DIR-X5460-US

I was already apart of the D-Link family as I was using the DIR-882 but when I saw the DIR-X5460 on sale for Prime day, I had to take the leap despite the upcoming release of WiFi-6E routers in the near future. This is a significant leap from my old router as it has way more horsepower top to bottom with the new Wi-Fi 6 capability. The only two Wi-Fi 6 ready devices I had available to test were my OnePlus 8 phone and a desktop Wi-Fi card I also caught on sale. It boosted my transmit speed on my phone from 866mbps to 1200 mbps! I have a ton of smart home devices and they all connected very quickly. Setup was a breeze and it even automatically updated the firmware to the latest version. I feel very little drop off switching from my desktop from a wired connection to the wireless connection . It even has cloud support to the router to accept voice commands however, I find the functionality for it to be rather buggy and cumbersome. It would be far easier to login to the router and make the needed changes on their simple to use GUI instead of using the voice features which are pretty limited to toggling the guest network status and rebooting the router. I feel I'll be able to get plenty of use out of this router as it will be awhile before Wi-Fi 6e adoption rate is high enough to want to change up from this high performing router. Do not hesitate to buy if you are in the market for another wireless router as you'll be hard pressed to find one with this much power at a reasonable price point.

I'm gamer, I usually use ethernet wire ran through the hallway to game on pc. I replaced my ethernet wire with this router. I then bought a wifi 6 Network adapter from ASUS and it paired with it the router and its like I'm gaming on ethernet. Its no joke this is gaming grade wifi and I get 29-30 ping in online first person shooters which is basically what I was getting on ethernet. You may be able to achieve 0ping results with this router but my internet is not that good so you will have to try it yourself. ALSO - I am able to game and stream simultaneously with this router with no issues or decrease in my game's ping and I see no lag in the output stream. (For those who stream)

I was initially confused by setup. I am not very computer savvy. The directions would be more helpful if they had you initially connect the router to your computer via cable. You can then use your computer to complete setup if you don't want to scan the code they provide. (I couldn't get my phone to scan the code). Once I connected the router to the computer, setup was straightforward. The only other issue is with streaming. For some reason, when we try to stream Netflix on our living room TV, about 15 feet from the router with two walls in between, the signal keeps dropping. It doesn't happen with other streaming services and it doesn't happen in other rooms so I'm not certain what's going on.

For almost 8 years, I had been using the same reliable D-Link DIR-880L router. However, when I upgraded my cable modem, the DIR-880L did not allow me to get the full speed provided by my ISP. Hence, I upgraded to the D-Link WiFi 6 Router AX5400. After receiving the new router, I downloaded the D-Link WiFi app onto my phone and scanned in the provided QR code. Everything seemed to go okay, but I did not get any internet connection after multiple attempts. Even when connecting my laptop through ethernet cable, I could not manually set up things in the configuration webpage. I called my ISP to reset the cable modem, but I still could not get internet connection between the cable modem and router. So, I hypothesized that the D-Link provided low profile (thin) ethernet cable might be faulty. I switched to a standard ethernet cable, and, that solved the whole connection issue! This is the fourth time that I have seen faulty ethernet (even brand new) cables from different suppliers through the years. So, if you have internet connection issues during setup, please try another ethernet cable! Anyway, the D-Link phone app is useful to configure separate 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz options; it seems easier to work with this app than the web-based configuration page. Now I get greatly improved speeds though out the house.

This router replaced an older TP-Link AC-1750 that was working fine but just felt a little lacking. I used the manual setup and named this router the same as the old one and used the same passwords for the 5G and 2.4G bands so I wouldn't have to reconnect all my smart switches. The user interface is very intuitive, and I was able to have this replacement up and running in 15 minutes. The firmware check in the settings indicated I was up to date, but I found a newer version on the D-Link site and installed it manually with no issues. I have four smart switches, two phones, one iPad, a TV, a Chromecast, and three computers working from this router. Two of the computers are connected via CAT7 cables; everything else is wireless. Speeds are GREAT all over my less than 2000 square foot home. I haven't had to reboot the router since I upgraded the firmware. Granted, I've only had this router for a brief time, so if anything changes, I'll be sure to report back. I installed DD-WRT on the old router and am using it as a wireless bridge, so that's one more item that's working with this D-Link router that I forgot about. Overall, no problems at all with the AX5400 at this time, and I'm hopeful it remains that way. Edit 12/02/2022: I now have 6 smart switches and a Ring doorbell working from this router in addition to everything mentioned above. Also using a PC as a Plex server and have no issues casting from the desktop to a TV located approximately 25 feet away. Edit 5/22/2023: Well, the 5G part of this router just died, RIGHT out of warranty. Replacing it with a Tenda AXE5700, which is already MUCH faster on Wi-Fi than the D-Link ever was. I'm taking away my 5-star recommendation for this router and giving it a one. Buyer beware--great when it works, but how long will that be?

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