ER7206 Multi-WAN Professional Wired Gigabit VPN Router Increased Network Capacity SPI Firewall Omada SDN Integrated Load Balance Lightning Protection

I purchased this product, hardware version 1.6, more than 2 years ago, and it has been performing perfectly since then without any issues. The product has a good look of design as usual in a rectangular shape that is constructed proportionally so-called Golden Ratio - visually appealing. It supplies a web platform for administrators to manage networks via a very clean visual design of the user interface as well - actionable items or tasks are categorized and arranged very clearly for the administrators quickly locating the tasks to perform such as monitoring the runtime issues or solve specific problems in configurations. I use this product constructing my home network that is pre-wired in Cat. 6 Ethernet in every room, and VLAN segmenting Wi-Fi network from the wired network, my home office, children, and guest accesses. Technically, my review only pertains to the features of WAN/LAN, not VPN yet. This product provides what I need and performs well as expected without any issues. I haven't had chances to try out the other features such as VPN as mentioned before, including Omada SDN Integrated Load Balancer but the load balancing in software configuration will be my next plan to implement. I am definitely confident in its functionality. Also, the manufacture's tech support is very responsive in communications and the solution provided to solve the issue of the firmware update is efficient and quick. Overall, great product and the customer services, two-thumbs up!

Bought mine on June 2024. Year and a half later no problems at all. The room is air conditioned and the router is supplied by an UPS. Working non stop. Excellent piece of equipment.

I'm replacing an out of support Sonicwall with the TP-Link. No real complaints about the Sonicwall other than the cost of the replacement and yearly maintenance being a bit more than I want to spend at this point. Did some research and settled on the TP-Link ER7206. The cost of which is less than a year of Sonicwall support. History dictates one sets aside some time to set something like this up so I blocked out a day and started in the morning. Much to my amazement I was done with the basic setup and had internet connectivity in about 20 minutes. There were more settings to be tweaked of course but that was a really pleasant surprise. Setting up DHCP and assigning static addresses took about another 20 minutes. VPN was a bit more complicated. If I was going to pick one nit with the TP-Link it's that the online help did not always reflect exactly what was in the UI. But that is a minor complaint. The TP-Link ER7206 has been running without issue since the initial setup. I unreservedly recommend this device.

This offers much better VPN speeds (throughput) than the TP-LInk TL-ER605 so if someone is considering buying that model, they should consider this instead for a few dollars more it is much faster with more memory and processing power. Although considered a business product it is well suited for the home. I see many "VPN routers" advertised which actually only support VPN connectivity for connecting into the network where the router resides ONLY as a VPN SERVER - for people to connect to it from the outside through a VPN tunnel - NOT for their router to connect as CLIENT to a VPN tunnel where the other end is a VPN server (for example connecting to an office remotely FROM this router, or connecting directly to an external VPN server for internet access through a VPN service provider). This router does both. For people using a VPN provider for security this is a good option especially as it is smarter to split the WiFi and VPN processing work across two devices so as to minimize the processing load on any one piece of networking equipment. However, at this time, it does not yet support acting as VPN CLIENT to connect to a VPN provider or external VPN server using the OpenVPN standard (that is coming shortly through a firmware update as this is a new product). Note, although the support staff is very responsive in a timely manner, they sometimes do not correctly answer complicated technical questions - for example saying something cannot be done when I have found a way to make it work. Until a recent firmware update which was available a few days ago, this unit would run very hot although it does not anymore after the update. Also this router does not support WOL (Wake On Lan) but for what can be considered a business class Wired VPN Router, that is typically not a requirement. The interface takes a little getting used to, although it does work quite well. This is a quality product, they only reason why I did not give it 5 stars is because of the tech support item mentioned earlier. However, if you have this router you should strongly consider getting the TP-Link Controller (model OC200 (home) or the newer OC300 (business)) - please see my review for the OC300 which I also own.

This review is for the "VPN Router" (TP-Link ER7206), Not the "Hardware Controller" that shares the same listing. This device has some issues. It would probably be fine for a Home user, but for a Business that relies on these functions it is severely limiting. Update: TP-Link support was able to help me resolve a few of the issues, but these remain: 1. The SNMP functions are broken. SNMP only gives you the Bandwidth for the One Cat5e WAN Port. It does not show bandwidth for the SFP/WAN or any of the WAN/LAN links. TP-Link support confirmed that they are aware of this issue. "This is a known issue, and our R&D team are already aware of this." 2. The DHCP Server is missing critical options. Setting up a PXE Server requires DHCP Options 66 and 67. This Router allows you to set Option 66, but not Option 67. It appears that this router was designed with Only IP Phones in mind when they wrote their DHCP Code. It does not allow you to set the necessary options for a PXE Server. TP-Link has not responded to my support request regarding this yet. TP-Link Support has been helpful in resolving the other issues I had configuring this device. Their Documentation is lacking, and Support requests some times take two or three days to receive an answer. EDIT: After many months, TP-Link has released a Firmware update that corrected the SNMP and DHCP issues. If you purchase this device, I highly recommend upgrading to the latest firmware.

It takes some time to get used to the configuration of Omada gear. It's not normal and doesn't quite make sense. I've worked on networks and routers and switches for over 40 years, so I know what i'm talking about. Overall this gear works great, just a bit weird to configure, some of the controls and how and where you setup things, example: like static DHCP clients, sucks. I still don't think I could find where you set up a static DHCP, without going through 20 screens. All the normal network concepts are there for a business, but just in some odd places and the flow of the config doesn't always make sense. Once this is set up it working it's great. I put in this ER7206 and it has double the throughput of my old Meraki (end of life MX64). So I got a nice speed increase on my home internet using the Omada. Overall I prefer business grade equipment for my home use and I'm happy I went with TP-Link Omada great price for performance, but at the cost of odd configuration and setup.

Excelente.

I have been shipped several ER605 VPN Routers, hardware V1.0 that had to be sent back because they were faulty. Replaced them with ER7206's hardware V1.6 and had NO problems. Just received another ER7206 today that is already being sent back, HARDWARE VERSION 1.0. It WILL NOT accept a 10.xxx.xxx.xxx IP as the LAN address. It loses connection (will not display proper status) but still connects to the internet while losing all other functionality, and does absolutely NOTHING if you try to save any further changes. This is also the case after updating the firmware to the latest from TP-Link. So, just as with the ER605, the ER7206 hardware V1.0 is absolute garbage. Luckily there's no hassle (other than wasted set up time, travel time, gas costs) in returning the item for a refund and ordering a replacement. HOPEFULLY THE REPLACEMENT is NOT another V1.0 or its going STRAIGHT BACK without even removing it from the box. I'm DONE with V1.0 ANYTHING from TPLink! They should ALL BE REMOVED FROM CIRCULATION! Addition/Update: Although the hardware version in the web interface displayed as v1.0, both the sticker on the box and the S/N sticker on the device BOTH said hardware v1.6. The replacement I received ALSO showed v1.6 on the box and S/N sticker, and again, also showed as v1.0 on the web interface. Luckily the replacement did not exhibit the same odd behavior with the 10.xxx.xxx.xxx LAN IP settings and have not had any issues so far. ANOTHER update: The replacement lasted about a WEEK before it too exhibited the same issues. BLANK on external connection status, would NOT load the DHCP client list page AT ALL, would NOT accept or save any changes to ANYTHING, refused VPN connections, PERIOD. Obviously this is NOT the fault of the seller, see the pics above, the BOX and SN sticker both show Hardware V1.6, however the SOFTWARE SHOWS HARDWARE v1.0. NOTHING the seller could do as far as I'm concerned, ENTIRELY a TP-Link thing. This is now the 4th return of TP-Link devices out of 5 purchased. NOT A GOOD RECORD!!! ALLLLLL hardware V1.0 on the software side.