TP-Link TL-R605 Multi WAN Router Overview

Let's start getting into the weeds with our TP-Link hardware. While they did send me this they don't get any control over this content. At $59.99 at the time of filming this thing has some great features! It can be used stand alone or with the Omada controller. Let's dive in because the amount of features this thing provides for the price is almost overwhelming! The full model is the TP-Link TL-R605

00:00 - Intro
00:15 - TP-Link Multi WAN Router Intro - TL-R605
00:31 - To the interface!
01:18 - System Status and Traffic Stats
02:00 - Network - WAN & LAN Setup
05:50 - Preferences/IP Groups/Aliases/Services Setup
06:16 - Transmission Setup/NAT/Port Forwarding/DMZ/Load Balancing/Policy Based Routing
09:12 - Firewall Setup/Access Control
10:03 - Behavior Control - Block files
10:30 - VPNs!
11:20 - Authentication
11:40 - Services/DynDNS Wish List!
12:00 - System Tools/Logs
12:55 - Final thought
13:25 - Wrap up!

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[salapolivalenta]

Amazing router! I haven't believe that a so cheap router has professional features! Thank you

[TylerMitton]

Thanks Willie. Would love to see some more details on the multi WAN functionality of this device.

[abhiram]

Nice explanation man. Very detailed view on each segment of features.

[blackfactsonline]

We use this router with 4 consecutive public IPs (i.e. same block), and used the previous version the same way since 2015, so yes, it definitely works.

[RedWollip]

Hey brother, Nice explanation of a classy product.

[Dre]

Thanks for the ALG comment at 6:59, was having erratic speeds until I disabled them. More specifically, SIP ALG was the issue, tested each and that was the problem.

[Noodles.FreeUkraine]

Gotta give it to them, the feature-to-price ratio is insane on these. Now if they just made APs with a decent WAF. 😭

[techmarc]

Damn this is packin features and for a great cost as well

[sibonelogift]

Good afternoon sir i like to help me am here in South africa am not good in IT bu i like it here at home i has OC200 running with turn to a business selling vouchers. I have a problem with Iphone 14 up what it detecting my vouchers put in owen now i need to blocked can i used TP-Link TL-R605 Multi WAN Router to blocked or need advance configure or just plug and play after adopter?

[looseycanon]

I see they finally added VLANs. Last time I checked this thing out, it could only do native VLAN.

[ahruaia]

It would be very helpful if you can kindly make video on how to create guest network and captive portal on this router.

[katsky]

Nice overview on the interface. I would like to ask if you can do the application (netflix, youtube, games) routing through the different wan ports with this device?

[ElmerShox]

thanks for this willie, have you tried the fail over feature on the device?? how was the resources on the device on full load.

[sale]

This offers A LOT!
For me this is very complicated to setup but i will still buy it and give it a shot to learn 🤣

[정호용-ln]

Hello. Is there a bridge mode (DHCP feature off) that is usually on the router?

[tedydjajawinata]

Many thanks for the video! What happens if we load balance 2 ISP links having different speed? Say one is 100Mbps and the other is 20Mbps. Will it limit the speed to 20Mbps if traffic is routed to this link? Or is it smart enough to reroute it to 100Mbps link if the 20Mbps link is congested?

[lexuslawn]

Hi Willie, what is your view on this Multi Wan Router in Comparison to the Grandstream GWN7000 that you previously reviewed?

[donovanclaxton]

Static routing is an absolute hell on this thing, still cannot get it to work, trying to get the lan to see my fortigate, and vise versa

[SVU]

Awesome video question i have 1 vlan on port 5 which i have blocked traffic to and from main lan however how do i block users from accessing the interface im in standalone mode dont see it under the firewall rules?

[przemysawbartula]

My experience with DualWAN TP-Links so far is like - a lot of options and a lot of crashes. I moved to Ubiquity few years ago because of reliability. In my DualWan TP-Link with 20+ ports forwarded and couple rules, the device was freezing and hangs twice a week. If this haven't change, this is another nice looking Chinese toy.