Following its success with Tplink TL-WR1043ND, TP-Link introduces TL-WR2543ND.

Main features:

• Concurrent dual band 450Mbps with three advanced spatial streams
• Gigabit LAN and WAN interfaces
• USB port for share storage or printer
• Built-in Media server and FTP server

TP-Link which is well known with its affordable products compared with other manufacturers products such as Linksys and Netgear in all lines of wireless router and adapter products, is proud of introducing its first dual band router TL-WR2543ND. It’s been a while I am waiting for TP-Link to introduce its dual band wireless router since it’s success with Tplink TL-WR1043ND N300 router. Now this is it, the TL-WR2543ND wireless simultaneous dual band router. Surprisingly, this router is not just a dual band but the one with ultimate speed – the N900 router with speeds up to 450Mbps each band. I was expecting the dual band N600 or N750 router, but TP-Link leaps three steps ahead from the N300 router to N900 router passing the N450, N600, and N750 wireless routers.

What this Product Does

So far there are few wireless routers with N900 technology, the routers that deliver the speeds of up to 450Mbps each band concurrently; some of them are:

• Trendnet TEW-692GR dual band gigabit router
• Netgear WNDR4500 N900 dual band gigabit router
• Zyxel NBG5715 dual band gigabit router with true VPN

And TP-Link comes with this TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps dual band concurrent router – it’s what we call N900 router. Powered by full 3×3 MIMO antenna technology; three spatial data streams each band, the router provides solid high speed wireless connectivity to wireless clients with the same N450 technology such as Trendnet TEW-684UB 450Mbps USB adapter.

The router includes gigabit speed on its LAN (4x) and WAN (1x) interfaces, solid wired connection to other computers with NIC adapter. Connect to gigabit NIC computers for optimum data rate throughput.

USB Port

Unlike Tplink TL-WR1043nd which the USB port can only share the storage, the other valuable feature with thisTL-WR2543nd n900 router is that it includes one USB port with built-in UPnP media server. USB port with built-in media server, you can attach an external USB storage for sharing across the network and allows you stream HD media files to the home theater devices seamlessly. Unlike Linksys 4200 or Netgear WNDR4000 which their USB port cannot be used to host a printer, TL-WR2543ND can host a printer for sharing too. This is great feature to support your “work and play” environment.

Will TP-Link TL-WR2543ND be as successful product as Tplink Tl-Wr1043Nd? Tplink TL-WR1043ND is very popular among other Tplink routers, but it is not a dual band router. Have a look at the main features of this Tplink TL-WR1043ND:

• Engineered with 802.11n technology and is equipped with three external antenna with SST technology delivers the speed up to 300Mbps
• Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) to avoid channel conflict
• Gigabit Ethernet ports: 4xLAN and 1xWAN
• USB port for share storage – not for hosting printer

Comparison

How do you compare this new TP-Link TL-WR2543ND N900 router with other high performance routers? Let me put the main features into the following table for TL-WR2543ND Vs Netgear Wndr4500 Vs Linksys E4200 router.

Have no idea how much will it cost, but if the price is not as much as Linksys E4200 or WNDR4000, I think this router is worth to purchase knowing the good features it supports. For compact devices, you may consider new TP-link tl-mr3020 mobile router.

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