TP-Link Archer C50 AC1200 Wireless Dual Band Router

TP-Link AC1200 Wireless Dual Band Router (Archer C50) - 3 Years Local Warranty

Product lifecycle note: TP-Link marks the Archer C50 as End of Life on its own Singapore product page. It remains listed here while stock lasts and is covered by the same local warranty; for a current equivalent, the Archer C64 offers AC1200 speeds with Gigabit ports, and the Archer AX12 or AX10 move up to Wi-Fi 6.

The Archer C50 is a long-running AC1200 dual-band router — 867 Mbps on 5 GHz, 300 Mbps on 2.4 GHz, four fixed antennas and 10/100 Mbps Ethernet — that runs in Router, Access Point or Range Extender mode. It has shipped through six hardware revisions, which matters when reading its specification; see the note at the end of the specification section.

AC1200 Dual-Band Wi-Fi

TP-Link rates the C50 at 867 Mbps on 5 GHz using 802.11ac and 300 Mbps on 2.4 GHz using 802.11n, with coverage rated at three-bedroom houses. Four fixed antennas form a signal-boosting array and Beamforming concentrates signal towards connected clients. 2×2 MU-MIMO lets the router communicate with several MU-MIMO-capable clients at once rather than serving them in turn.

10/100 Mbps Ethernet — the Specification to Check First

Every wired port on the Archer C50 is 10/100 Mbps: one WAN port and four LAN ports. Wired throughput, and the internet connection passing through the router, are therefore capped at 100 Mbps regardless of the fibre plan behind it. TP-Link's own page footnote states this directly — internet plans greater than 100 Mbps will be limited by the product's Ethernet WAN port. If you are on a 500 Mbps or 1 Gbps plan, choose the Archer C64, C80 or an AX model instead.

Three Working Modes

Router, Access Point and Range Extender modes are all published, so the C50 can serve as a primary router in a small flat, as a wireless access point behind an ISP gateway, or as a repeater extending an existing network into a back room. Management is through the TP-Link Tether app or a browser, with TP-Link ID, OTA firmware upgrades and DDNS.

Security and Mesh

Network security covers an SPI firewall, access control, IP and MAC binding, an application layer gateway and IoT security, with guest networks on both bands. TP-Link's current specification block lists encryption as WPA, WPA2, WPA3 and WPA/WPA2-Enterprise (802.1x) — the page prints the third of these as "WAP3", which is a typographical error on TP-Link's side and is noted rather than silently corrected. EasyMesh is published for this model, and TP-Link's own wording adds that it also works with other TP-Link products to create a OneMesh network.

Parental Controls and Traffic Management

Parental controls are URL filtering and time controls, with QoS by device, IPTV support through IGMP proxy, snooping, bridge and tag VLAN, and the usual NAT forwarding set of port forwarding, port triggering, DMZ and UPnP. DDNS providers are TP-Link, NO-IP and DynDNS. TP-Link publishes no processor row, no USB port and no VPN server for the Archer C50.

Ideal For

Small Singapore flats, rental units and second-room repeater duty on internet plans of 100 Mbps or below, where a proven, inexpensive dual-band router is what is wanted. Supplied by SourceIT with local Singapore warranty and GST invoice while stock lasts.