TP-Link Archer AX90
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PRICE £167 (£200 inc VAT) from pcpro.link/325tplink
We don’t see many tri-band Wi-Fi 6 routers. Thanks to the technological improvements introduced in the 802.11ax wireless standard, a single 5GHz radio can service dozens of clients at once without clogging up the airwaves, so there’s not much need to pay a premium for a router with two.
Yet there are still benefits to a tri-band design. The extra bandwidth can be useful for large households or small offices with lots of computers all wanting to exchange data concurrently. Or, you can dedicate one radio to a gaming rig or server, so it can enjoy a full-speed connection with no need to share bandwidth.
With the Archer AX90, TP-Link has come up with a clever way to keep the cost down. Instead of using
