The router your ISP shipped with your subscription is almost certainly holding your connection back. TP-Link’s Archer AX21 is the upgrade that fixes that without requiring a networking degree or a four-figure budget. Right now on Amazon it is down to $51, off its $79 list price and at a near record low, with no Prime membership required and no strings attached.
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WiFi 6, 1.8 Gbps, OFDMA, and four antennas
The Archer AX21 runs WiFi 6 (802.11ax) across two bands: up to 1,200 Mbps on the 5 GHz band for speed-sensitive devices and up to 574 Mbps on the 2.4 GHz band for broader coverage and IoT devices. The 1.8 Gbps total bandwidth figure is not the ceiling you will hit in practice, but it reflects the headroom that WiFi 6 provides over the previous generation when multiple devices compete for the same network simultaneously. OFDMA technology handles that competition by splitting each channel into smaller sub-channels and assigning them to different devices at the same time, rather than making each device wait for its turn the way older routers do.
Four high-gain antennas combine with Beamforming technology and an advanced front-end module chipset to push signal toward connected devices rather than broadcasting omnidirectionally. The practical result is stronger signal at distance and through walls, which is the failure mode that ISP-supplied routers hit first in any home larger than a studio apartment. EasyMesh compatibility means you can add a second TP-Link router or range extender later to eliminate dead zones without starting the network over from scratch.
