I'd disagree, the pro stuff has been flawless (PoE switches), Powerline adapters are as stable as any others i've tried, wifi extenders work as advertised. I personally would never have considered them for routers till I was given one. A £30 router has multiple SSID support, QoS, SSID rate limiting and the kind of feature set that i'd normally have to flash a custom firmware to get. They also review very well and get regular updates/fixes unlike some of the bigger names.

I'd intended to drop the money on a Unifi AP and Edgerouter, but other than a reboot to flash the firmware to the latest version it's been flawless.

Now that would be a rare thing I imagine :smirk:

here already:
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/tp-link-c7-ac1750-store-49-97-currys-pcworld-wyvern-derby-2391682
strange, it is not generated much interest. Got 2 myself which I use in bridged mode, can get full verginmedia 200mbps when placed at 20m distance to each other in straight line

should mention in the title its a cable router

Brand is TP-Link. Archer is just the model name. I'll avoid this deal. Al of their products are junk.

tp link are solid routers and pl adaptors. is this better than a HM5?

I have the c2, very fast interface, the only bugbear with the c2 is that you have to copy the mac and ip address if you want to make a device permanently have the same ip via the router..

We've also had a D5 since september, replacing the rubbish free one from the ISP.
Had to have the power supply replaced but, the device itself has been fine. No more streaming stuttering or drop-outs while gaming.

Or not as the case may be ....