TP-Link AX6000 Router Teardown

TP-Link AX6000 Router Teardown

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[MrDoneboy]

"Rossmann loads of flux on there"! LMAO, Dave!

[rocketmanprojects]

That router will probably draw quite a bit more power with all of the ethernet ports connected, the CPU under load, and lots of data transferring over all of the radios. It also needs power left over for the USB ports since someone may want to connect hard drives to both ports.

[cup_and_cone]

Two USB 3 ports is 9 watts. Plus all ethernet ports being populated would definitely crank up processor usage and increase power draw. Definitely specd the 4A supply for worst case scenario of someone maxing capacity.

[GannDolph]

I've noticed that the high-spec routers with Broadcom chipsets are loaded with huge heat sinks and use power supplies several multiples of wattage higher than Qualcom/Atheros based units (which need scant heatsinking).

While this suggests QCA based routers are much more power efficient, I've had much better wireless performance with the Broadcom based units, and always choose these as a result.

The very important caveat with running a Broadcom unit is you absolutely must rig up a continuous cooling fan solution or the router will only last a year or two before the silicon starts going bad and it'll start doing weird things before eventually failing completely. I use a pair of very quiet ball bearing 80mm (or 92mm maybe) fans sold at amz by coooler guyz that draw 5v power out of the USB port. With that setup it'll run 5+yrs.

[heron]

I bought this router 4 years ago. I found it quite reliable and able to handle many devices. Nice pick!

[thesaurus]

Redid my whole internet setup with a dedicated router, switch, and AP. Never been happier and won't look back at the all in one consumer stuff again.

[GiovaniCauzzi]

Classic STM8S003F3 on the LED board haha

[MatthewSuffidy]

I am using a Linksys EA7500 v2 with openwrt, and it is one of the most accelerated and implemented routers you can have for openwrt, and it just hauls. Super fast like 650mbit over wifi.

[fuloplehel]

Great video and teardown. I actually have this router at home. It's a good wifi 6 device. I have a hard drive attached to the USB port and the speed is fast enough. It was expensive, I wanted one with 8 Ethernet ports, and this one was a new model at that moment.

[ElektronikLabor]

The internal construction doesn't look like it can dissipate 48W. Perhabs you need the extra power to power external devices through USB ports?

[penvzila]

I used to connect multiple USB hard drives to these things so that is probably why they spec so much headroom.

[bertblankenstein]

I think the power requirement would be for having a usb powered drive of sorts.

[penvzila]

I hate these routers but I really do actually like that they have all of the reference designators silkscreen like that. I'm used to working on boards where there's no room for silkscreen

[RhythmGamer]

I would say the extra 20w is for the 2 USB and preparing for people to connect hard drives for storage sharing

[CarlVanWormerAEGD]

Does it do POE (using the extra power)?

[TheKumra]

I have that exact router, it's been working well.

[cambridgemart]

Question, is that choux phone or shoo phone?

[volodymyrzakolodyazhny]

I like TP-LINK. It just works several years, and then you just buy newer faster one.

[sergeyatlanta]

Make sure you dispose of it when it gets EOGS or use DD-WRT, tomato or other open source FW that gets security patches. Don’t ask me how I know. Asus router experience 😢

[Gamer-wkdj]

Hey Dave how cheap did you get this router ? I quickly googled the model number : TP-Link AX6000 and it gives me listing between 350€ and 390€.
It's by no means a cheap router.
A good score if you managed to get it for cheap.