Tenda W1801R Wireless AC1750 Dual Band Gigabit Router, Access Point, WDS Mode

Pros: I bought this on sale for $59.99 to use a an access point. I've been using Netgear's R6300 but I occasionally have to reboot it. I wasn't expecting any faster speeds with this unit but rather a more reliable connection. What a surprise !! This unit improved my connection speed quite a bit, in comparison to the R6300 and it hasn't needed a reboot yet, of course it's only been running for about 5 days, but it's already run longer, without a required reboot, than the R6300. I'm using the original firmware and so far, so good. If it starts having issues, I'll update this review I'm glad I took a chance on this unit, so far it's an improvement over what I already had and the price will be hard to beat.

Cons: The firmware does not have an option to simply select this unit to be an access point so you have to configure it manually, which if you're familiar with how to do this, is no problem. If you need an "access point" option, this firmware doesn't have it.

Overall Review: I'm hoping this unit continues to work as it has for the last 5 days. I couldn't find a single review on it, but I took a chance on it anyway, what luck ! Seems to be a pretty good unit, we'll see how it does over the next few months.

Pros: I put tomato firmware on it as soon as I opened the box, setup everything and upped the wifi wireless to 70 Mw and this thing is awesome, I'd expect to pay over $150.00 for a router like this and I got it for $59.99, what a deal. The wireless covers pretty much my entire 3000 sq ft house.

Cons: None

Pros: Small and lightweight Lights aren't obnoxiously bright Price when on sale Works great with Tomato firmware Easy setup out of the box, no CD's required 2 USB ports All gigabit connections Reboot time is pretty quick I must admit

Cons: This thing gets HOT (with stock firmware). I keep a small fan blowing air under and through it. One light kept blinking with stock firmware. Had no idea what the light was for and I couldn't get it to stop. It's the light under the 'sun' looking icon between the power light and usb light, maybe Tenda can look into that or explain what it is. Usually needed a reset about once a week otherwise download speeds dropped from 40 Mbps to about 8 Mbps as per speedtest. Usually didn't affect upload speed. I hate having to reboot routers so often, which is why I got this hoping to not have that issue. I don't actually own anything that can take advantage of the AC protocol yet so I can't comment on that aspect. Wifi range could be better, as I read somewhere else the 2.4Ghz channel gets better range than the 5Ghz. Not being familiar with dual band routers I thought the opposite was true and the 5Ghz would have great range.

Overall Review: Alright so stock firmware is ok for most people, email's, browsing etc you'll be fine. But if you want to keep taking full advantage of your high speed internet, you'll have to reboot this about once a week or put Tomato firmware on it. I really didn't want another router that needed to be constantly rebooted. So I installed Tomato by Shibby on this one after reading reviews about it. So far it runs much cooler (I may not need the fan anymore for it). It hasn't needed a reboot yet (been about 3 days since I installed, so time will tell). Much more options you can configure with Tomato than stock. Also Tomato made the light stop blinking *see cons list. If I find a way to make the range better I will be very happy with this router. As is though I'm satisfied as long as it keeps running great. Wifi link speeds: Galaxy S3: 150 Mbps on the 5Ghz, pretty constant. 2007 HP laptop: Ok this one was interesting. On stock Tenda firmware the link speed was usually only about 54 Mbps on both the 2.4Ghz and the 5. After putting Tomato on it, it stays between 240 and 270 Mbps on either channel Asus nexus 7 (first gen): Stays at a constant 65 Mbps. It never connects at a higher speed, so the limitation is most likely with the tablet itself.

Pros: 1. The frequently-on-sale price is quite cheap for an AC1750 class router 2. External antennas with standard connections 3. Interesting options not found on even expensive routers (wireless AP isolation on both guest and primary network) 4. Tomato-compatible

Cons: 1. Web interface has some issues: inexplicably divided categories (for example, why is wireless security separate from the rest of the wireless settings when it can all easily fit on the same page?), settings sometimes don't get changed and no error messages are shown to indicate why, no way to default to "advanced" settings on login 2. Mediocre 5Ghz range on stock firmware 3. no beamforming support 4. no hosts table for name resolution for statically assigned devices 5. QoS isn't well implemented and isn't very flexible 6. no HTTPS access to the web interface 7. no control over WiFi radio broadcast power

Overall Review: For the money, this is a pretty decent router. Admittedly I haven't had it very long (and can't speak to the instability others have seen), but I do have much better 2.4Ghz coverage than my previous router (which had only internal antennas). I purchased this to replace a Linksys ea8500 which is currently really held back by very poor software.

Pros: Installed Shibby Tomato firmware on day one. It has been running 24/7 ever since.. USB works fine as network printer port (Tomato printing is off by default: make sure bidirectional copying is set off). Speed seems excellent, certainly better than my Asus RT-N12. Atttractive, solid build.

Cons: It won't do my laundry.

Overall Review: At $59 this thing is a no-brainer. It replaced a Netgear R6300 with DD-WRT, which is may overcomplicated for most users and not as fast or reliable as this router.

Pros: Shibby Tomato compatible

Cons: Can run a little hot. Have mine on a leftover netbook cooling pad.

Overall Review: Purchased on Shell Shocker deal for half price. Never tried the stock firmware, flashed the latest Shibby Tomato firmware out of the box and it has been flawless. Main feature of Tomato was the capability to assign per client bandwidth to each of the nearly 20 devices on our network. That and the "set and forget" nature of Tomato installs. Router can run for months without a reboot. Highly recommended if you can flash 3rd party firmware and catch it on sale.

Pros: Great router and great price. Really good wireless performance. I would recommend this as a good router.

Cons: Initially had an issue with Netflix on any device that used lots of bandwith (HD on PS4 and Roku, etc). Tablets and phones worked fine. Had to go into Advance settings, Bandwith settings and create "Custom Bandwidth Allocation". Choose IP range of devices. Choose max "Downstream Bandwidth limit" and "Upstream Bandwidth Limit". Select "Each member of the IP range shall utilize the allocated bandwidth individually." and "Utilize more bandwidth if available". Then SAVE. Once it Rebooted Netflix started instantly on all of my devices

Overall Review: I actually purchased 3 of them (1 to use as router and the other 2 to use as Access Points). I'm very pleased with the performance and features

Pros: Brought this to replace the TP which drops 3-5 times a day. I have flashed TOMATO-W1800R-121 for it. so far so good. Never dropped since purchased. 2.4G&5G both work well. I have my iphone and macbook connected on 5G band. Seems faster. It goes smoothly when open webpage. recommend to friends especially when on sale(lol)

Cons: so far so good. will add if anything goes wrong

Overall Review: works great. never dropped. what a big save for a AC1750 router