App Profile: Wi-Fi Toolkit

Nuclear055

Rating: 4/5

I recently bought a new TP Link Archer AX 5400 Pro router to replace my aging Linksys EA 9500. I have only purchased Linksys products until now. I will be purchasing Linksys products in the future. This app and the router are trash compared to the Linksys app and router. I have actually reinstalled my old Linksys because the app and the 4 year old router out perform the TP Link router and app. I kind of feel like “here take my money” because of the poor network capabilities and that’s if the app will connect and find the router. Everything is very delayed with TP Link router. I can leave my house and close the garage door. By the time I get to my wife’s business (10 minute drive) I will get an alert that my garage door has closed. Never experienced this until changing to TP Link.

HMarko

Rating: 3/5

There is no way to turn off the annoying sounds during a speed test

chuckfromearth

Rating: 2/5

I got this app to help me tune a rather large WiFi network at home, where i invested huge $ in an extensive/expensive TP-Link infrastructure. Granted this app is “free” but it appears it’s getting little to no support from TPL, and what limited functionality it has is available from other (often times free or included with OS) apps/utilities. The main reason i wanted it was for WiFi tuning, which once the “WiFi Diagnostics” process has run, it doesn’t even show signal strength. There are no tunable parameters and no access to individual bits of info, and you’re limited to seeing data only for the SSID on which you’re connected - so no broad scans, signal/channel overlap comparison tools/displays, not even a channel list per band, or even a BAND listing. I’m not sure how this app is relevant or helpful anytime and think it’s an old app that’s run its course with even TPL knowing that. Once again, after buying into TPL hype and investing heavily into their ecosystem, I’m left frustrated, disappointed, and regretful of my choice.