TP-Link's "Archer AX73" is a Wi-Fi 6 dual-band router that supports communication up to 4804Mbps + 574Mbps.
In the categorization as a Wi-Fi 6 compatible router, it will be a product located in the middle range, and the actual selling price as of June 2021 is 13,600 yen including tax, which is a price that is easy to pick up as a Wi-Fi 6 compatible router. It has become.
Buffalo's "WSR-5400AX6" is one of the competing products in the same class, but the actual selling price is about 2,000 yen cheaper, and it seems that the competitiveness in terms of price remains high.
However, as mentioned at the beginning, this product is not just a product that boasts competitiveness in terms of price, but its contents are quite substantial.
It should be noted that it supports the IPoE IPv6 connection service, which has been increasing in number of users as a domestic Internet connection environment, and IPv4 over IPv6 connection.
If it is only IPv6, the conventional model was also compatible, but this product makes IPv4 connection on IPv6 such as MAP-E adopted in v6 Plus and OCN Virtual Connect and DS-Lite adopted in transix. It supports the technology to be realized (IPv4 over IPv6).
It is necessary to consider the specifications of the business company for such a connection method, and it is difficult to deal with it unless the manufacturer is familiar with the domestic communication situation. For this reason, it is quite difficult to accurately convey a request from Japan to overseas development teams and put it on the development roadmap.
This may be the reason why only a few overseas Wi-Fi router manufacturers support it.
Although the number of compatible models of TP-Link is still small, these efforts have made it possible to use IPv4 over IPv6 connection with the following services and models.
Until now, many people have been attracted to TP-Link routers, but have given up on problems with the IPv6 environment. For these people, this product is a long-awaited new model.
Archer AX73 | |
Actual selling price | 13,600 yen |
CPU | Triple core, 1.5GHz |
memory | 512MB |
Wi-Fi chip (5GHz) | ―――― |
Wi-Fi compatible standard | IEEE 802.11ax / ac / n / a / g / b |
Number of bands | 2 |
Supports 160MHz width | ○ ○ |
Maximum speed (2.4GHz) | 574Mbps |
Maximum speed (5GHz-1) | 4804Mbps |
Maximum speed (5GHz-2) | ―――― |
Channel (2.4GHz) | 1 to 13 |
Channel (5GHz-1) | W52 / W53 / W56 |
Channel (5GHz-2) | ―――― |
New Radio Law (144ch) | × |
Number of streams | 6 |
antenna | External |
WPA3 | ○ ○ |
IPoE IPv6 | ○ ○ |
DS-Lite | ○ ○ |
MAP-E | ○ ○ |
WAN | 1Gbps x 1 |
LAN | 1Gbps x 4 |
USB | USB 3.0 x 1 |
action mode | RT / AP |
Firmware automatic update | ○ ○ |
Body size (width x depth x height) | 272.5 x 147.2 x 49.2 mm |