TP-Link ER8411 | Enterprise Wired 10G VPN Router | Up to 10 WAN Ports | High Network Capacity | SPI Firewall | Omada SDN Integrated | Load Balance | Lightning Protection | Limited Lifetime Protection

Had a issue with bell new giga hub. It has a software glitch. Tech's at bell know this and are waiting for a update. I had tried to use the ethernet 10gig jack. Bypassing the router. Using it as a modem. Had to call bell to down grade to bell hub 3000. Once it arrived bell tech showed up next day with the sfp adapter. Used the bell hub for one day making sure no dropping of internet. Once all was good I installed the sfp into the er8411 router. Had to update firmware and the speed jumped to above 1.5 gbe. Hit 1800 download and 1100 upload. Wow. It has sfp+ input and multi wan configurable inputs. I can use the tc4000 dual link wan connection. Trying to get my cable provider to allow this. This router is fantastic. Only wish it had a qsfp output. A 40 gbe lan. You can use the multi wan as a 4 link aggregation to a tp link switch and really move data from point to point. The unit also has usb 3.0 for printer or better yet a USB lte stick. Wish tplink has a USB lte 5g coming soon. If you want me to test one i am happy too try.

Very poor Tech support

Omada is the low end Unifi. A bit cheaper, and a bit lower end. And that's fine for me. As of now, this is their top end gateway, which I needed because this is the only gateway they have with SFP+ ports. I didn't need the performance nor the extra ports. But I can't knock it for that. It performs well and joins the Omada controller without issue. Migrating the configuration over was simple. It accepts a SFP+ XGS-PON module just fine, though instructions for getting it going are a bit lacking, not at the fault of TP-Link. My Omada switch has SFP+ as well, so I used the other port for uplink, along with ethernet for failover (SFP+ can have delayed registration, which can cause issues over the network). Honestly, I don't mind the performance bump that wasn't asked for in order to get the SFP+ capability. VPN performance is better, and throughput feels a lot more unhindered. My prior gateway seemed fine with the IDS/IPS, but now I have lower worries on this. The ethernet ports are only 1Gb. There is also a third SFP port, that is not SFP+, so limited to 1.25Gb. If this were a 2.5Gb setup, I might have considered taking out my switch. For now, any devices connected that are limited to 1Gb anyway have been moved over to free up the higher performance ports. Is this the right gateway for a home setup? Ehh, if their lower end gateways had SFP+ ports, not SFP, I'd say it's overkill. But if you need SFP+, such as for bypassing your ISP ONT, this is the only Omada gateway that will do it.

I have had this installed in my network now for a week so I can do a proper review. In terms of build quality TP-Link didn't take any shortcuts, its well made and comes with everything you need to rack mount this or have this sitting on a shelf with the included rubber feat. Stability this week has been very good with no issues in dropped connections between my two ISP's coming in through it downstream to my many devices. Setup was of course easy with the Omada Software which I ran locally on a VM but I would imagine it would be just as smooth with a hardware controller like the OC-300. Speed of course has been really good thanks to the 10GB connection to my primary switch so no issues in bandwidth. The automatic failover worked fine for my dual WAN connections and the failover for the power worked as well as I did test both by physically removing the cable from the port. in terms of value for money, this is a mixed bag. If you have already invested a lot of money in TP-Link with their 10GB switches and AP points then yeah the value is totally here. However if most of your network is 1GB devices and so is your WAN then you can get the model below this that supports 2.5GB and save yourself some money. Bottom line this product meets what I have come to expect from TP-Link and their Omada platform and would be an easy recommended purchase for someone already fully invested in the platform.

Excellent! It works perfectly and arrived within the expected timeframe. Thank you very much.