TP-Link Archer BE550 BE9300 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 Router $364 Delivered @ Amazon AU

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TP-Link Archer BE550 BE9300 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 Router $364 Delivered @ Amazon AUAffiliate
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basketballfreak6 on 06/01/2025 - 09:36 amazon.com.au (1957 clicks)
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Seems like a good deal, not quite ATL according to CCC but very close, was just able to get Officeworks to do the 5% price beat which would then make it ATL I believe.

Been a while since I was looking at a new router so haven't been following much but RTINGS.com seems to rate it highly.

Mod Edit 9/1: Price has decreased from $374 to $364

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  • internet-stranger on 06/01/2025 - 09:37
    +7

    $374 for anyone wondering the price.

    • basketballfreak6 on 06/01/2025 - 09:38
      +2

      Oops sorry forgot to add in the price thanks for the heads up haha.

    • internet-stranger on 06/01/2025 - 09:39
      +6

      Most consumer devices are only just getting wifi7 as standard now.

      Lots of Apple devices are still wifi6e.

      • sandman20104159 on 06/01/2025 - 12:31
        -5

        did you just assume everyone has apple devices….????

    • Phoebus on 06/01/2025 - 09:43
      +5

      Exactly. Only need to wait about three more years.

      • jv on 06/01/2025 - 09:54
        -4

        Time flies…

        • McFly on 06/01/2025 - 11:18
          +3

          Indeed. I don't need roads.

        • SimAus007 on 06/01/2025 - 11:19
          +3

          By then WiFi 9 will be just around the corner. Absolutely useless getting a WiFi 8 router anytime soon unless you like to drop 1k on a router that provides no benefits for at least another 3 years, when devices have all been upgraded.
          You really need to upgrade every 3 years or so either way if you want the latest wifi standard.

          • jv on 06/01/2025 - 11:25
            -2

            @SimAus007:

            By then WiFi 9 will be just around the corner.

            I only upgrade to the even versions.

    • Qazxswec on 06/01/2025 - 09:47
      +1

      I assume your probably joking, but from what i have read, wifi 8 is going to have the same max speed and run on the same frequency as wifi 7, they are just making it more reliable, also, although they are working on it now, it is several years away

        • Qazxswec on 06/01/2025 - 10:01
          +2

          i do but wifi 7 should be good enough for now, i have wifi 6 right now and i seem to get 500-600Mbps now on my laptop, from what ive read, wifi 7 should boost it a little further, ive been eyeing of this router and its bigger brother for some time, plus yeah, wifi 8 is years away, on my galaxy s10 though, the wifi goes faster than on my laptop

            • Qazxswec on 06/01/2025 - 10:06
              +8

              @jv: I mean, i am trying to engage in a serious discussion with you right, they can't be that high…

              • jv on 06/01/2025 - 10:08
                -3

                @Qazxswec: More reliable = less dropped packets = faster speeds.

              • Randolph Duke on 06/01/2025 - 10:11
                +12

                @Qazxswec:

                i am trying to engage in a serious discussion with you right,

                First mistake.

              • ThePunchingBag on 06/01/2025 - 10:26
                +3

                @Qazxswec: Looking at all the negs… I don't think anyone takes jv seriously

          • rubik33 on 14/01/2025 - 11:45

            @Qazxswec: if you devices support, you can enable 160MHz channels instead of 80Mhz to get double the throughput on wifi6

    • Dreamcast on 06/01/2025 - 10:53
      +1

      You're around the corner. I'd run…

    • MikeKulls on 06/01/2025 - 11:00

      Who cares? My ubiquiti gear is wifi 5 and I have no plan to upgrade any time soon

      • jv on 06/01/2025 - 11:04
        -8

        My ubiquiti gear is wifi 5

        Wow… Are you still also using an iPhone 4 ?

    • Secret ID on 06/01/2025 - 20:08
      +2

      I'll wait for WiFi 34, it's just around the corner.

  • Dyl on 06/01/2025 - 09:44
    +7

    Decent price, waiting for a sale on https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B0D9GKKXVW though

    2x 10Gbps, 4x 2.5Gbps, 4x 1Gbps

    Slower wifi but that switching capacity is insane

  • MasterScythe on 06/01/2025 - 09:47

    Last time I looked into WiFi7 routers they chewed power; is that still the case?

      • roguescholar on 06/01/2025 - 10:13
        +12

        they chewed power

        use molar.

        • jv on 06/01/2025 - 10:18
          -2

          🦷

  • Pikaloo on 06/01/2025 - 10:18
    +7

    US may be banning them: https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/the-government-may-ban-tp…

    • NirajSS on 06/01/2025 - 10:49

      who cares what usa does. usa keeps banning stuff and we stop using them?

      • Pikaloo on 06/01/2025 - 10:51
        +13

        Well there is a reason they're doing it. So it might be important to read why, and it might change your opinion on buying tp-link.

        The reason they might ban them are due to cybersecurity related issues.

        • NirajSS on 06/01/2025 - 11:00
          +2

          sure the national security bs they keep running around but they only found out now after years of using them. each and everything things has security issues. not sure why they still manufacture cars, phone in China. China might be adding their own chips inside those products to track, spy on usa.

          • Pikaloo on 06/01/2025 - 11:15
            +3

            @NirajSS: But just because everything has security issues it doesn't mean you don't care about it. You look into things such as how long it takes a manufacture to release a fix/patch/update, firmware/software support, look into things like opensource firmware availability, etc.

            A manufacturer that fixes zero day security related issues in days is a lot better than one that fixes them in months. And I'm not saying tp-link takes months this is just an example of what things you should look for in a manufacturer.

            • Xizor on 06/01/2025 - 11:53
              +1

              @Pikaloo: It would all make sense if their peer competitors were measurably better. They are not. And the supportive information against TPLink made public that i have seen is kinda weak, largely based on the fact there are so many in use.

              I actually agree (from my research and working in a sensitive related industry for 20yrs that has/is impacted) regulation and even banning of certain chinese equiptment does make A LOT sense, especially for nationally sensitive infrastructure and related public/private priority services (electricity, water, transport, telecoms etc). But at retail/consumer level, without evidence of brand specific issues, it achieves little beyond driving public awareness and with that comes the good and bad. Government and private entities including those in US get hacked, including the left of all sorts of sensitive data, by China's legion of cyber thugs at a shocking large and regular basis. The US treasrury and many big telcos amongst others recently. You can bet a lot more goes on that is kept hush. And its been happening for a long, long time.

              As for us banning TP Link consumer devices, i dont think its likely based on current information. Restricting in government and enterprise in some way is more probable, if anything. Time will tell.

        • TheFreaK on 06/01/2025 - 11:15

          Yeah the cybersecurity issue is that they don’t have their own backdoor

          • Doso on 06/01/2025 - 12:34
            +2

            @TheFreaK: I thought so to, but in reality TP-Link Opsec is a joke

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCdZaSu68Kk

            It's more to do with how bad TP-Link products are, they can't tell if there legit incompetent or they are intentionally leaving massive vulnerabilities in there products for a state actor to exploit

            • Phoebus on 06/01/2025 - 18:26

              @Doso: "Based on the CVE website mentioned in the video:

              • TP-Link = 396 CVE Records
              • Netgear = 1256 CVE Records
              • Cisco = 6653 CVE Records"
      • lastkey on 06/01/2025 - 10:55
        +3

        How about their own stuff plaggued with similar things? It seems everyone does it but its easier to blame Chinese. How the CIA Turns Routers into Surveillance Devices US judge finds Israel's NSO Group liable for hacking Apple to pay US$95 million to settle Siri privacy lawsuit and how about Lawful interception (LI)?

      • alteyez on 06/01/2025 - 11:05

        Because then one of the biggest economies does anything doesn't matter if you like it, agree with it or not it has a ripple effect across everything.

        Look at Huawei at the very least this time they are giving people a heads up.

        • Xizor on 06/01/2025 - 12:00

          Huawei was a much bigger and explicitly obvious risk with their push into providing cheap core network equiptment to major telcos. Huawei phones/personal devices was not the main issue. Not many things would be a greater risk than that outside of the defence industry itself. The fact a few governments had the balls to do anything (knowing the blow back) is the bigger shock. This here with TPLink is not the same and very hazy so far.

  • justtoreply on 06/01/2025 - 10:32
    +2

    I've been reading on ozb that tp link are unstable POS

    • uraha on 06/01/2025 - 11:07
      -1

      Depends on the model but the low end stuff are POS

      • 5kbjvb3o on 06/01/2025 - 11:32

        Most low end stuff are POS and I find TP-Link to usually be better than others.

      • Purp on 06/01/2025 - 12:05
        -1

        I've been using archer C7 that was under 100 bucks for a few years no issues on gigabit internet.

        If peoples home internet suck its probably user error if they are on NBN.

        • Purp on 06/01/2025 - 15:38
          +2

          People with 0 knowledge of networking upset they can't configure a router and blame their ISP, typical ozbargain.

    • Xizor on 06/01/2025 - 12:02

      Not really, same can be said for any brand they have dodgy models just like with cars, TVs, phones etc. Brands dont mean a whole lot you need to pick the right product irrespective of brand.

    • zacsg1 on 06/01/2025 - 12:16
      +2

      Had this BE550 for about 6 months so far and I have had zero problems, compared to my old Netgear nighthawk it's much more stable.

    • Yekul on 06/01/2025 - 12:57

      Been using their cheap AP for years without issue. Wifi 5 still going hard tbh, really had no reason to upgrade given most of the house is wired anyway. Rarely move huge data on them except when buying a brand new phone and migrating so eh dunno 🤷‍♂️

  • raj76 on 06/01/2025 - 10:41
    +2

    Got this on 30th Nov 2024 for $ 319 from ebay shopping express.

    • Kanjus on 06/01/2025 - 16:46

      How is it?

      • raj76 on 06/01/2025 - 16:55

        Working great

  • MikeKulls on 06/01/2025 - 11:00
    +2

    Better to just go with ubiquiti access points in my opinion.

  • kungfuman on 06/01/2025 - 12:15
    +2

    Do these work any good with the quest 3 over virtual desktop? from may experience anything tplink sucks with the quest.

    • justtoreply on 06/01/2025 - 13:43

      Would like to know, as this is my main reason to upgrade my router

      • kungfuman on 06/01/2025 - 13:53

        i think to be honest Asus is a good brand for routers and access points have never had any issue with those and they are solid.

    • basketballfreak6 on 06/01/2025 - 14:29

      Literally the reason I decided to finally upgrade my router lol…will find out soon enough I guess.

      One review I stumbled on said it worked great though: https://www.cgmagonline.com/review/hardware/tp-link-be9300-a…

  • garage sale on 06/01/2025 - 13:10

    Will be cheaper if trump bans TP-link routers which US wants to do due security concerns and their wide spread installed base, seem most popular router brand in the USA. Another Huawei moment.

    • kungfuman on 06/01/2025 - 14:57

      literally all governments have "spyware" in all companies, the CIA are the biggest offender not sure why the U.S. are targeting China being the only one. Apparently its ok for the U.S. government to spy on other counties but its not ok for other countries to spy on the U.S.

      • gakko on 06/01/2025 - 15:58

        OK according to who? Of course the USA would take that view. They should.

  • Tgb on 06/01/2025 - 13:33

    Needs more antennae for speed looks

  • vegemite2008 on 06/01/2025 - 16:31

    I have had the BE550 for 9 months now. User-friendly and reliable.

  • Tyoson on 06/01/2025 - 17:21

    Still not sure if I should get something like this, or just buy a second Eero 6+ to cover the back section of the house. I want something thats really good for local streaming on things like Moonlight and PsPlay. Eero has been pretty solid when signal is strong enough.

  • jl434 on 06/01/2025 - 18:46

    Signal suddenly dropped(with latest firmware), I changed back to the 3 years old Xiaomi router.

  • Budju on 06/01/2025 - 19:41

    US eyes ban on TP-Link routers amid cybersecurity concerns

    https://www.csoonline.com/article/3628483/us-eyes-ban-on-tp-…

    • NirajSS on 07/01/2025 - 14:24

      Right now you are seeing and writing is China manufactured device does this concern you?

      • Budju on 07/01/2025 - 15:04

        Did you read the article or are you too smart for that?

        • NirajSS on 07/01/2025 - 15:48

          the latter

          • Budju on 07/01/2025 - 21:00

            @NirajSS: Turns out, the cyber security concerns are because lots of their products are easily hacked by anyone. Not just the Chinese government. Not so smart now, are ya.

            • NirajSS on 08/01/2025 - 09:05

              @Budju: Certainly not. Anything is easily hacked by anyone who has an idea about it, the target is always the volume, if not Tp-Link then target will become the next device which is widely used.

              • Budju on 08/01/2025 - 20:54

                @NirajSS: I forgot that you knew more than cyber security experts. My bad.

        • internet-stranger on 07/01/2025 - 16:05
          +1

          The joke is, TP-Link make SUPER cheap routers that RSP/ISP can pretty much give away for free. Doing that has a “cost”, in this case it is quality software/updates.
          IF TP-Link are banned a few things may happen,
          1 the days of the “free” router on signup may disappear,
          2 the new “free” router will be replaced with the next cheapest thing, and will probably have the same software quality issues.
          3 we will go back to 12/24 month contracts but get better routers for “free”.

  • Rukiata on 06/01/2025 - 22:56

    cant even get these speeds on NBN, is this worth it?

  • Calmago on 16/01/2025 - 09:08

    Would anyone recommend a mesh system to use in conjunction with this?

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