Product Comparison: Linksys EA8300 vs TP-LINK Archer VR900

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Linksys EA8300 MU-MIMO Tri-band Wireless Router

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TP-LINK Archer VR900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL/ADSL Modem Router

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General Specifications

Brand

Linksys

TP-Link

Model

EA8300

Archer VR900

Origin

China

About the Product

Upgrade your home Wi-Fi and enjoy exceptional wireless speeds with the Linksys Max-Stream AC2200 MU-MIMO WiFi Tri-Band Router. Ideal for households with heavy WiFi use, this tri-band router delivers combined speeds of up to 2.2 Gbps for lag-free entertainment and productivity.

The Archer VR900 makes full use of its dual band Wi-Fi abilities, reaching speeds of up to 600Mbps on the 2.4GHz band and 1300Mbps on the 5GHz band. Enjoy a total speed of up to 1.9Gbps to eliminate buffering from your HD streams and lag from online games.

Key Specs

Wi-Fi Speed

2200 Mbps

1900 Mbps

Number Of LAN Ports

Frequency Band

2.4 GHz, 5 GHz

Wi-Fi Speed
Number Of LAN Ports

What customers say about "Key Specs"

Linksys EA8300 MU-MIMO Tri-band Wireless Router

The speed is crazy fast. I used to have to use a wifi extender for the second floor of our house and with this router that is not a problem anymore.
Download speed was at 67 Mbps and upload speeds where at 54 mbps. Nice Router, I like it.
Download speeds are a little faster than Apple Timecapsule and the range is moderately better.
The speeds have been great, signal strength has been great.
The max speed I get with this band is around 35 mbps.

TP-LINK Archer VR900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL/ADSL Modem Router

I can finally get my full Internet speed with 2.4 Ghz (and 5 Ghz obviously).
It's a great router, rock-solid connection and very good speed.
I bought this as we need every bit of wifi speed in our office, and no dropouts. I like this router.
It imediately gave a good download speed.
Fantastic AC Wi-Fi speeds and doesn't disconnect any of my devices.

Size & Weight

Color

Black

Height

2.15 in.

6.45 in.

Width

8.41 in.

8.5 in.

Depth

6.37 in.

1.44 in.

Weight

1.34 lbs.

3.35 lbs.

Network

QoS Traffic Prioritization

Yes

Auto Speed Sensing

Yes

Number Of WAN Ports

Wireless Standard

Wireless - AC

Ethernet Standard

10/100/1000

Number of Antennas

Ethernet Switch

Yes

What customers say about "Network"

Linksys EA8300 MU-MIMO Tri-band Wireless Router

This thing doubled if not tripled my 5ghz range and speeds tremendously.
Good Router with a decent range!
The range on 2.4ghz is great. Good router.
Very good signal strength and range.
I tested WiFi range around the apartment, and found that there was almost no improvement.

TP-LINK Archer VR900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL/ADSL Modem Router

Very easy to setup, not only has the range of my wifi improved, the speed has also increased over the originally provided modem.
Excellent range and strength, using WPS button easy to connect Sky box, audio player, TV etc.
Excellent product - works flawlessly with Plusnet. Wireless range and speeds are fantastic.
It's signal range and strength has been excellent for over 10 devices connected and running at the same time.
Faster download speeds, nearly 1.5mb faster that the BT home hub4 it replaced. Good Wifi range.

Security

Data Encryption

Yes

Encryption Type

WPA/WPA2, 64/128-bit WEP, WPA2-Personal, WPA2-Enterprise

64/128-bit WEP, WPA/WPA2, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK

Parental Controls

Yes

Security Features

Auto Firmware Update, SPI, DoS protection, Advanced Beamforming+ Technology, Airtime Fairness, Smart Wi-Fi Cloud Management

NAT support, Access control, MAC / IP / URL Filtering, DHCP, ALG, UPnP, DMZ, Dynamic DNS, NOIP, PPTP, L2TP, IPsec, RIP-1, RIP-2

What customers say about "Security"

Linksys EA8300 MU-MIMO Tri-band Wireless Router

This works great, there are some great options for security.
Love the quick and secure set-up.
Packed very secure and everything worked great.
Security options are turned on by default, which is a good thing.
The guest account is setup and turned on by default during installation. This is a security issue for me.

TP-LINK Archer VR900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL/ADSL Modem Router

I just wanted a safe, secure device that could punch a signal through the walls of my house - which it does fine and out into the garden! Great!
Safe, Secure, Simple - even I could set it up!
Guest network allocates a separate and secure network for guests on both 2.4GHz and 5GHz.
Then it just sits there and does a brilliant discrete job. Very secure.
Secure wifi didn't work. No matter what I tried could not get the secured wifi to connect to anything it would not accept the password.

Warranty / Certifications

Manufacturer Warranty

1 year(s)

Certifications

CE, FCC

Other Information

Manufacturer

Link

Manual

Download

MSRP

229.99 $