ER707-M2 | Omada Multi-Gigabit VPN Router | Dual 2.5Gig WAN Ports | High Network Capacity | SPI Firewall | Omada SDN Integrated | Load Balance | Lightning Protection

I live in a rural area and recently added Starlink alongside T-Mobile Home Internet. To make the most of both connections, I picked up a Dual WAN router—the ER707-M2—to combine the two ISPs and load balance traffic while I test and decide which one to stick with. The price was excellent, and so far, the router has been performing flawlessly. Setup can be as simple as plug-and-play, but if you dive into advanced features like Policy Routing and group configurations, it might be a bit complex for some users. That said, if you’re a Hulu user, brace yourself—streaming can be finicky without proper routing. Thankfully, Policy Routing can help smooth out those issues and save you a lot of frustration. Updating firmware was easy and I appreciate the auto backup option of settings to an external USB drive. Only frustration is being an Amazon Prime member and here of late, deliveries that say 2 days turns in to a week. This is happening more and more on my end.

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 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!

Not as "refined' as more sophisticated (and expensive) brands as Microtics for exemple, but does the job in SOHO environment. Stable.

These omada devices are great. I moved my whole network to omada.

I'm a "prosumer," so this router might not be for the average person who wants an "easy" plug-and-play setup. But it's not complicated to set up if you know how to get to the web interface and know the difference between a WAN and LAN port. I purchased this router for its multi-gigabit capability, and it does not disappoint. Recently Comcast/Xfinity upgraded us to 1,200Mbps service, but the router and modem we had would only allow us to hit around 700Mbps. We first upgraded our modem and were hitting the same speeds, but bypassing our router with a 2.5 gig wired connection directly to our modem would allow us to hit 1,400Mbps, so I knew our 7-year-old router was holding us back. I did a bunch of research, and there were a few multi-gigfor upwards of $ router options 600 with nice app features, etc., but I could not justify the cost. I did find some people on Reddit in the same predicament, and this router was recommended, and was the cheapest option at $200 at the time of purchase. With this router, I can hit line speed speeds of 1,400Mbps as if I were directly connected to the modem. But there are some essential things to consider if you want to reach these speeds in your network. 1. You need a router that your ISP approves for > 1 gig service 2. You must have >= 2.5 gig hardware between the router and your computer. That includes your laptop/desktop having a >= 2.5 gig network adapter/card and any switches between being >= 2.5 gig. 3. This only has two 2.5 gig ports, so you will need an additional 2.5 gig switch to expand > 1 gig service to your LAN. One port will connect to your modem, and the other port to your 2.5 gig switch to expand your 2.5 gig connections. There's also additional VPN hardware onboard to do site-to-site VPN connections at pretty impressive bandwidth for the price. I have not utilized this yet, but it is an excellent addition for someone who needs to be connected to a corporate network. But this is more advanced and probably unnecessary by the average consumer. Overall, I am super happy with the purchase and am now looking at their Wi-Fi mesh gear to tie it all together with the "Omada" management, which is similar to Ubiquiti's management software that I am probably migrating away from after this purchase.

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.