TP-Link’s Archer C7 wireless router: Teardown

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TP-Link’s Archer C7 wireless router delivers 1,300 megabits per second over the 5 GHz band and 450 megabits per second over the 2.4 GHz band. Most wireless routers made today are built around three main chips and the TP-Link router is no exception. It uses a chipset from Qualcomm. The main device is a QCA9558 dual-band three-stream 802.11n system on a chip. Also on the main board is a Qualcomm AR8327 seven-port gigabit ethernet switch. There is another Qualcomm 802.11 radio chip called the QCA9880 that sits on a separate board along with three RF power amp chips from Skyworks.
This three-chip architecture is the same one you’ll see used on other wireless routers, even those that use a chipset from some other supplier. That seems to be because the 802.11 chip makers put out reference designs for use with their 802.11 chips that are the basis for most commercial wireless router boxes. The use of these reference designs leads to a lot of commonality among different brands of wireless router hardware.
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@materialnyxl 5 жыл бұрын

WOW! This review is pure gold. So much details! After watching this I really know what I'm going to buy, no marketing BS here!

@kman2590 5 жыл бұрын

Dont Buy it, i have it and its worst

@chiefhamim 6 жыл бұрын

Well thanks for the in-dept teardown, now I'm going to buy this one!

@chiefhamim 5 жыл бұрын

Actually bought the ARCHER C9 AC1900 v4 ^_^ Excellent.

@jesusmontoya8131 5 жыл бұрын

V1, V2 & V3 uses 3 external antennas for 5Ghz and 3 internal antennas for 2.4Ghz. V4 & V5 uses only 3 external antennas, but is dual, 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz. And the 5Ghz chipset its now integrated with the Mainboard.

@NathanDrake5 5 жыл бұрын

What about this modem/router? -> www.tp-link.com/gr/home-networking/dsl-modem-router/archer-vr400/ I cannot find any teardown photos/videos....

@WiNNiep00h 4 жыл бұрын

I have v5 and the wireless connection is not good enough. I want to change the antennas to 12dbi antennas but I don't see any possibility to change them. The antenna seems to be fixed. I didn't know this since I found some people online who said they can remove it (older version?) Any advices before I buy another router?

@MatHelm 4 жыл бұрын

Most useful info of this worthless video.

@OOpSjm 3 жыл бұрын

@bjay dy v4 theoretically

@charleshines2506 2 жыл бұрын

I think the reason for the separate board was so they could use the same mainboard for other models easily while just needing to use different firmware. You might be surprised how many routers look the same inside but with small differences like those.

@charleshines6155 4 жыл бұрын

I got one of these. My internet speed is advertised as 100 Mb/sec. I get around 110 to 115 Mb/sec now. In the past I was using a wireless N router that only had 100 Mb wired connections. I had no trouble getting 100 Mb/sec on Ethernet but the WiFi stuggled and just barely got me a 25 Mb/sec connection. With this new Archer C7 I get around 110 or so even on WiFi. I think the gigabit speed of the wired connection allowed the extra 10 to 15 extra Mb/sec speed. It is no fluke either, I ran the speed test a couple times. This is not an expensive router but not the cheapest either. This one sells for $60 at some stores. The only bad thing is the plastic is glossy and easy to leave fingerprints on but if you wall mount it that is not a problem. If fingerprints bother you just wipe it with a microfiber cloth. I don't know if this is the best router or if it will last a long enough time. I never owned a TP-Link before but a lot of people write good things about them. This is not a WiFi 6 or 802.11ax router, they are still very expensive. This may be fast enough for most people.

@b5a5m5 4 жыл бұрын

So there really is a mini pcie slot in there! A cool idea is to flash this router with custom firmware and install a LTE Modem in the PCIe slot and configure the firmware to failover to LTE when the WAN link dies. Removes 5ghz sure, but that can be handled by adding WLAN APs to the network!

@willhunt3000 3 жыл бұрын

Great technical review. Thanks!

@charleshines6155 4 жыл бұрын

That chip may be socketed for a reason. That could be they use the same mainboard in similar routers but use a different speed 5 GHz chip on other boards according to the price they were intended to sell for. The other variants of that same router would also likely have different firmware but always use the firmware that is for the specific model or you could brick it and essentially have no router at all unless you know how to unbrick it and that might be tricky for most people.

@runed0s86 3 жыл бұрын

You guys need to specify which revision this router is. there are 5 revisions of this specific model.

@OOpSjm 3 жыл бұрын

@suzannemccutcheon8741 2 жыл бұрын

Well made easy to use

@Jeankcr 4 жыл бұрын

Guys is it possible to attach regular coax cable from behind the router to "extend" the antennas to some other part of the house? Im thinking on getting this router for my 2 plant house and i wanted to put a antenna on the second floor using this "method"

@rossmcculloch187 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome review thanks

@markmado257 3 жыл бұрын

Can u make a teardown for my TP link AX50?.

@Jay_kaying 3 жыл бұрын

so the 3 external antennas are for the 2.5g signal only?

@Daleb007 4 жыл бұрын

Hi can you shed some light on this problem, this router beeps periodically around every 15 minutes or so, its very load and annoying is there a speaker or something on here can you tell me why and what that is beeping, thanks Dale