If your router is more than a couple of years old and struggling to give you fast speeds or dropping connections altogether more often than not, a new router or a mesh-networking kit will improve your Wi-Fi’s range, stability, and speed all over your home.
Over the past five years, we’ve spent hundreds of hours testing and evaluating more than 110 routers, and we’ve determined that the best router for wirelessly connecting your laptops, your smart devices, and anything else your daily life depends on is the TP-Link Archer AX3000 Pro.
Most people don’t need “the fastest” or the most expensive router to get good internet. Hitting the sweet spot between price and performance, the TP-Link Archer AX3000 Pro, which usually costs $100 to $150, broadcast a reliable and responsive Wi-Fi 6 network in our test home. The Archer AX3000 Pro wowed us with a speedy Wi-Fi signal both close to and far away from the router, even when we simulated a whole family using Wi-Fi at the same time. It also has a moderate amount of future-proofing and is ready for a 1- or 2-gigabit internet connection, so you won’t need to replace it for at least another four, five, or even seven years.
