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TP-LINK TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless Gigabit CABLE Router

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Brand	TP-LINK
Item Weight	132 g
Product Dimensions	15.5 x 23.4 x 3.6 cm
Item model number	TL-WR2543ND
Wireless Type	802.11B, 802.11G, 802.11n

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ASIN	B006B3BM9I
Customer Reviews	53 customer reviews
Best Sellers Rank	68,228 in Computers & Accessories (See top 100) #572 in Computers & Accessories > Networking Devices > Routers
Shipping Weight	939 g
Date First Available	16 Nov. 2011

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With 450 Mbps dual-band wireless, Gigabit ports and USB sharing for files, media, or printing, the TL-WR2543ND is the most robust networking foundation available for work and play. The 3 dual-band antennas generate a maximum theoretical wireless throughput of 450 Mbps over the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz channels utilising a 3 X 3 Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) configuration. Compared with legacy 802.11n 300 Mbps products, the router has the speed to provide advanced and stable wireless connections, allowing users to benefit from the full potential of their wireless networks.

With the majority of devices working over 2.4 GHz, wireless interruption - from cordless phones, microwaves, and neighbouring wireless networks - has become commonplace. The TL-WR2543ND supports the establishment of a 5 GHz wireless connection for home networks at 450 Mbps, transmitting data on the less crowded 5 GHz band to avoid interference, and offering significantly improved wireless stability and overall performance.

The multifunction USB port can be used to connect a printer or external USB storage device directly to the router, instantly sharing the USB-connected device with other users on the network. Printing is effected through a Printer Setup Wizard, and USB storage devices are easily and conveniently available for users to access their data, either locally or through the Internet (with FTP server functions). A built-in Media Server lets users share music, videos, and photos with PC, PS3, XBox 360 and other compatible devices. The inclusion of a gigabit Ethernet switch enables the TL-WR2543ND to offer more powerful data processing abilities, eliminating bottlenecks in transferring speed between megabit wired and 11n wireless connections. Meanwhile everything users do will be faster and more efficient, thus allowing for larger file sharing.

Compatible with Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS), the TL-WR2543ND features a Quick Security Setup that allows users to almost instantly setup their security simply by pressing the WPS button on the router and automatically establishing a WPA2 secure connection. Not only is this faster than normal security setups but more convenient in that users needn’t remember a password.

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Marian

... a few product this company and mostly i ahve bad

1 January 2018

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TP-link I bought a few product this company and mostly i ahve bad experience

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Bogdan P.

Five Stars

27 July 2017

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If only I had an ISP to max it...

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Renato

Amazing!

22 February 2013

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Well can I say I never buy something great like that? I replace with this my BT old one, you cannot imagine the difference! Before I use to loose connection and have to restart the Hub very often, with this one...I never did after month. In top of that you can replace the firmware with an openWRT one: BOOM you got one of the best rooter you could have! torrent, allert, stats, firewall,dydDNS, all you want it's there and it will work just great. Only bad thing I can say? well the 5GHz band it's not simultaneus, but for this price it's just normal, more of this it do not look very good, it's a manner of tast of curse!

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C. Wright

Great product

6 February 2012

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Previous to trying this router, I have tried Netgear WNDR3700, Asus RT-N56U and the Linksys E3200.

These three were very unstable for me. The WNDR3700 overheated and caused massive latencies on everything (2k + pings). The Asus had regular wireless dropouts on multiple computers and crashed daily. The E3200 had frequent wireless dropout and WAN to LAN throughput reduced to a mear 1mbps under moderate use (a few hours of 10mbit/s downloding).

This router, while not particularly attractive, is very stable for me. I have 3 wired clients and 4 wireless clients connected to this and all connections are very stable.

The 2.4Ghz has good range, though perhaps the throughput on wireless compared to the above routers is slightly lower.

I can get a full 1000mbps over the wired connection when accessing my NAS.

I had one issue with one wireless computer where it would lose connection every time the router auto switched to a different channel. The computer couldn't connect for a while after this also. However, once I changed the router to a static uncongested channel I've had no disconnects at all.

Also you cannot use the 2.4Ghz and the 5Ghz at the same time, but thats not a huge issue for me.

The range of settings available from the web interface is very impressive. Far more so than the other 3 routers I listed at the beginning of the review.

The print server function has a VERY limited selection of supported printers - you can check them on the TP Link website.

Very good value for money compared to other high end routers.

Update 9th July 2013:
The router is still going strong, still as reliable as the day I purchased it. It is now being used on a 50mbps fibre connection where it provides the full 50mbps WAN to LAN throughput.

Still very happy with this item.

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John

Not bad at all, esp. on offer. Beware Open/DD-WRT config, and dont expect too much from the USB.

15 July 2013

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Not a particularly pretty box, if that's relevant to you - I don't give two s**ts personally.
Works fine with the TP-Link firmware, but with very slow USB Samba support and not many other options, and EVERYBODY loves more options.

So I immediately installed Open-WRT instead. Which went well, up until I started to configure it as a client bridge to the 300MB/s VirginMedia WiFi hub.
Long story short I ended up unable to talk to it in any way, and Open-WRT DISABLES THE BUCKIN RESET BUTTON!
No 30/30/30 sec hard reset!

So time to break out the soldering iron and populate the serial header. That with a £2 ebay USB ->TTL serial dongle (dont connect the 3.3V line) plus a TFTP server (I used the free Tftpd64-4.00-setup.exe ), and the PC set to 192.168.1.27 let me wipe and reinstall the firmware.
Now using DD-WRT and working well. Samba/USB still flakey, (PC's TCP/IP stack blue screens Win7 x64 Ult when writing anything larger than an mp3 to the USB drive), but more tinkering may improve it.
Will try an ext4 formatted HDD instead, current is an 8Gb NTFS USB stick (only because the util I have for generating ext4 partitions/drives wont talk to flash drives and I've been too lazy to sort out dual boot with Linux, although I suppose a live CD would do).

Useful info on serial/TFTP recovery with annotated photos of serial header can be found on the Open-WRT page for this router.
I found the information there to be accurate and useful, if a bit sparse. All the good stuff is there, you just have to fill in the blanks a bit yourself. Could be a bit intimidating if you haven't fiddled with this sort of stuff before.
Obviously because I'm the King of The World and all that I was fine.

Does QOS, time based access by MAC or IP, MAC cloning, routing tables, DMZ etc.
If you need maximum Tx power on the wireless you should select Bolivia as your location, they allow up to 500mW ERP, which is about 10x what any other country allows!
Beware overheating if you do that, run it with the case open or something.

All in all pretty good value, esp if on offer.
If you need more than this can offer with Open/DD-WRT installed Id suggest an ITX x86 board running something like pfSense, SmoothWall etc with a gigabit switch and a decent wifi-n USB or mini-PCI card.
Personally I cant be bothered with having a workshop* full of PCs all sucking power just for the sake of it any more, so this is fine.

Was delivered very quickly and in a massive box, comes with a not-very-bendy ~1m CAT6 cable, plus a 12V 1.5A PSU.
I intend to put the Virgin hub into modem mode and use this as the sole wifi/router , and replace both their PSUs with a single one rated at ~3A @12V for tidiness.
I'll edit this review in a couple of months when I've had a chance to really get it configured properly, only had it a few days so far.

* anyone who uses the word "workshop" to describe something that doesn't contain a lathe is taking himself too seriously.

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A horrible-looking thing, but it works well

30 January 2012

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A lot more thought could have been put into designing this thing. I know that aesthetics are hardly that important but there are some beautiful, elegant routers out there and you might feel a bit dumb choosing one the old boiler when you could have the beauty queen.

As a router is operates near the high end of the market and is worth every penny. I found it very easy to set up and had a strong connection virtually 10 minutes after taking the wrapper off the box. If your watching HD movies online or download a lot of data you'll be able to do it very, very quickly (assuming, of course, your provider can keep up).

If you keep your routers out of sight then go for it, but if you mount them on a wall, shelf or desk, you might want to keep visitors away out of the house.

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