TP-Link Archer AX50 AX3000 Wireless Dual-Band Gigabit Router (Renewed)
$58.99
Price: $58.99
(as of Jan 26, 2025 17:35:41 UTC – Details)
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JD Power Award —Highest in customer satisfaction for wireless routers 2017 and 2019
Wi-Fi 6 Router: Wi-Fi 6(802. 11ax) technology achieves up to 3x faster speeds, 4x capacity and 75% lower latency compared to the previous generation of Wi-Fi 5 while the power of Intel’s dual-core CPU ensures your experience is smooth and Buffer-Free
Next-gen 3 Gaps speeds: 4-Stream Dual Band router reaches incredible speeds up to 3 Gaps (2402 Mbps on 5 GHz band and 574 Mbps on 2. 4 GHz band) for faster streaming and gaming like you have never experienced before.
Connect more devices than ever before: simultaneously communicate more data to more devices using revolutionary OFDMA technology
Minimize lag For all devices and applications: experience ultra-smooth entertainment whether you are streaming 4K videos, gaming online, or even video chatting with up to 75% reduced lag.
Increased battery life for devices: target wake time technology reduces your devices’ Power consumption to extend their battery life.
Advanced security: Protect your network and connected devices with a free lifetime subscription to TP-Link HomeCare featuring next-level antivirus, robust parental controls, and QoS.*
Easy setup and Backwards Compatible: set up your router in minutes with the powerful TP-Link tether app. Archer AX50 supports all previous 802.11 standards and all Wi-Fi devices
Customers say
Customers find the router’s performance, setup, and speed satisfactory. They find it easy to set up and use, with a straightforward app. Many customers consider it a good value for the price. However, some customers have concerns about reliability and signal strength. There are mixed opinions regarding connectivity and refurbished quality.
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9 reviews for TP-Link Archer AX50 AX3000 Wireless Dual-Band Gigabit Router (Renewed)
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Elliot W. –
Amazing deal.
Still cant believe i scored this AX3000 on black friday, used, for $50. setup was a breeze and functionality is off the charts. paying for 500mbps fiber and i constantly am getting 800+mbps. Coverage was as expected, speed went down about half-ways 2 rooms over on 5ghz, but holds up a little better on 2.4ghz. If you get this router used, and on sale you’ll receive great value for your money! cheers!
BobC –
Excellent Router
I purchased this router to use as a Wireless Access Point. I have an AX55 as my primary router, and the AX50 as the secondary router. I have a ranch home and I have the two routers at opposite ends of the house, giving me great signal strength throughout the entire house. I have 500Mbps internet, and I get the full 500Mbps speed on my laptop (wireless).When I first setup the router, I got the full 500 WiFi speed. However, after a few days, the WiFi speed dropped to around 85Mbps. Rebooting the router didn’t help. I called Amazon customer support and they put me in touch with a TP-Link tech. After doing a number of different tests, we found that even the wired ethernet port was not giving the full speed. After verifying that the cable going into the router had the full speed, I plugged everything back together and the speed has been great since. I don’t know if I plugged the input ethernet cable into the same LAN port (I wasn’t using the built-in WAP configuration). I’m guessing that perhaps one of the LAN ports was bad, and after testing, another LAN port was used. Whatever the reason, it’s been working great for over a month now.
Daniel MP –
Does everything it claims.
The TP-Link router is solid. Setup was straightforward, and it provides good coverage across the house. Connection stays stable and performs well. Overall, a reliable choice for home networking
Nick Vendura –
Good connections, but terrible USB 3.0 speeds
Overall, it’s not a bad router. I have a specific gripe with this device and, despite my desire to rate this at 2-3 stars, I will give it the benefit of the doubt as the router does perform well in its primary directive: that is, to provide fast and reliable wired and wireless speeds over 2.4GHz and 5GHz connections.That said, my issue is with the USB port on the back. Between these asterisks is my rant about that issue. If you don’t care about network USB storage, you can skip past the second row of asterisks.*********************Unfortunately, there are not many reputable router brand names in the United States that you can trust. Amazon’s pages are flooded with third-party brands with very little track record or Chinese manufacturers that either A) have a name you could never pronounce; or B) don’t even have a brand name.So, I went with TP-Link. I had been using a Google Mesh Router for several years and recently upgraded to 1Gbps service but was disappointed in my download results from Google, maxing out around 750Mbps. I was also looking for a router with a USB 3.0 port so I could attach an external m.2 SSD drive to quickly transfer files around the house. I was really excited to get the USB port fired up … but then I hooked it up. It’s not USB 3.0 speeds, not even close.I’m not even sure how they’re allowed to advertise USB 3.0 speeds on this device despite it not being even close. And if you think I’m just doing something wrong or being conspiratorial … read on.While searching for answers as to why I was only getting 20MBps transfers to my m.2 SSD (which is rated at 1,400MBps but still should get near 500MBps over USB 3.0), I found this response from an official TP-Link moderator (Sunshine) on the official online support forum for the company:”Due to the limit of the CPU capability … the USB 3.0 port on the router could not reach the speed. … According to our test result, around 30MBps for USB 3.0 port on this router is the actual speed. So, the USB 3.0 speed of your router is normal.” (end quote)That’s right. Even though this is listed as having USB 3.0 speeds (up to 500MB/s), in the “real-world,” the most you can get is about half of USB 2.0 speeds (60MB/s) or around 30MB/s. Mind you, USB 2.0 is technology from April 2000 — 24 years ago. Needless to say, I am extremely disappointed in that.******************************OK, now that my attached storage rant is over, I will detail my thoughts about the rest of the router’s functions: It’s brilliant! Yes, even though I’m extremely dissatisfied with the USB speeds, the basic functionality of this router is great.SETUPIt’s very easy, and you have the choice of using an app called “Tether” or using your PC’s web browser at http://192.168.0.1/. The user interface is very clean and intuitive (see image). I’ve used many that were cluttered and not very organized, but this is laid out very well. Access to things such as port forwarding, Alexa/Google assistants, QoS, wireless settings and, ahem, USB port, is straight forward, and so far, all of the functions I’ve tested and worked good, with the exception of the USB port (read between the asterisks if interested).SPEEDSI’m getting consistently fast download speeds from my 1Gbps service of over 900MBs and WiFi speeds, depending on device, approach 800 or even higher.CONNECTIVITYThe range is good and much better than my previous Google router. I went from getting a signal of 58 to a signal of 47 on my Ring doorbell camera with the TP-Link router (lower is better), which is in the same exact spot that my previous router was. I also use a Wi-Fi extender in my apartment as this is a brick house with a lot of walls and the switch was seamless by using the same SSID and password.OVERALLAs I mentioned previously, I’m giving this 4 stars despite my desire to leave a lower rating because of my issues with USB. However, since I feel the primary purpose of this router is to provide fast and reliable internet connections via Ethernet or Wi-Fi, I feel it would only be fair to judge this device mainly for that function, of which it does well. I’m definitely knocking off 1 star for the USB speeds, but overall, I think I’d still recommend this, especially if you can find a good deal on it as I did here with the refurbished version.
MRT –
Security Risks with refurbished router bound to another owner
First, this router was easy to set up through the Tether (TP-Link) app, and my internet connection is great. Unfortunately, it’s bound to another TP-Link ID. This means the certified refurbished AX6000 router is bound to a different owner. A factory reset won’t fix this. The previous owner or TP-Link support must change ownership.I reset everything several times and spent hours troubleshooting until I finally contacted TP-Link support. An agent told me that they’d need to forward me to someone else who would open a ticket for resetting the ownership. I eventually got a TP-Link email response asking me to provide screenshots of the issue along with an image of the back of my router’s serial number and my purchase invoice. None of the TP-Link support agents were able to unbind the previous owner’s TP-Link ID from the router, but my support ticket was escalated to the engineering team.My initial thought was that it would be no big deal, so what if I can’t use certain features? My upload speed went from 0.09Mbps to 11.07Mbps, and it has an excellent WIFI range. However, the security risks aren’t worth it. The previous owner might still have remote access via the TP-Link cloud service, which would allow them to monitor and control the router’s settings. They could potentially change network settings, WIFI passwords, and security settings. They might be able to push firmware updates or changes that could affect performance and security. They might be able to see connected devices and monitor traffic, thereby compromising privacy.Any previous ownership settings, such as TP-Link ID binding, should be removed before selling this item as certified refurbished. I sincerely hope this was an isolated quality control oversight and that nobody else unknowingly has this same problem. I didn’t realize the ownership issue until I decided on a whim to link my router to Alexa skills. I would suggest logging in to the router with the IP address and going to Advanced > TP-Link ID > Log in to bind the router to your TP-Link ID, and check for this message, “You cannot log in to this router because you are not a manager of it. Please ask the owner to add you to the managers list”. I regret this certified refurbished purchase and wish I had purchased a new router instead.Update 07/02/2024: TP-Link engineering support successfully unbound the previous owner’s TP-Link ID from my router. It was a huge hassle, and the vulnerability was not worth the few dollars saved by purchasing certified refurbished.
Jon Aragon –
El mejor router que compré, al tener 3 bandas lo aprovecho mucho, tengo 1000 megabytes de internet sin caÃdas, en wifi no tengo caÃdas y no tengo lag para los juegos online, muy satisfecho por la compra
Cliente de Amazon –
Funciona excelente. Da una señal muy estable y buen alcance.
Andoni Suarez –
En un hogar donde la conexión wifi era la columna vertebral de las actividades diarias, surgió un desafÃo que agitó las aguas de la armonÃa digital. Con cada miembro de la familia sumergido en un mar de dispositivos, la red titubeaba, incapaz de sostener la carga de más de 30 conexiones simultáneas.En el centro de esta saga tecnológica, emergió un héroe moderno: este Router, una maravilla tecnológica que prometÃa ser el salvador de esta situación. Con luces parpadeantes y antenas desplegadas como alas de un guardián digital, el nuevo router llegó dispuesto a desafiar las limitaciones.Con habilidad quirúrgica, se instaló el nuevo aparato. Sus señales poderosas abrazaron cada rincón del hogar, disipando las sombras de la desconexión. Era una sinfonÃa de estabilidad: desde los teléfonos móviles hasta las consolas de juego, desde los ordenadores hasta los dispositivos inteligentes, todos encontraron un santuario de conectividad confiable.Las videollamadas fluÃan sin interrupciones, los juegos en lÃnea se volvieron más fluidos y las descargas se aceleraron como nunca antes. El nuevo router se convirtió en el guardián de la armonÃa digital, permitiendo que cada miembro de la familia navegara por las vastas aguas de internet sin temor a naufragios tecnológicos.Con el nuevo router en su lugar, la casa se llenó de risas y actividades en lÃnea sin interrupciones. Era el comienzo de una era de conexión estable, donde cada dispositivo, desde el más modesto hasta el más exigente, encontró su lugar en el reino del WiFi sin lÃmites.
Farouk Cheikha –
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