For half of my tests, I'll connect to the network in the living room and run my tests in each room, starting up close to the router and working my way to the back bathroom, the farthest point from the router. When I'm testing a router, I always situate it in the living room - that way, I can get a good sense of what speeds are like up close and also at a distance, in that back bathroom on the other end of the house. The rectangular floorplan is a little like a domino, with the living room and kitchen on one half and two bedrooms and two bathrooms crammed into the other half. My home is a little shotgun-style house of about 1,300 square feet.
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The Linksys MR7350 was not a strong performer when I tested it out at home - but the graph above, which shows the final average download speeds across five spots in my house after several days of tests, only tells part of the story. It wasn't even able to average more than 200 Mbps at close range, and speeds plummeted at a distance. Would the Linksys MR7350 do any better?Īfter several days of tests, the MR7350 returned underwhelming average speeds throughout my house, where I have a 300 Mbps fiber internet plan. Still, that TP-Link router was a bit underwhelming when I took it for a test drive. I'll also note that you need a tri-band design with a second 5GHz band dedicated to system transmissions in order for a Wi-Fi 6 mesh setup to get truly compelling.īetween that and the fact that you can get a Wi-Fi 6 router from TP-Link with the same top speed of 1.2 Gbps on the 5GHz band for just $70, the value looks slightly questionable here. For comparison, the recently released Asus ZenWiFi AX Mini, which offers nearly identical specs and speeds, sells in a three-pack for $300. At $150 each, building that mesh with additional MR7350s isn't the greatest value proposition. Linksys promises up to 1,700 square feet of coverage from a single device, but you can add additional Linksys devices to your network to create a mesh and expand the range, if you so choose. The router also supports Amazon's Alexa - make the connection, and you'll be able to say things like, "Alexa, enable the guest Wi-Fi" to manage your network with your voice. The app looks great and offers a good mix of entry-level features, including guest network management, device prioritization, parental controls and speed tests.
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Once your router is plugged in, you'll be able to set it up and manage it via the Linksys app on your Android or iOS device. The well-designed Linksys app will walk you through setup and help you manage the devices on your network with parental controls and a basic device prioritization engine.
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