Top positive review
5.0 out of 5 starsNice performance and featues in its price range
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2017
I have several models of TP-Link routers which I have been using for many years including the TP-Link C50 and TP-Link AC1900. Just like the other TP-Link routers, the TP-Link AC1350 is very easy to setup. All we need to do is to connect to the router via Wifi and access the configuration menu by typing tplinkwifi.net We could choose the Quick setup option for a step-by-step guided configuration or manually configure it for the more advanced users. There are quite a few features in the configuration menu including guest network, parental control, QOS, and more.
I tested the Wifi signal strength by using the Wifi Analyzer App on my Android tablet in a remote location in the house. . The signal strength is indeed quite decent. It was clearly better than the signal from my AT&T modem / router and a bit less than the AC1900 (see attached picture for the Wifi signal strength chart). The three antennas really helps to boost the signal strengths as compared to other routers using only 2 antennas.
The router has an USB port for connecting to storage devices for remote access. We can also configure the USB settings from the configuration menu and set a unique password for accessing the storage contents (go to the Sharing Account tab and select the "Use New Account" option). The streaming of the video from the USB disk drive was quite smooth and have no apparent lags. You could also set up VPN with L2TP by assessing the Internet Connection Type tab. I used this feature to connect to my VPN service providers (PureVPN and Express VPN).
Overall, I like this router given the relative decent performance and amount of features in comparison to other similar routers in its price range.