The Archer AX73 has a black enclosure with a textured top and six adjustable antennas that are not removable. It measures 1,9 by 5.8 by 10.7 inches (HWD) and can be positioned on a desktop or mounted on the wall. The router’s front edge features seven LED indicators for power, both radio bands, Internet, Ethernet, and USB connectivity, as well as WPS activity.
Four Gigabit LAN ports, one Gigabit WAN port, a power jack, and controls for turning on/off Wi-Fi and the front LEDs are located on the rear of the device. In addition, there are WPS, reset, and power buttons. There is a USB 3.0 connector on the right side of the router. This model does not support link aggregation or multi-gig connectivity, unlike the TP-Link AX50.
The AX73 is an AX5400 dual-band router with a 1.5GHz tri-core processor. It is capable of 574Mbps on the 2.4GHz band and 4,804Mbps on the 5GHz band. It supports Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) technologies, such as simultaneous data streaming via MU-MIMO, OFDMA transmissions, direct-to-client beamforming, WPA3 encryption, Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS), band steering, and 160MHz channel bandwidth.
Specifications
- Wireless Specification 802.11ax
- Total Rated Throughput AX5400
- Number of Wired LAN Ports (Excluding WAN Port) 4
- Number of USB ports 1
- Number of Antennas 6
- Number of Bands 2
- Wireless Networking Security WPA2, WPA3
Where to get TP-Link AX5400 WiFi 6 Router (Archer AX73)?
The AX73 can be administered via a web interface or TP-Link’s Tether mobile application for iOS and Android. The web console offers more sophisticated configuration options than the mobile app, including NAT Forwarding, IPv6, and DHCP server configurations. To access TP-Link’s optional HomeShield subscription service, a suite of parental-control, device-prioritization, and network-security tools, you must use the mobile app, which is simpler to use.
The Tether app opens to the My Devices interface, where all installed TP-Link devices are displayed. Tap the AX73 router panel to access a Home screen containing a network map, a list of connected devices on the wireless and guest networks, and Home, Clients, HomeShield, and Tools buttons.
The Home button returns you to the Home interface regardless of where you are in the application, whereas the Clients button displays a list of connected wired and wireless devices. Tap a client to view the IP and MAC addresses of the client, enable parental controls, enable QoS (bandwidth priority), and block Internet access.