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15-07-2015, 07:35

Following various threads I came up with this:

I bought a TP link Archer C5 from Argos for £59.99 -- it has a special offer: get a c5 and you get a free USB3 AC1200 wifi stick. I sold the stick on ebay for £25

I flashed the C5 to dd-wrt (factory)

I flashed the C5 to the C7 firmware and voila it reports Hardware C7 and software C7. And it performs as C7.

And this under 10 minutes

The Argos C5 and C7 are the same hardware, only different firmware. The exact model is Archer C5 v1.2 with 3 Antennas. The Archer C5 V2 is inferior.

Not much difference between C7 and the ASUS AC68U (£129 ) in real terms --- certainly not worth the extra 95 quid. I have both.

15-07-2015, 07:35	#1
Carlos Carboni Guest Posts: n/a	AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router for £35 Following various threads I came up with this: I bought a TP link Archer C5 from Argos for £59.99 -- it has a special offer: get a c5 and you get a free USB3 AC1200 wifi stick. I sold the stick on ebay for £25 I flashed the C5 to dd-wrt (factory) I flashed the C5 to the C7 firmware and voila it reports Hardware C7 and software C7. And it performs as C7. And this under 10 minutes The Argos C5 and C7 are the same hardware, only different firmware. The exact model is Archer C5 v1.2 with 3 Antennas. The Archer C5 V2 is inferior. Not much difference between C7 and the ASUS AC68U (£129 ) in real terms --- certainly not worth the extra 95 quid. I have both.