Archer C5 or any other model?
V2 is the newer than V1.2 and there are some hardware changes. V2 should work better in Wi-Fi performance.

Manufacturers usually change product hardware versions for tiny hardware adjustment.

Hi,

Archer C5 v1.2 has a Qualcomm Atheros CPU but the new Archer C5 v2 has a Broadcom !
The missing antenna has no importance because both are 2 streams only...

HiSpeed wrote

Hi,

Archer C5 v1.2 has a Qualcomm Atheros CPU but the new Archer C5 v2 has a Broadcom !
The missing antenna has no importance because both are 2 streams only...

Here comes the truth.:cool:

Well I got the V1.2 and works well.

The newer is always more better.

androholic wrote

The newer is always more better.

I have Archer c5 v1.2 and there is unclear specifications. Maximum speed on wifi info shows more speed than noticed on specifications for v2. See attachment:
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Deivs wrote

I have Archer c5 v1.2 and there is unclear specifications. Maximum speed on wifi info shows more speed than noticed on specifications for v2. See attachment:

I don't know why, but some Archer C5 v1.2 appear identical to Archer C7 v2... :D

Tobacco wrote

Manufacturers usually change product hardware versions for tiny hardware adjustment.

This particular change must have been bigger than others. That's because the Archer C5 V1.2, although marketed as an AC1200 router, was supposedly internally the same as Archer C7, a three stream AC1750 router. That's why the C5 V1.2 had three external antennas. I don't know how it exactly worked, but Archer's C5 performance was somehow throttled down to AC1200 level either by the hardware or software. The newer Archer C5 V2 is a two stream AC1200 router with two antennas, and so it is probably significantly different from the C5 V1.2.

Archer C5 v1.2 = Archer C7 v2 is like WR1043ND v2 = WR1043ND v3 , I mean the TP-Link product marketing is not clean ! :eek: