Unbelievable piece of kit! If your looking to upgrade from the standard virgin router this is what your after! Full 220MB on Wi-Fi from all rooms in the house, baring in mind it's a 3 storey building and the router is on the bottom floor! Can't speak highly enough of it.

Purchased 7-21-18 from MicroCenter. Extremely easy set up. Basically plug it in & go. Within a couple weeks problems started. Somewhere along the line the SSID of all 3 bands changed to the same name as the 2.4 band. This caused problems & took me a bit to realize what happened.

What's the difference between one router and another Much of that comes down to you. How many people are going to connect How much bandwidth are you getting from your ISP And for choosing a gaming router, what kind of games do you play

Purchased this router to replace decade old Linksys. Provides pretty good coverage throughout two story property. Worked for little over a year and WiFi stopped broadcasting. During investigation, the WiFi had been disabled in setting due to "WiFi restricted in your country or region" error;...

Speedy throughput performance and numerous ports make the TP-Link Archer C5400X a solid, albeit pricey, choice for gaming enthusiasts and anyone who has multiple wired and wireless clients connecting at the same time.

Fast throughput performance; Lots of LAN ports; Works with Alexa and IFTTT; Built-in malware and anti-virus tools

Expensive; Large footprint; Short on game-centric features; So-so file transfer speeds

By adding an 'X' to the name, pasting on some red flashes and using far more aggressive moulding, and boosting just about every single aspect of the hardware, TP-Link's Archer C5400X is a gaming router aimed at the gaming market... For gamers.

Very fast; Simple frontend; Swift setup; Exceptional 5Ghz performance

Very expensive; Not the nicest-looking device

TP-Link has released their latest gaming-focused router, the Archer C5400X. As the name implies, the AC5400X offers tri-band Wi-Fi speeds of up to 5400 Mpbs across both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands.

Good overall performance; Integrated 8-port Gigabit switch; Robust security; management; and QoS features; Easy to setup and configure

Price; Extreme looks

It may be big and expensive, but TP-Link's Archer C5400X combines first-rate speed, range and built-in security to rule over all other gaming routers. Long live the king.

Excellent performance; Triband design; Customization potential; Security software

Big; Can't aim antennas; Expensive

Lacks the basic feature of loggin device connection/disconnection, making it impossible to debug connectivity issues properly, and to check if someone is accessing your network without permission.

We have posted a quick (well, somewhat) video of the interface of the TP-Link Archer C5400X MU-MIMO AC5400 Tri-Band Gaming Router. This video is simply a walk-through of the interface features and setup and shows off just what you are getting for your hard-earned money.