TP-Link TL-MR100 300 Mbps Wireless N 4G LTE Router, Supports Up to 32 Devices, 4G Router With Sim Slot, WiFi Mode, Parental Controls, Guest Network, Encryptions for Secure Network, Easy Setup

I bought the AX5400 (AX73) because our Virgin hub 4 was terrible for wifi and because this looked a mean piece of kit with all it's antennas! We just switched the Virgin hub into "modem mode" and connected one cat8 network cable from it into the new AX5400. (Any cat5, cat6, etc cable is fine) Turned it on, logged into it, and it basically set itself up! VERY easy to get going. I now have wifi coverage across the entire house, which is a 4bed terrace with an extension. Before, we would lose all wifi in the furthest upstairs rooms and the extension so this is a significant improvement. We have a LOT of devices on our wifi, mamy phones, tablets, games consoles and amazon echo dots and all these are working flawlessly and with minimal effort. The AX5400 is definately the model to go for, don't bother with the lower models on this listing - it's definately worth paying that little extra to get this top model. It's very well ventilated and the lower models people complain get too hot or fail. There's no concerns with this one. I would recommend periodically wiping it for dust though because there are a LOT of tiny vent holes that look like they'd be more than happy to fill up with dust. But i'm quite happy to wipe it over from time to time. My speedtest results were pleasing. I went from 240-500MB/sec to results of upto 740MB/sec checked over a lan cabled computer on our 500MB/sec Virgin Fibre line so this was definately an improvement. Virgin hubs are terrible, they drop wifi connections, have pauses and lag delays when many devices are connected, and the range is terrible. The AX5400 is an easy solution. Definately consider one!

Bought this router as a temp as contract ended with last provider. Registered my new sim, popped it into my phone for a few mins then it went into the router. I had WiFi the minute the sim registration completed. Setting up is so very simple. The sticker on the back was a bit hard to see but that’s down to my sight more than anything else. I was able to change names and password in next to no time and my devices connected seamlessly. The router itself seems quite sturdy and very lightweight but that doesn’t seem to affect the performance. I get full coverage of my flat and the speeds aren’t as great as a hotspot from my phone but using the antenna provided I was still getting over 100Mbps. I’ve only streamed for a few hours but there has been no buffering or any lagging. For the price paid, this has exceeded my expectations and could possibly become a permanent router if my experience so far is anything to go by.

So a lot to talk about here. So I bought this router for approx. £120 on Feb 24th (Prices correct at the time of purchase). I am with virgin media as my ISP in the UK, and had recently upgraded to their "1 gig" package, as I managed to secure it for quite a good monthly deal, considering it came with broadband and TV etc. This package expects you to receive approx. 1gbps across the line. I typically get about 950 across the line. But the hub 4 was obviously not the right hardware at all, to be able to transfer anywhere near 1gbps to my devices on Wi-Fi. Of course, it makes sense for you to be able to achieve the same capabilities of speed you are getting over the cable on Wi-Fi. You would want your Wi-Fi speeds to be that of Ethernet or somewhat similar because you are paying for such a high bandwidth service. It almost makes it seem there is no point in paying for it since majority of the devices in your network will be over Wi-Fi. Because of this, it does make sense to be able to get a router that is capable of delivering such high speeds. Since your Internet service provider will not provide a router capable of that. I think if you pay for 1 gbps, you will get it via ethernet, but you'll get nowhere near 1gbps with any ISP router at the time of writing. If you are in the same boat as me, then you will want a router that is capable of transferring high amounts of data to lots of different devices around the house on Wi-fi in the same way it could over ethernet. And you will really want that, because you want to be able to use the full capabilities the service that you are paying for provided by your ISP. That was the primary objective. If that isn't you, then this review might not be the right review for you, but nevertheless, its a good read for any sort of shopper in the market for buying a new router. I bought this router as I thought it had the best value vs ASUS competitors, as all ASUS did, was give a good typical catchy branding line of it being a "gaming router", and they get purchases. I also notice that a lot of other brands like Netgear are like this. In my opinion, TP link is probably one of the most value for money brands out there in this market. So if you are looking for a router, no matter what price range you are looking for, TP link is generally brand I would recommend. So before buying this router, the hub 4, with no other devices connected, gave me 250mbps* on the 5Ghz band, and 30-50mbps* on the 2Ghz band. This new router gives me about 900Mbps* on the 5Ghz band, and around 100-200 mbps* on the 2Ghz band. * = Peak speeds. Not average speeds. Now the literal only reason you see that sort of improvement, is because this is a Wi-Fi 6 router. As a Wi-Fi 6 router, it should theoretically, give me 3x the amount that a Wi-Fi 5 router will give in the same setting. However as you can see, it gives considerably more than 3x 250mbps, and it gives 900* which is 50mbps less than ethernet speeds. Pretty impressive for a 5Ghz channel. I got typical expected improvements on the 2.4Ghz channel, which is also good to see. However do not expect a new router to massively improve Wi-Fi range across multiple floors. Yes it covers a wide area, and will give full speed to the same floor, but it doesn't cover a large floor. If you want better range for a large house floor, get a better one than this. If you want signal on multiple floors, you will need a mesh network, so in that case, buying two of these and using one of them per floor might be a good idea. But if you just want to cover around a 10m by 10m floor, this router is perfect for you as it will give high bandwidth to devices on that floor. So for me this is a 5 star router as it did exactly what I expected it to do, as the results of speed was what I expected to get based of how it should have theoretically preformed. But beware, as it might not be right for you, if you need it for any other purpose, other than getting more mbps. Of course, the benefit to you is highly dependent on the ISP speed that is provided. So expect less benefit overall if you switch from a hub 4 or sky box, on a 200mbps connection. However, you will still benefit as long as you have a Wi-Fi 6 device. If this was a helpful review, I would appreciate you to click the "helpful" button below so more shoppers can see it. Have a good day.

I bought this before a 2 week holiday with my family, my girls all have tablets and can’t connect to WiFi by themselves so everytime we go to a new place / hotel then they ask for me to connect them. With this portable router, I connected all the devices to it and then connect that to the WiFi provided by the airport / hotel / cruise ship. It’s easy to use and walks you through the setup, I also take it away with me with work and have setup a WireGuard connection on it so i can funnel my internet traffic through my home router to take advantage of adblocking and other services. WiFi signal isn’t really important for me as everyone who is connected is fairly close to the device but it is quite good.

The unit I received would not broadcast a WIFI signal. Hence was unable to find the device on my Mac, Iphone, or Ipad. Master reset button did not work - pressed for more than 6 seconds yet no red light visible on unit. I found instructions confusing.

Rekomenderas! +++++

I am using this as a what TP-Link likes to call it as "Multi-Wan" setup, Fibre + 4G dongle, connected to Wifi AP TP-Link Archer BE6500 (Wifi 7), had to also purchase TP-Link XX530v (GPON - Fibre Optic modem) as most of the Indian ISP's send locked down modems, and worst add CGNAT. If the 4G dongle properly worked on xx530v, I wouldnt have purchased this TL-WR1502X. Tp-Link uses microprocessors in the case of Wifi 7 AP is Broadcom BCM6766 (non- 6Ghz), which arent compatible with OpenWrt. So look for other routers. However, not sure what TL-WR1502X uses. But its less powerful. Dont know if its was delibrate, but I am okay for now, as I am more into reliability and easy of use. Unfortunately TL-WR1502X isnt good for VPN server but client, so dont expect it to handle a lot of devices at once. It serves a purpose, and its good at it. Dont use it as your main AP, its a good travel device and offers dual-Wan (with 4G USB Dongle and Fibre) device. I am looking forward for TL-WR3602BE, if its launched, I will rather buy it as my primary travel router.

Good

Would not connect on Android phone, I had to use an iPhone to set up, once connected to iPhone othe phones and computer connected without a problem, very small and will be great for travel purposes

Ich habe diesen Router jetzt als WLAN 2. 4/5 GHz Haupt-Router eingebunden, da er das Kabelmodem an Möglichkeiten weit übertrifft. Dual-Band versorgt endlich die Bandbreiten-hungrigen Geräte (TV/Video-Streaming), sowie die (neueren) Handies im 5Ghz Bereich mit schneller WLAN Anbindung. Der EINZIGE Schwachpunkt ist m. E. der 100 Mbit LAN Zugang. Der ist wirklich nun der Flaschenhals zwischen Kabel-Modem und Heimnetz, weshalb der Hauptrechner noch direkt mit 1000 MBit am Kabel hängt. Ansonsten ist dies ein Top Router, der kaim Wünsche offen lässt. Sogar ein Gäste-WLAN mit Zugriffs und Kontingent-Kontrolle (QoS) ist integriert und separat zuschaltbar. Ich kann den Router für ein gut und übersichtlich konfigurierten Heim-Netz nur wärmstens empfehlen.