Rewind: Nov 2012, I am in search for a better router which will be my all-in-one device. I use MTNL's Triband at home for the internet and I was in need of an ADSL 2+ router, which will have very low or zero latency (MTNL's ADSL modem can be connected to a DSL router and connection can be established too)

Jan 2013, I find this beautiful WiFi router TP-Link TD-W8968 listed on their company website; beautiful because of the features that are packed in it. I can't find it available on any of th...

Before writing review let me tell you that i am using TP Link 8968 and D Link 2750U, so comparing these two i would review 8968.

Important things to consider;
1. DISCONNECT AND RECONNECT ISSUE: I Read in several reviews that it disconnects automatically while other connected PC/Mobile work fine, THIS IS TRUE, but the reason for this is something else. If you have 'QUALCOMM ATHEROS AR9~~ adapter then you will face problem, as a remedy just update your driver to latest available. Problem resol...

Hi Guys,

At the Start of this product in Flipkart - the information regarding Antenna / Antenna Gain was 2x 3dBi - Now they have rectified it to 2x 5dBi :) - It was a great confusion among people..as Version 1 was having 3dBi & Version 2 - 5dBi antenna Gain.

Recent Update to this review: Version 3 is also available :) has all the features of Version 2 with some improvement . Major Note : TD-W8968_V3 uses different chip from TD-W8968_V1&TD-W8968_V2.Therefore, it's different in web manageme...

The model of the modem as advertised is 2.0 because an antennae gain of 5dbi is only available in the hardware version 2.0
However it is disheartening to have received the version 1.0 which has an antennae gain of 3dbi contrary to the specifications mentioned.

Be sure to check the hardware version of the model which should be 2.0
check the official site of tplink for more details.....

KNOW WHAT YOU BUY !!!!

I am writing this review after almost 6 months of use of this router.
In fact I was very apprehensive while buying this product there were few quite a few negative review comments saying it does not work with BSNL broadband (as I have that), range is very limited, version 2.0 vs 3.0 etc.
But since day I started using (I got version 3.0) till now I have Not experienced any issue, it works perfectly with my BSNL broadband range is very nice, I am staying in 2 BHK house on 1st floor, able to ac...

1. After lot of research for a decent modem/ router I zeroed on to this but was scared initially by seeing all the negative reviews of the product i.e.hardware version vs-a-vis antenna gain, stability issues, DNS problem and poor range to mention a few.

2. Being tech savvy and microwaves expert by profession, I appreciated the specs and went ahead by ordering it from Flipkart. (The guy at flipkart customer support was dumb, took half an hour on call but couldn't tell me the hardware version...

I had gone through few reviews before buying this Modem-router and few of the reviews confused me about buying this one. But I decided to go ahead and purchase.
I placed order around 12:30pm on Friday and product was delivered to me 2pm Saturday.. I have not seen such a fast delivery till now for any online shopping portals. Amazing service.

About Product - Its a decent one. very good built and finish.
Technically, I see the difference in the connection speed. It was up and running in les...

Hi All,

Have been using the wifi router for the last one month and i am satisfied with the performance. I got the router with hardware version 3.0 which offers 5 dbi broadcast antenna for wifi signal and i am able to confirm that the router has a great coverage area on both the ground and first floor of my house. Understandably, one has to ensure that in order to get the max out of the router, it has to be placed in a location which offers better line of sight and in the process allows the s...

Nice and easy to setup. Working fine. I had doubts regarding the antennae and the version. Flipkart technical team answered me that it is version 2 which they are having currently in their warehouse that has 2*5 dBi antennae.

FYI: If you are buying this for converting your external hard disk (with power) as NAS which is more than 2 TB, please don't buy this one. This supports only FAT32/NTFS in MBR partition (up to 2 TB). HDDs with >2 TB will have GPT partition and will not work on this. If ...

I did lot of comparison and read many reviews but somehow due to the look and advance supported features i was very much inclined to this specific model (W8968 with hardware v3.0) however was stopped everytime due to some bad reviews.
Reason for my interest was may be because of the features it supports was making it future proof and if any need will arise then this device will be supporting and i will not require to buy any other device.
This was just my interest where as I was already ver...