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Amazon is running a 1-day sale on select TP-Link products, which makes today a great day to upgrade your home network to 802.11ac WiFi, tryout a mesh networking/whole-home WiFi system, pick up a range extender or two, or maybe buy some smart plugs.
Here are some of the day’s best deals.
Networking products & PC accessories
- Save up to 35% on select TP-Link networking and smart home gear – Amazon
- TP-Link Archer C1200 AC1200 WiFi router for $45 – Amazon
- TP-Link Archer AC3150 WiFi router for $155 – Amazon
- TP-Link Deco M5 whole-home mesh WiFi router 3-pack for $200 – Amazon
- TP-Link AC1200 WiFI range extender for $30 – Amazon
- Synology DiskStation DS216J 2-bay NAS for $150 – Amazon
- Synology DiskStation SD216+II NAS for $260 – Amazon
- SanDisk Ultra Fit 128GB USB 3.0 flash drive for $33 – Best Buy
Computers & other devices
- Microsoft Surface Pro 4 w/Core M3-6Y30/4GB/128GB for $549 – Amazon
- HP Envy 13 notebook w/Core i7-7500U/8GB/256GB for $690 – e-techgalaxy (via eBay)
- Amazon Tap portable smart speaker for $80 – Best Buy
Digital Media
- Name your price for $115 worth of cooking, exercise, other self help eBooks – Humble Bundle
- Kingsman: The Secret Service for $4 – Google Play
- Outlast Deluxe Edition PC game for free – Humble Store
- Stardock games for up to 75 percent off (Galactive Civilizations III for $10) – Steam
You can find more bargains in our daily deals section.
Sadly the TP-Link Archer C1200 appears to not be supported by OpenWRT (and TP-Link has several completely different routers using the exact same product name making it very difficult to check on open-source compatibility ahead of time 🙁
I came here to comment about the C1200 as well. I agree that their naming is pretty confusing, but this specific model is pretty solid for home use. I’ve had it for about a month, and it’s been stable and cool under heavy streaming/gaming/file transfers, and the range seems good. It may not be OpenWRT compatible, but on the plus side its firmware seems pretty secure from intrusion. There aren’t any TP-Link models on the list of routers susceptible to FlyTrap or CherryBlossom.
Neat, Humble Bundle is selling books on crystal healing other woo. I would say something incredibly hostile about how pseudoscience and magical thinking are a detriment to society more than offsetting the amount they’ll raise for charity from this, but that would get my chakras out of alignment or something.
Yeah, some of the books certainly look fishy (not the vegan cookbook, obviously), but there are a few good ones in the bundle and you can get the whole thing for the less than the price of a single hardcover so…
I do like that the ice cream recipe book is right next to the bodyweight training exercise book though.