Usefell router, manual bit naff
An excellent router at a good price yes, however there are things to take in to consideration, for instance:
Do you want to know if there is traffic on a specific port? This is useful with fault finding!
Do you want to know the data rates? There are no LEDS showing this information!
If you want to see LEDs showing this data then this is the wrong unit for you, however its not the end of the world ...
The manual assumes you have set up knowledge, which not all of us have!
There are three different ways to set it up, as far as I can understand from the manual.
Ive set mine up in "Router Mode " using a cable, as Wifi in and around my my home is rather congested with signals. Question is - Where do I plug the cable which goes back to my hub? To me the sheet was not clear - There are 5 sockets on the back marked 1, 2, 3, 4 and "Internet" ( its all internet !!!) this may be obvious to some of you, but I feel the connector information has been "lost in translation".
For sake of clarity: 1, 2, 3, & 4 are the outputs. "Internet" is the input from your main hub, or Modem as the "Guide puts" it, It's that simple. The "guide" does tell you that, after some thought is given as to whats its on about!
There are three aerials on the back whic?h can be rotated to a number of angles to try and ensure maximum range. If you can work out how to connect to the Router itself, the instructions were clear enough to follow, You can do such things as: examining traffic data and, as I did: Change the password, change the admin name, & change its name to something you like the sound of., Mine arrived with the name :" TP-Link-E34C" which is a bit boring!
There are LED indicators on it, and these are status LEDs which are useful,
the idea is Blue is everything's working OK, there are 4 status modes.
The unit comes with its own little power supply which runs quietly, and cool to touch.
My overall feeling is its very good, it handles the thoughput well, pity about the instructions about where to shove the cat 5 plug's but once you have mastered that, plugged it in and played with it a bit its excellent.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
