Archer GE800 - BE19000 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 Gaming Router

Archer GE800 - BE19000 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 Gaming Router

Archer GE800 - BE19000 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 Gaming Router
Archer GE800 - BE19000 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 Gaming Router
2024-06-27 17:41:30 - last edited 2024-08-19 23:15:58

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Archer GE800 - BE19000 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 Gaming Router 

First seen during our Wi-Fi 7 Event and showcased at CES this year, the Archer GE800 is TP-Link’s first Wi-Fi 7 Gaming Router. This router offers extreme speeds, improved hardware, and specific features to enhance your gaming experience.

Learn More About the Archer GE800 

or Buy the Archer GE800 on Amazon Today (Launch Offer: 499.99)

 

9152ca41cc9e4ff68af62319e80bfe3dArcher GE800 Highlights:

Unprecedented 19 Gbps Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7

Delivering 11520 Mbps on the 6 GHz band, 5760 Mbps on 5 GHz, and 1376 Mbps on 2.4 GHz

Two 10G Ports for Blazing-Fast Connectivity

  • 1 x 10Gbps WAN/LAN (Ethernet)
  • 1 x 10Gbps SFP+/RJ45 WAN/LAN (Fiber OR Ethernet)
  • 4 x 2.5 Gbps LAN (5 Gbps Aggregated Speed)

Seamless EasyMesh Network Compatibility

Command and Army of Devices with a Powerful Quad-Core Processor

VPN Client and Server Support (What is a VPN?)

 

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The Archer GE800 comes with a variety of QoS and Acceleration Technologies tailored to provide the best gaming experience possible, whether using a phone, laptop, or PC.

06563ef92af544f08fb1174044d8a212 Prioritize Game Applications with QoS

Automatically detects and optimizes gaming streams to accelerate your game applications to run at high speeds, even on a crowded network.

Prioritize Game Devices with the Designated Gaming Port and Band

Automatically prioritizes your game device traffic, letting you focus on play, not battling for bandwidth.

Game Server Acceleration by GPN (Gamers Private Network)

Take Advantage of our partnership with GPN (Gamers Private Network) to shorten the path from your game to the server. This feature is driven by real-time measurements to provide your with a better connection.

FAQ: How to Setup WTFast® GPN on TP-Link Gaming Router

Mobile Game Acceleration

Automatically minimize lag and latency for mobile gaming during network congestion to prevent others from affecting your connection.

Learn More About the Archer GE800

or

Buy the Archer GE800 on Amazon Today (Launch Offer: 499.99)

 

Tip: By Default, the GE800 comes with UPnP enabled to accommodate better gaming devices, such as consoles, and gaming applications that may use additional ports.

If UPnP is not necessary for your network, or you would like to see the small performance increase possible with the setting disabled, feel free to disable the setting and configure port forwards for your devices.

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Re:Archer GE800 - BE19000 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 Gaming Router
2024-07-16 21:15:18

  @Riley_S I ordered this from Amazon and can't wait to get it. How many devices does this support over WiFi?  This isn't mentioned anywhere. 

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2024-07-17 00:50:19

Hey @Richardj186,

I believe that the maximum for most, if not all of the Wi-Fi 7 gaming routers is technically 256 Connected Clients based on their 12 streams. Saying that, I have also found a breakdown for the GE800 indicating that it can accept 128+128+128 with a 'recommended' of 60 clients but I will need to confirm what the actual maximums are. From everything we can tell, it will be very hard to hit a limit, especially since many of these are in regard to concurrent connections.

 

With Wi-Fi 6E we saw this stat given less and less, presumably as a result of the number being relatively consistent or given that the number is becoming more and more unattainable for home users - especially in terms of concurrent connections.

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2024-07-17 01:04:35

  @Riley_S thanks a lot. We have about 60 devices total; I just wanted to make sure since there wasn't anything listing max devices. 

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2024-07-19 22:08:02

  @Riley_S wanted to let you know my GE800 arrived today, and it passed the "wife likes it test"!  Woohoo!  Lol.

 

i know there's a fan in it to help keep everything inside cool. I can't hear or see it; I assume it starts working when a certain temperature is reached by the router and internally?

 

For anyone asking, performance-wise the GE800 is incredibly fast, even without any of the gaming features turned on. Watching 4k movie on Apple TV while gaming doesn't slow it down one bit. Amazing. 

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2024-07-19 23:54:56

 @Richardj186, I think that may be the most challenging test for routers to pass XD

 

You are correct though. It should spin up whenever the CPU is under a significant load or a threshold is reached. I believe that it is more likely to happen if you use the SFP port because of how much heat the adapters create on their own.

 

But we are happy to hear it meets your expectations!

 

Do you have any Wi-Fi 7 Clients in your house that you have been able to test those features with yet? While the router is powerful enough as is, I am always keen to see how Wi-Fi 7 connections perform comparatively.

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2024-07-20 01:13:22

  @Riley_S unfortunately no WiFi 7 devices yet, and our iPhone 15 Pro's are our only WiFi 6E devices, but even our regular 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz devices are seeing significant improvements, even over your Archer BE800 and Deco BE85.  
 

For example, we have full WiFi signal strength throughout our 2700 square foot house, with our 15 Pro's staying on the 6E radios everywhere; they couldn't do that before. Another example is no buffering with our Apple TV, which is connected via WiFi.

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2024-07-22 01:43:32

  @Riley_S 

Received this unit Friday and set it up. Smooth installation and I turned my previous tp-link router (Archer ax90) into a AP and that went very smoothly as well. The only thing I had a question about was the game mode. I have the tether app on my phone and my desktop computer, that I game on, is connected through the game port on the router. I keep getting pop up messages from the tether app telling me that my Xbox Gaming console is boosted. I do not have an Xbox console nor any gaming consoles just my PC. From what I have read in the manual it boosts when Steam or certain games are initiated. Any ideas on what could be happening? Thanks.

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2024-07-22 20:48:31

  @Baermock I think that's because the app can't tell it's a PC or other gaming console, and thus calls it an XBox. It does the same for my friend's PkayStation. 

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2024-07-22 21:00:47

  @Riley_S suggestion for better GE800 cooling: raise the height of the feet an extra 0.25-0.30 inches. 
 

With the feet currently installed, there's insufficient cooling airflow under the unit, so the heat coming out the bottom heats up whatever (desk, table, bookcase, etc.) the GE800 is sitting on. This heat then radiates back up into the bottom of the GE800, thus raising the internal temps more and causing the fan to run harder and longer to cool the router.

 

I put rubber feet under mine, and there was a very noticeable reduction in heat from the bottom, sides, and top of my GE800; all were still at room temperature even after watching 4k movies and gaming for more than 5 hours straight over the weekend, with the fan running for noticeably shorter times and noticeably less loud. 
 

Just a suggestion to improve the router. The fan is definitely still needed. 
 

 

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2024-07-22 22:18:47 - last edited 2024-07-22 22:19:36

  @Baermock,

I believe that I found while looking into this router initially that the boosting will know what known game servers your devices are connecting to - which is how it can boost when game activity is seen. I would hazard a guess that because Microsoft has added so many gaming features into Windows, a service, game update, or optimizer may be 'triggering the boost'

 

I also believe that anything connected to the gaming port will also see increase QoS priority, so it may simply be seeing: Microsoft + Gaming Port = Xbox

 

Do you get the notifications when powering on your PC, using your PC generally, when you launch a game, or when specific applications are used/opened?

 

Also, thanks for the feedback on the cooling; I will make sure to get this to both our R&D and Product teams.

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