Reply To: TP-Link X90 and Home Shield Hi All Thinking of changing from Orbi 752 to TP-Link X90 as I don’t want to pay extra for Parental Controls subscriptions and TP-Link X 90 is one recommendation. Does…

[UK Sentinel]

Don’t blame you

Maybe easier to break this down for you a little better in terms of your other post around Wifi mesh extender systems and free Parental Controls etc. (may not be accurate and based on best en-devours basis only).

Currently (I maybe wrong) there are 5 main Wifi Mesh (SOHO) manufacturers out there excluding  BT – that support Wifi 6 and/or  Wifi 6E

• ASUS ZenWifi ET8 (wifi 6 /6E)
• ASUS ZenWifi XT8 (wifi 6)
• Amazon eero Pro 6 tri-band mesh (wifi 6)
• Linksys  Atlas Max 6E – AXE8400 (wifi 6 /6E)
• Linksys MX10 Velop AX – MX10600 (wifi 6)
• NETGEAR WiFi 6 Orbi – AX6000 (WiFi 6)
• TP-Link Deco – X90 (WiFi 6)
• TP-Link Deco X60 (WiFi 6)
• TP-Link Deco – X20 (WiFi 6)
• (maybe other models – but I have tried to list main units only)

From a Wifi 6E perspective – only the ASUS ZenWifi ET8 and the Linksys  Atlas Max 6E – AXE8400 are supporting Wifi 6E currently.

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Parental Controls for Wifi 6E Range Extender (MESH):

• ASUS ZenWifi ET8 – (Inclusive I believe)
• Linksys  Atlas Max 6E – AXE8400 – (Basic but inclusive)

‘Linksys Atlas Max does not support Linksys Aware and Linksys Shield currently’ – https://www.linksys.com/

Winner is ASUS ZenWifi ET8

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Parental Controls for Wifi 6 Range Extender (MESH):

• · ASUS ZenWifi XT8 (wifi 6)

Inclusive/ Free and good (AiProtection / Trend)

 

• · Amazon eero Pro 6 tri-band mesh (wifi 6)

Does not support PPPoE, so a main router (modem/router) is needed to enable Any Parental control.

 

• · Linksys MX10 Velop AX – MX10600 (wifi 6)

Linksys Shield is subscription based (paid)

Linksys Aware is subscription based (paid) (but is for home security)

 

•  NETGEAR WiFi 6 Orbi – AX6000 (WiFi 6)

Smart Parental Controls (paid)

 

• TP-Link Deco – X90 (WiFi 6)

HomeShield security software. (Some HomeShield features require a subscription –

HomeShield Pro plan)

 

• TP-Link Deco X60 v1 (WiFi 6)

TP-Link’s HomeCare parental controls and anti-malware tools – Free

 

• TP-Link Deco – X20 v1 (WiFi 6)

TP-Link’s HomeCare parental controls and anti-malware tools – Free

 

Winner ASUS ZenWifi XT8 (free)

 

 

 

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