TP-Link ER707-M2 | Omada Multi-Gigabit VPN Router | Dual 2.5Gig WAN Ports | High Network Capacity | SPI Firewall | Omada SDN Integrated | Load Balance | Lightning Protection

I live in a rural area and recently added Starlink alongside T-Mobile Home Internet. To make the most of both connections, I picked up a Dual WAN router—the ER707-M2—to combine the two ISPs and load balance traffic while I test and decide which one to stick with. The price was excellent, and so far, the router has been performing flawlessly.Setup can be as simple as plug-and-play, but if you dive into advanced features like Policy Routing and group configurations, it might be a bit complex for some users. That said, if you’re a Hulu user, brace yourself—streaming can be finicky without proper routing. Thankfully, Policy Routing can help smooth out those issues and save you a lot of frustration. Updating firmware was easy and I appreciate the auto backup option of settings to an external USB drive.Only frustration is being an Amazon Prime member and here of late, deliveries that say 2 days turns in to a week. This is happening more and more on my end.

Great value for 2.5G router. Works perfect with 2G fiber service

Setting up one of these routers can be complicated but once configured, it works well. I use it for a small business configuration which normally has 150 users and it interfaces to an Comcast Business Gateway and an AT&T Fibre Optic connection. The load balancing between the gateways works smoothly and the failover when one service goes out temporarily works so will that users never know it has happened. Both services provide 500mbs bandwidth.The Web based user interface needs a review by an expert in user interface deign. The biggest issue is that functions are hidden deep down the navigation structure and are often located in the last place you would think about looking for them.Final note: coaxing the AT&T gateway to interface to any secondary router can be complicated. If you need to use this device with an AT&T gateway, do a search for "How to interface an ATT gateway to an internal router." With a Comcast gateway all you have to do is set it to bridge mode.

I'm a "prosumer," so this router might not be for the average person who wants an "easy" plug-and-play setup. But it's not complicated to set up if you know how to get to the web interface and know the difference between a WAN and LAN port.I purchased this router for its multi-gigabit capability, and it does not disappoint. Recently Comcast/Xfinity upgraded us to 1,200Mbps service, but the router and modem we had would only allow us to hit around 700Mbps. We first upgraded our modem and were hitting the same speeds, but bypassing our router with a 2.5 gig wired connection directly to our modem would allow us to hit 1,400Mbps, so I knew our 7-year-old router was holding us back.I did a bunch of research, and there were a few multi-gigfor upwards of $ router options 600 with nice app features, etc., but I could not justify the cost. I did find some people on Reddit in the same predicament, and this router was recommended, and was the cheapest option at $200 at the time of purchase.With this router, I can hit line speed speeds of 1,400Mbps as if I were directly connected to the modem. But there are some essential things to consider if you want to reach these speeds in your network.1. You need a router that your ISP approves for > 1 gig service2. You must have >= 2.5 gig hardware between the router and your computer. That includes your laptop/desktop having a >= 2.5 gig network adapter/card and any switches between being >= 2.5 gig.3. This only has two 2.5 gig ports, so you will need an additional 2.5 gig switch to expand > 1 gig service to your LAN. One port will connect to your modem, and the other port to your 2.5 gig switch to expand your 2.5 gig connections.There's also additional VPN hardware onboard to do site-to-site VPN connections at pretty impressive bandwidth for the price. I have not utilized this yet, but it is an excellent addition for someone who needs to be connected to a corporate network. But this is more advanced and probably unnecessary by the average consumer.Overall, I am super happy with the purchase and am now looking at their Wi-Fi mesh gear to tie it all together with the "Omada" management, which is similar to Ubiquiti's management software that I am probably migrating away from after this purchase.

Bought this ER707-M2 to take the internet gateway job over from my NETGEAR RAX48, and mainly to gain a business grade VPN service. The RAX48 is a solid workhorse, but RAX48 VPN is very basic. The TPLink ER707-M2 has every flavor of VPN I could need to use from IOS/Android/PC/Mac/Linux clients and even site to site VPN with Microsoft Azure. The price is certainly great, and you don’t have to pay a bunch of licensing fees to anyone to get the services the device provides. Just buy the device, set it up, configure and use it. Connected the ER708-M2 to my Fibre to ISP, then plugged my RAX48 into the ER707-M2 and witched the Rax48 to AP mode. Configured VPN. Everything on the internal net is now accessible over VPN from anything and anywhere. Really pleased. And the clients OOKLA speedtests showed the same throughput results as before. Perfect.

If you have Omada devices on your network, this Router has issues. It will cause your AP's to go into a DISCONNECTED state, which is VERY FRUSTRATING. Best case you reboot the POE devices from your POE recovery switch, Worst Case, you have to get a ladder to reach the AP's to "REBOOT" them, only to have this happen every 24 hours. This is confirmed by several users on the TP-LINK forum (search in google)I do NOT recommend this Router until TP-LINK fixes this issue. (Logs have been sent to TP-LINK)2nd issue, this Router, though it says is supports OpenVPN, it not fully compliant. It is based on pre 2018 OPENVPN standard. In Sept 2018 TLS-CRYPT encryption was used. This device does not support that! Sadly it will not allow you to connect to 99% of the OpenVPN devices. So I'm back to using my old OpenWRT with luci to connect to my work OpenVPN.This router could have been so GREAT... But TP-LINK needs to update the firmware to fix the issues. I feel it was rushed to market too quickly.