The performance of 8 super cool antennas "ARCHER C5400" also had a great performance.

　In this season, when a new life began in April, have you already reviewed the network environment?In the past, high-speed line = wired LAN choice, but recently there have been more terminals for notebook PCs, smartphones, tablets and Wi-Fi connections, and Wi-Fi technology has been steadily advanced, and the speed as wired LAN.It is coming out.Even if the net line is light, if the Wi-Fi router uses more than five years old products, devices that use radio will not be able to demonstrate their original power.

　So, this time, I will introduce the TP-Link "Archer C5400", which has a performance that can be used with confidence without replacing it for a while.

　First of all, the impact of the main unit is amazing that makes it convinced that it is fast.As a router, the size of the housing that fits in a fairly large box is 230 x 230 x 43mm.The exterior reminiscent of "And Agenesis", which appears in the previous game "Zevius", I was grabbed my heart.From here, eight folded antennas are up and are in a state of birthday cake, so many people fall in love with just the appearance?In addition, despite this size, it comes with a slightly larger AC adapter.

　A blue LED for the status display is lined up on the front, and on the right is a Wi-Fi on/off button, a WPS button, and an LED on/off button.With a 4 -port Gigabit LAN port and WAN port on the back, USB 3.0 and 2.0 A terminal is prepared one port at a time.USB 3.0 Storage on the terminal, USB 2.0 If you connect a printer to the terminal, you can share it on the network.

　1 is 1 CPU that tends to affect router performance.Equipped with three copro seasers in 4GHz dual core.2.One 4GHz band and 5GHz band can be used in two tribs, and a stable process is realized by the copro sacer in charge of each band one by one.

　The communication function supports 4x4 Nitroqam (1024QAM), up to 2167Mbps, 2 in the 5GHz band..It supports high -speed communication with a maximum of 1000Mbps in the 4GHz band.It also supports MU-MIMO, which enables up to four devices at the same time, but this is also necessary to support MU-MIMO, so I do not care much about the current situation where there are few compatible devices.It may be good.The technologies related to the current high speed and improvement of radio wave intensity, such as being compatible with beam forming, are almost included.

　I thought that the connection setting was so difficult because it was such a high performance, and it was a specification that even beginners could easily do.If it supports WPS such as Windows PC or Android smartphone, just press the button on the router to complete the connection.For devices that do not support WPS, such as the iPhone, select SSID, look at the included Wi-Fi information card, enter the password to complete the connection.The rest is the router setting, but launched the browser and http: // tplinLwifi.If you access net/, the setting screen will appear.

　TP-Link is a familiar visual and easy-to-read screen configuration, so follow the instructions to complete the settings.If you are an advanced person, switch the tab at the top of the screen and select "Detailed Settings" to make a more detailed setting.Here are some functions from them.

● Smart connect function

　By turning on "Smart Connect" in the Wi-Fi setting, it will be a mode that allows the three bands to be compiled into one SSID and automatically sorted to the optimal connection.The devices that connected to the 5GHz band were sorted, but it can be avoided that the same band was used at the same time.

● Link aggregation function

　A function to secure a bandwidth of 2Gbps using two wired LAN ports.You can select two from the four ports and select the mode.

● Sharing settings

　The shared setting of the device connected to the USB can be made.In the case of storage, it can be referenced as a network device, and if you set FTP, it can be accessed from the outside, so it can be used as a simple NAS.USB 3.After connecting an external HDD for 0 and running "CrystalDiskMark" via Wi-Fi, the sequential lead records about 65MB/s.Depending on the file size, it is quite useful without much difference from the state connected to the PC.

● Guest network settings

　With the settings to open Wi-Fi to customers, simply turning the guests OK will allow you to use SSID for guests and connect.In addition to the security/naming, there is a setting called "Portal", and when connected to a guest SSID, there is also a mechanism that can be used by logging in on the web screen.The time to use can be specified in 1, 2, 4, 8 hours, so you can prevent it from being used.

● Wi-Fi schedule

　Specify the time required for Wi-Fi.Each day of the week and each band can be set for one hour.

● Settings by dedicated application "Tether"

　A dedicated application is prepared for smartphones, not only for initial settings, but also check the status, on/off guest network, and Wi-Fi settings.

　In addition, VPN connection, simple security, access restrictions, etc. can be used.Except for web filters and advanced security functions, it can be said that they can be covered.

　The performance is perfect, and in the middle of the night with low online load, SpeedTest.When the speed was measured with "VAIO S11" using NET, both up and down were recorded about 500Mbps.This time, although the descent of the iPhone was so sluggish (about 200Mbps, the uphill was over 300Mbps), the Android smartphone was a good record of about 300Mbps down.By the way, it is measured 4 to 5 meters away from the router across the wall of lightweight iron frame making.

　The radio wave intensity is sufficient, and it is good even in the bathroom about 9 meters away.In this case, video streaming playback from the bathroom will be stable.Actually, only one problem occurred during the verification, but the radio strength of the first assigned in the SSID of the two 5GHz bands is extremely bad, and it will be invisible just a little far away.rice field.The cause is unknown, but when the channel is manually specified instead of "automatic", the radio wave intensity has been revived.It can be used without any problems.If you use it and do that, you should try it.

　In this way, a high -performance router with a function to function and has enough performance.I'm worried about the price, but I can get it for around 33,000 yen.It may be expensive as a router, but considering that it can be used in the future, it will be a smart investment.However, if it is this size, you may be worried about the installation location.Recommended is to hang from the ceiling.And the center of the house is ideal.That way, you will get a strong radio wave throughout the house.

　The router is evolving steadily, but the use of the device side is a bit delayed.Finally, smartphones and notebook PCs with multiple antennas have increased in response to MIMO, but most of them are still two antennas.So there is no doubt that this product will be active over the next few years.If you are a model that emphasizes specifications that can be used with peace of mind in the future, we recommend this product with excellent cost performance.

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