A single router is judged on its band plan and its port speeds, not on a class number · review
A dual-band AC1200 router whose Amazon.com listing publishes both band rates, four Gigabit ports, four 6 dBi antennas and a 1 GHz processor, and stops at WPA2.
The title reads “Tenda AC1200 WiFi Router, Dual Band Wireless Router, 4 Gigabit Ports, Up to 1.2 Gbps Speed., MU-MIMO, Beamforming”. The bullets give 867 Mbit/s at 5 GHz and 300 Mbit/s at 2.4 GHz; four 6 dBi antennas; a 1 GHz processor; setup by browser or app; WPA2-PSK protection; and a closing note that the unit is not a modem and needs the provider’s modem in front of it.
867 plus 300 is 1167. The badge says 1200. Both numbers are on the page, thirty-three apart, and the badge is the rounded one. A class figure is an arithmetic convention: it adds the theoretical peaks the standard sets for each radio and rounds the total upward.
Tenda’s own page gives the standard as 802.11ac Wave 2 — Wi-Fi 5. Everything else on this shelf is Wi-Fi 6, which adds OFDMA for sharing a channel between many devices and WPA3 for encryption. In a small home with a handful of devices the first matters little; the second is the one this listing cannot offer.
Four Gigabit ports, stated in the title. Tenda’s page rates all four at 1000 Mbit/s and does not say which one takes the modem, so a buyer should count on three for wired devices.
Read the encryption bullet. WPA2-PSK is what is offered; if WPA3 is a requirement for anything on the network, this is not the router for it.
| Wi-Fi generation | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac Wave 2) — not named on the Amazon.com listing; Tenda's product page gives 802.11ac Wave 2.0 |
|---|---|
| IEEE designation | 802.11ac — on Tenda's product page; the Amazon.com listing gives only the AC1200 class |
| Stated class figure | AC1200, up to 1.2 Gbps — stated in the title, with both parts in the first bullet: 867 Mbit/s at 5 GHz and 300 Mbit/s at 2.4 GHz, which come to 1167, so the badge rounds up by 33 |
| Band count | Two — 5 GHz at 867 Mbit/s and 2.4 GHz at 300 Mbit/s, stated in the first bullet |
| Stream count | Not published — MU-MIMO and beamforming are named in the title, without a stream figure |
| WAN port speed | Gigabit — Tenda's page gives four ports at 1000 Mbit/s without saying which is the WAN; the Amazon.com title says 4 Gigabit Ports |
| LAN port speed | Gigabit — all four ports are rated 1000 Mbit/s on Tenda's page |
| Port count | Four Gigabit ports — stated in the Amazon.com title. Neither the listing nor Tenda's page says how many of the four are LAN once the modem is connected |
| USB ports | None listed — neither the Amazon.com listing nor Tenda's product page names a USB socket |
| Antenna arrangement | Four external antennas at 6 dBi — stated in the second bullet and on Tenda's page |
| Amazon reference | B0FSS7QN4T on Amazon.com; B07DGPYKLP on the European stores |
| EAN | 4895199516908 |
| On Amazon.com | Amazon.com had an offer at $36 on October 26, 2026. |
Gain concentrates the signal sideways at the expense of up and down, so a higher figure helps across one floor more than between floors. The European listing of this router once gave 5 dBi in its title and 6 dBi in a bullet; the Amazon.com listing and Tenda's own page both say 6 dBi.
It turns the router into a wireless outlet fed by a cable, with the routing left to another box. The European listing states such a mode; the Amazon.com listing and Tenda's product page do not mention one, so it is worth confirming before buying for that use.
7.2/ 10
A plainly specified Wi-Fi 5 router: both band rates, four Gigabit ports, four 6 dBi antennas and a 1 GHz processor, at the lowest Amazon.com price on this shelf on October 26, 2026. It stops at WPA2, and that is the line to weigh against the price.
This network and storage gear share the category and the price bracket. Only what each one states is shown; an incomplete column would mislead.
| Model | Price | Wi-Fi generation | IEEE designation | Stated class figure | Band count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tenda AC10, dual-band AC1200 router with four Gigabit ports | $36 | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac Wave 2) — not named on the Amazon.com listing; Tenda's product page gives 802.11ac Wave 2.0 | 802.11ac — on Tenda's product page; the Amazon.com listing gives only the AC1200 class | AC1200, up to 1.2 Gbps — stated in the title, with both parts in the first bullet: 867 Mbit/s at 5 GHz and 300 Mbit/s at 2.4 GHz, which come to 1167, so the badge rounds up by 33 | Two — 5 GHz at 867 Mbit/s and 2.4 GHz at 300 Mbit/s, stated in the first bullet |
| Cudy WR3000, dual-band AX3000 Wi-Fi 6 router with four Gigabit ports | $50 | Wi-Fi 6 — stated in the title and in the first bullet | Not published on the Amazon.com listing — the only other standard named is AC1200, as the comparison the first bullet measures against | AX3000 — stated in the title, with the parts in the first bullet: 2402 Mbit/s at 5 GHz and 574 Mbit/s at 2.4 GHz, with 160 MHz channels and 1024-QAM. Those come to 2976, so the badge rounds up by 24 | Two — 5 GHz at 2402 Mbit/s and 2.4 GHz at 574 Mbit/s, stated in the first bullet |
| NETGEAR Nighthawk R6700AX, WPA3 out of the box and a subscription after thirty days | $50 | Wi-Fi 6 — stated in the title and in the first and fourth bullets, with backwards compatibility to Wi-Fi 5 and earlier named in the fourth | Not published on the listing — neither 802.11ax nor any other clause number appears in the title, the eight bullets or the description, so the generation is given only by its marketing name | 1.8 Gbps across the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands — stated in the title and in the fourth bullet as a single sum. The two bands are not broken out, where the Archer AX21 gives 1200 and 574 separately. It is the theoretical sum of the radios rather than a throughput | Two — the fourth bullet names 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz. No 6 GHz band is claimed |
| TP-Link Archer AX21, which states in writing that it has no 6 GHz band | $55 | Wi-Fi 6 — stated in the title and in the first bullet, which also states outright that dual-band routers do not support the 6 GHz band. It is the only listing on this shelf to exclude that band in writing | 802.11ax — stated in the first bullet alongside the Wi-Fi 6 name. Only the ASUS RT-AX52 Pro listing also prints a clause number; the two NETGEAR routers publish none | AX1800, broken into its parts — the second bullet gives 1.8 Gbps total as up to 1200 Mbps on 5 GHz and up to 574 Mbps on 2.4 GHz, which sums to 1774 and rounds to the label. It is the theoretical sum of the radios and no single device sees it | Two — 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz, stated in the second bullet, with the first ruling out a 6 GHz band in as many words |
A small home on a connection under 500 Mbit/s with a few wired devices, where the price matters more than Wi-Fi 6.
A reference exists on these Amazon stores: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, United States. Listed is not the same as in stock — availability changes daily.
Details checked on October 26, 2026.
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for network and storage gear and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
Wi-Fi 6 · 802.11ax named · AX3000 badge over 2976 Mbit/s published · two bands rated · AiMesh extendable · no socket published
One of two routers here to print an 802.11 designation, sold on the European Amazon stores, and one of several to leave every Ethernet socket uncounted.
Best for: A household with Wi-Fi 6 clients that intends to add a second mesh-capable unit from the same maker later.
No Amazon.com offer on October 26, 2026
Wi-Fi 6 · 2.4 Gbit/s stated, exactly 1800 plus 600 · DSL modem built in · VoIP and DECT · not one Ethernet socket counted
The only router here with a modem and a telephone exchange inside it, and the only one whose headline figure is exactly the sum of the two rates printed beneath it.
Best for: A household on a DSL line that wants the modem, the telephony and the radios in one box rather than three.
No Amazon.com offer on October 26, 2026
Wi-Fi 6 · 3000 Mbit/s called theoretical by the maker · 160 MHz and 1024-QAM · two bands rated · no socket, no antenna published
A Wi-Fi 6 router whose own listing calls its headline figure a theoretical speed, and which never counts a socket or an antenna.
Best for: A household with 160 MHz-capable phones and laptops that will take the wired side from a switch or a provider box.
No Amazon.com offer on October 26, 2026
Every price named in a summary was read on the date that review carries. What a shop asks today is shown beside the product, and it moves.
