately block whatever device is assigned to it. Other routers that have "parental controls" ask for you to input filtered content, but will block the entire internet access anyways. Some are just straight up buggy or clunky and simply don't work. Unfortunately this router only lasted about a year before it stopped working. They don't make them like they used to

Easy setup and solid performance. Handles streaming and gaming without hiccups. Love the Alexa integration and parental controls. Great value for the price!

Bought this almost 4 years ago, still works.

Probably the most solid router I've ever owned. I bought the original one in April 2021 and it lasted through multiple service providers on up to near gigabit speeds. It finally failed about 3 months ago and I went out in person to buy a replacement because I haven't had better.I got the replacement up and running even through an upgrade to gigabit cable, though thanks to a garbage isp I never saw those actual speeds (ISP issue, not a hardware issue) well I was finally able to upgrade to gigabit fiber today and ran into some challenges. I went to the website for guidance and saw they had a chat option. My extremely introverted self dove right the heck into that. I was connected seamlessly to an agent (no battling with annoying bots first) and Rommel walked me through all the troubleshooting steps they could. (As a power user, I'd already done the basics and mid tier troubleshooting, they taught me some new things with high tier troubleshooting steps!)We were able to resolve two separate other issues I hadn't even been reaching out about and got most of the way through to fixing the last step, but couldn't resolve. It looks like they'll be replacing this one. I'll come back to update this review on my experience there.